Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-08-05

Capt. Charles Eryatt OF the British
steamship Brussels, which was cap
tured by the Germans. has been exc
cuted following the passage of a death
sentence upon him by a naval field
court sitting ar Zeebrugge, says
Berlin dispatch. The charge against
him was that he tried to ram the Ger
man submarine U-33 on March -,
1915, IL the North sea.
According to a London dispatch the
Russians delivered three great blows
against the Teutonic forces on the
east front. The cars troops captured
the important railway town of Brody
on the northern Galician border, the
chief obstacle to their advance on
Lemberg. capital of Galicia; smashed
the entire Teutonic first line west OF
Lutsk, and swept the forces of Gen
eral Won Linsingen from the line OF
the Rivers Slonevka and Buldurovka,
Ia southern Volhynia.
The last German strongholds in
Longueval have been captured by the
British troops. according to the official
statement given out by the London
war office. The British also have pos
session of the entire Delville wood
the fifth Brandenburg division, the last
Germans in the wood, being cleared
out with the capture of three officers
and 15S men,
A Turkish army, estimated at 10000
strong, is concentrated in the Hun
garian plains for the defense Of Hun
gary says a dispatch to. the Lond9n
Exchange Telegraph company from
Lausanne, Switzerland. r.
A Petrograd dispatch says all Of
Turkish Armenia is now in possession
of the Russians as a result of the cap
ture of Erzingan by the army of Grand
Duke Nicholas.
Advices from Smyrna state that an
entire Turkish regiment mutinied at
Sevelkeny, taking refuge in a forest
on Mount Mimiolou. Loyal Turks gave
chase, setting the forest on fire.
A London Dispatch says intense
fighting, which resulted in slight prog
ress for the Italians took place on the
Tennezzo plateau. Strongly intrenched
positions We're wrested from the Aus
TRANS north of Monte Cimone. On the
remainder of the front heavy artillery
engagements continue.
"A French military court at Mar
settles on May 49," says the Berlin
Overseas News agency, sentenced a
woman named Pfadt to death for trea-
son and espionage. The supreme
court, having rejected the appeal, the
sentence of death against the woman
has become valid"
Gen. Vladimir SulGomlinof. former
Russian minister of war. is seriously
Ill at Petrograd. 1t is feared be is az
flicted with insanity.
An Austrian withdrawal before su.
perior Russian pressure north of
Brody. in northeastern Galicia. is an
nounced by Austro-IQngarian army
headquarters at Vienna.
Following official announcement both
from London and Berlin Of the capture
of the important village of Pozieres,
the British war office at London report
ed in its statement that there was no
further fighting of any consequence.
The war is costing the Dominion of
Canada 100000 q day an official an
nouncement issued at Ottawa said.
Six civilians have been executed by
the Germans at Client, charged with
''war treason" according to Reuter-
Amsterdam dispatch quoting the Tele-
graf.
An Austrian official statement re-
ceived at London says that 1880 Ital-
ians were killed in an attack in the
Sugana valley Monday.