The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1916-06-14
Happenings
of the World
Tersely Told
EurODeQ1, WQr News

european w Ut VIEWS
The French torpedo-boat destroyer
Fantasia has been sunk in collision
with another ship, says a statement
issued at Paris. The crew was saved.
The total number Of prisoners taken
by the Russians in their giant often
sive against the Austrians on the $50
mile Pripet-Pruth front has now
reached 10000, according to an official
statement from Petrograd. In addi-
ton 900 officers are prisoners. Ter.
rifle fighting continues
Fort Vaux, one OF the main defenses
of Verdun, has fallen, according to an
official statement issued by the Ger
man war Office at Berlin, which as
serts that the fortress fell into Ger
man hands Tuesday night. Seven hun
dred prisoners were taken.
The Greek government is preparing
to declare martial law throughout the
Kingdom and arrest ex-Premier Veni-
Zelos and his chief supporters, accord
ing to Reuter- telegram to London
from letrograd
The British cruiser Hampshire, ON
which Lord Kitchener and his staff
were on their way to Russia, has been
sunk off the Scottish coast by mine
or a German submarine. Search was
made for survivors, but none was
found. Official announcement of the
destruction Of the Hampshire was
made by the British admiralty at Lon
don.
The sudden blow struck by the Rus
slams along the entire Galician front
OF 273 miles from the Pripet to Rou-
mania, is considered in London q bril-
liant beginning OF the long-awaited
Russian offensive. The Russians cap
tured $50 officers and $4,000 men,
France has informed Greece the per-
mtted violation of her territory by
the Bulgarians is not in accord with
her promises and may lead to serious
consequences, says the Paris Matin.
Vienna says: 1.-THE attack of the
Russian southwestern army, which
had been expected for long time, has
commenced on the whole front be-
tween the River Pruth and the bend
: OF the Styr, near Kolki. A great bat
tie has developed"
Russian forces have won great sue.
cesses along the front from the Pripet
marshes to the Roumanian frontier,
according to an official statement is
sued at Petrograd. 1t is stated that
the Russians took $4,000 prisoners.
Repulse of strong attacks by the
Austrians southeast of Arsiero, in the
southern Tyrol, in the Posina sector
was announced by the war Office at
Rome. The desperate struggle for the
possession of Monte Cengio is continu-
Ing.
Troops of the allies have occupied
the telegraph offices, the port and Gus
tomhouse at Saloniki, according to a
Reuter- dispatch to London from that
city.
Wounded men from the battle in the
North sea reached London. Survivors
picked up in the water are also arriv-
ing At the railroad stations crowds
cheered the wounded sailors enthusi-
astica!]y.
Replying to British reports that sew
eral German dreadnaughts and battle
cruisers were destroyed in the sea
fight Off Skager-Rak. the German ad-
miralty officially reiterated at Berlin
that all the German losses had been
announced
The British admiralty issued state
ment in London saying there was the
strongest grounds for the belief that
the British navy in the battle with the
Germans off Jutland last week had &C.
counted for total of 10 German men,
of-war