The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-02-11
A GENERAL SURVEY Of
The WAR.

Friday, Feb. 4.-Following the cap
ture of the British liner Appam by
German sea raider, an Austrian sub
marine has eclipsed all other exploits
Of this character of the war. 1t cap
tured and held until a destroyer
could reach the locality and tow it to
port, the 10000 ton liner, the Koenig
Albert. The vessel was seized by Eng
land at the beginning of the war, its
owners being the North German DlOyd
company of Hamburg, Germany. Great
Britain had turned the vessel over to
Italy When captured the vessel had
aboard 300 Serbian soldiers
A Zeppelin airship sank the British
collier Frank Fisher, killing thirteen
of its crew. The airship is supposed
to have been one that dropped bombs
on England Monday night
A Zeppelin is reported to have been
passed by a British trawler in the
North sea The airship was helpless,
and owing to the crew being armed
and greatly outnumbering the trawler
afraid to take the airmen on board,
and they persisted
Saturday, Feb. 5.-London reports in
dictate the Teutonic allies are prepared
for an offensive against the allied
lines in Belgium and France and the
allied positions at Saloniki
A dispatch from Rome says the
Roumanian government is trying to
float a large loan, declared to be pre-
paratory to enter the war on the al
lies side. an action which might
nrevent German offensive in the Bal
kanS.
The Partisan editor, Maurice de Wa
leffe, prints a rumor that the Germans
have invented new asphyxiating gas,
more deadly than any yet known, and
hope to advance upon the Paris forts
behind a screen Of vapors that will
make resistance by the allies futile.
An official Bulgarian report, as for
warded from Athens to the Paris
Temps, says 40 men were killed and
more than 500 wounded during the re-
cent attack by French aeroplanes on
Bulgarian camps.
Sunday, Feb. 6.-The Anglo-French
campaign against the German
Kamerun colony in Africa has practi-
cally ended by driving the German
forces of $4,000 over into Spanish
Guinea. where they have been intern
ed. These forces consisted of 800 Ger
mans and $4,000 natives, and their re-
tirement is taken to mean that the
100000 square miles of German pos
sions have been wrested from the kai-
sers empire.
London reports the Kut-elAmara re-
lief expedition is facing weather con-
ditions harder than those of the first
winter in France.
Berlin claims British advance
southwest of Melville and south of
La Bassee canal was checked.
Allied and German aeroplanes are
daily engaging in air battles.
Greek special commission recon-
ed from Germany for damages by the
late Zeppelin raid on Saloniki
Monday, Feb. 1.-THE displao ement
of Earl Kitchener as secretary for war
by Sir William Robertson, present
chief of staff, is the latest rumor of
British cabinet change. 1t is believed
Earl Kitchener will be given the COM
mand of the entire campaign in Asia
Minor and Egypt.
The imminent breach of Roumania
with Germany and her junction with
the allies has caused another upset
to the Teuton-Turk-Bulgar drive on
Saloniki. Large Bulgarian and Aus
trian forces are reported to have
been diverted from the original plan
and hurried to the Roumanian front
Artillery engagements of terrific in
tensity have been in progress in the
sector between LaBassee canal and
Arras in northern France and south
of the River Somme. German army
headquarters announced.
More than 1000 Bulgarian soldiers
are reported killed and wounded in
the recent French air raid on Pet
ritch, according to Saloniki dispatches
quoting the Bulgarian consulate.
Durazzo, capital of Albania, is near
capture by the Austrians, the Serb
and Albanian allies having abandoned
any attempt toward its defense.