The Elbert County tribune., 1917-11-09
GERMAN U-BOAT
SINKS US SHIP
PATROL BOAT AL o GOES
DOWN FOUR MINUTES AFTER
BEING ATTACKED.
u OF CREW MISSING
c A N Adj ANS W N PASSCHEN-
DAZZLE IN FURIOUS DRIVE
NEAR YPRES.
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Washington, Nov. 7.-The American
patrol boat Alcedo was torpedoed and
sunk By a German submarine In the
war zone early Monday morning and
one officer and twenty enlisted men
are missing.
The Alcedo, a converted yacht. car
ried crew OF seven officers and
eighty-five men
The Alcedo is the first American
fighting vessel to go down in the
war. The destroyer Cassin, on patrol
duty, was torpedoed recently but she
made port safely with the loss of only
one man
London-The town OF Passchen-
daele, lying northeast of Ypres, has
been captured by the British forces,
according to the official communica-
ton
The Italian army is in retreat along
great arc 100 miles in length, from
the Fella valley to the head of the
Adriatic sea. Everywhere the Austro-
Germans are following up the fleeing
Italians. whose rear guards are offer
ing resistance.
The new advance throws the apex
of the British salient in dangerous
proximity 20 Romers, the fall of
which would cut the German COM
munication with her submarine bases
at OStapd and Zpahruppp
Germans have been repulsed again
in the Verdun section by the French,
although no important operations
have been attempted. There is moth
ing unusual reported from the Russian
front.
The wounded Americans are re
ported to be doing well in the U. S.
field hospital. The bombardment at
this point is continuing, but no fur
ther infantry action has taken place.
London, Nov. 6-Von Mackensen
has broken the new Italian line and
pushed his troops across the Taglia-
mento river War students say the
struggle now will be a race between
the heavy Teuton artillery and the
allied reinforcements, which are ex-
pected to save the day for Italy. In
some quarters it is believed Cadorna
will retire from his positions on the
Tagliamento and make his stand from
positions which have been strength
ened in the rear. His retreat has not
yet begun at any point.
Two additional defeats of Ottoman
forces in Palestine are reported by the
British and the Russians have re-
pulsed the Turks in the Black Sea
region.
British and French continue to car
ry out raiding operations in Flanders.
Rome, Nov. 5.-Italian forces have
repulsed with heavy losses a violent
attack in the Trentino, and are in a
deadly struggle with the Austro- Ger
mans on the banks of the Tagliamento.
The French are continuing their pur-
suit of the Germans along the Chemin-
des-Dames and report the capture of
eighteen square miles of territory.
German troops have met further de-
feat northwest of Rheims where they
attempted violent infantry attacks.
The Germans are destroying factor
les and plants in Belgium, and it is
believed to indicate that they are paw
ing the way for retreat from that
country. Many rolling mills and
other big concerns have been demol-
ished or looted
Berlin announces the completion by
the Germans of the withdrawal of
their line from Chemin des Danes
plateau
Premier Lloyd George, Premier
Painleve and high British and French
army officials have gone to italy to
outline relief to be extended the Ca
dorna army by the allies.
A German auxiliary cruiser and ten
other armed German ships were sunk
in the Cattegat, an arm of the North
sea, by British ships. Other dis
patches tell of the destruction of an
other auxiliary cruiser (Marie) by the
British.