The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-10-25
U. s. STEAMSHIP
SUNK NEAR SPAIN
THE BRITISH TURN BACK SEVEN
COUNTER ATTACKS
FRENCH IN NOTABLE VICTORY
Importance of Action Grows as Re-
ports Arrive. Take Trenches ov.
err Depth Of Two Miles.
Russian Parliament.

Buenos Aires, Oct. 24.-Sinkinp ~
the American steamship Santa EIenae
with twenty-four of the crew lost wa
reported in dispatch which was re-
ceived from Spain today.
The dispatch said the vessel was a
seven thousand three hundred and
fourteen ton ship and was sunk near
Ferrol and that the captain and one
sailor were the sole survivors.
Repulse All Counters.
London, Oct 24.-Violent German
counter blows against newly won no
sitions of the French and the British
along the Houlthoulst woods have
been fruitless, Field Marshal Haig re-
ported today in his official was state.
ment.
One of just such counter blow bv
the enemy was pointed at the juno
ture of the French and the British no
sitions yesterday. 1t was completely
repulsed.
Since Monday the British command
er-in'chief concluded that seven coun.
ter blows had been made by the Ger
mans and that it had made them
nothing.
French Victory Grows.
Paris. Oct. a. Report of the
French's stroke on the Aisne contin-
ued to grow today.
The victory which was achieved by
General Petain was the greatest
achieved since the great defeat of the
Germans by the French fighting fore
es at Verdun.
The swiftness of the assault. the
tremendous and powerful drive and
the irresistible force OF the French
forces compelled the Huns to fan
back and the Malinaison fort was can
tured by the powerful French troops.
This tort was being held by the Ger
man troops to bar the advance of the
French.
Chavignon, which is just two miles
from the point where the French
started on their great drive was
wrested from the hands of the enemy.
Along four miles of the front on
which the attack was made the
French troops achieved an advance
averaging considerably more than a
mile and also took seventy-five hun
dred prisoners.
over 5000 Prisoners.
Paris, Oct. 24.-Prisoners in the
French great drive on the Aisne front
today reached eight thousand, includ-
ing the one hundred and sixty officers
and all of these were the choicest of
the Crown Princes troops.
The official statement said that the
troops which were taken belonged to
eight separate German divisions, and
three full regimental staff divisions
were also taken.
Two German reserve divisions suf-
fered heavily from the great drive
which centered on the Aisne front OF
the fighting elsewhere on the French
front the statement said.
ITO the east and west of Cerney
the artillery was active and on the
right bank of the Mouse the artillery
was also immense.
ITO the northeast of Hill 344' the
statement said, ian enemy attack
was thrown back with heavy losses to
the enemy"
Germans Acknowledge Defeat.
porlir Oct 24.-The German forces
have withdrawn from the battle frons
between the Dvina and Riga, accord
ing to the official statement TODAY.
With French Armies in the Field,
Oct. "a (By Henry Woods, United
Staff Correspondent. Cen Petain's
soldiers fought in the air and on the
ground and literally in action under
ground to achieve their brilliant vic
tory of Tuesday morning.
The fight will go down in history
as the battle of Cavern, the conflict
of the cavemen.
The French won all the detectives
from the enemy and they now own
every inch of the Aisne ridge and the
slopes below
Parliament in Session.
Petrograd, Oct 24.-General Duk-
honin, Russian commander of the Gal
acian front troops has arriver here to
participate in the secret session OF
the Temporary parliament which OPP
ened here today.
General Dukhonin declared that the
landing of the German troops on the
Werber peninsula at the head of the
Moon sound probably was for the pur-
pose of preparing against the possible
counter attacks by the Russians.
/ He announced that he did not ex.
pect the Germans to undertake any
il serious land campaign on the Esfhon