Colony Courier (Colony, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 29, 1914 Page: 2 of 8
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RUSSIAN AEROPLANE CAPTURED BY THE GERMANS
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lery corps Is engaged In the attack
upon Tslng-Tau, and that a part of the
Japanese fleet Is keeping watch on
the enemy’s warships hovering about
Hawaii.
Belgians a Homeless People.
The population of Belgium steadil;
is becoming what a French wrltei
terms "a nation of exile.”
The burden of this tragedy Is falling
upon Great Britain, Holland and
France. Hetween three hundred thou
by fresh troops. Is attempting an ad-
vance against the Belgians who are
holding the Allies’ extreme left. This
left rests on the coast and Is support-
ed by English and French warships
and by Anglo-French troops, which
form a front extending from a point
somewhere in the vicinity of Dixmude,
southward to I.a Basse Canal. Both
sides claim successes, but the French
alone admit that In places they have
been compelled to fall back.
According to trustworthy accounts
fresh troops brought up by the Ger-
mans have enabled them to deliver
wuiigwiisa
Germans and Allies Fight With
out Rest Along North Sea
Coast—French Right
Holds Teutons.
VICTORY FOR SLAVS
Russians Fores Austro-Gsrman Army
to Retreat from Warsaw, Poland,
tlon of today is the care of the exiles
and have captured
Germans hack
and the feeding of the millions of per-
sons remaining in Belgium, whose In-
dustries are paralyzed.
l.ondon’s streets and parks are full
of Belgian officers and soldiers, some
of whom have been wounded. Others
them became separated from
many prisoners, besides guns and am-
munition. But the defeated army,
when It gets back to Its selected posi-
tion, can entrench and start another
siege battle such as that which oc-
curred on the Itiver Alsne. in France.
Southward of the Pillca the Germans
still hold the River Vistula except In
front of the fortress at lvungorod,
where they were driven back by at-
tacks front that stronghold.
Austrians Active.
The Austrian army, which was so
often described as routed and de-
stroyed in the battles of Galicia, has
sprung info life again and is attacking
the Russian left wing. The Austrians,
however, apparently have found an
Impenetrable barrier at the River Sun,
north of Jaroslau.
German Loasea Heavy.
The defeat of the Germans in West-
According to Latest
Reports.
ry of Events.)
(iSummary of Uvents.}
The Germans have undertaken
A general offensive movement
along the line extending from the
mouth of the Itiver Yser on the
North Sea, to the River Meuse,
among
their commands and joined the exodus
of refugees. The Belgian legation has
issued instructions to all the uble
bodied men to rejoin the army.
The principal Brussels newspaper,
• lie Independence Beige, has begun
publication in London. ItB editor says
that the Belgians fleeing from their
country will never return If It remains
under German rule.
Women and Babies Starve.
The food situation in Belgium is be-
Already
i
and while they have compelled
the Allies to give ground in some
places, they themselves have lost
positions in others.
Generally, however, there Is little or
no change In the situation, the lines
swinging ytd Bwaying as they have
done for weeks. Although It Is now
Just two months since the Allies con-
centrated on the Franco-Belgian fron-
tier to oppose the German advance,
msmmfi
Russian aeroplane captured by General- von Hindenburg at Lotzea. The englne>
coming absolutely critical
than half a million persons are
being assisted
lines, according to the American com-
mittee’s report, there being more than
three hundred thousand or these per-
sons in Brussels alone. The supply of
food for these bread stations, it is es-
timated. will not last more than a
week longer. It is expected that the
number of persons repairing relief
will increase to a million within a
month.
The committee has been advised by
Brand Whitlock, American minister to
Belgium, that there are seven million
people lacing starvation in Belgium,
and the country imports GO per cent of
Its food. Imports have ceased entire-
ly, nail the country lias been denuded
of Its accumulated crops.
Food for Belgian*.
The American commission for Bel-
gian relief has received from the Bel-
gian minister in London one-hair mil-
lion dollars taken from the Belgian re-
lief funds entrusted to the minister.
The commission is now purchasing
food and suplles with this money.
Seven thousand frozen sheep con-
tributed by the Australian colonies,
on the way to London, will be
more
German transport removing a
was used later on a German aeroplane.
by means
WILL HIS AIRSHIPS RAID ENGLAND?
ONE OF THE GREAT AUSTRIAN SIEGE GUNS
now
transferred to tlie Amerteun commis-
sion, and Walter Hines Page has
turned over to it JnO.OOO received from
Robert Be Forest. The Belgian min-
ister has notified the commission tliut
the shipment of suplles from the
Brooklyn women's war relief commit-
tee and also the funds raised in the
Pnited States will be entrusted to the
commission when It arrives.
Italian* Land in Albania.
A company of Italian marines have
landed at Tvlona, Albania. The Ital-
ian Forty-seventh infantry, stationed
at laicoa, is said to be ready to em-
bark for Avlona. It Is stated that
telephonic communication with other
parti of Albania has beep severed In
ordor to prevent the spread of the
news of the landing.
Italy and Greece Near Wac.
Anarchy exists at Avlona, Albania,
according to the newspaper Giornale
d'ltiilla, owing to the struggle between
tiro Christians and the .Mussulmans
A famine also adds to the difficulties
or the situation. The Giornale d’ltalia
says that so-called "Epirote battal
wJESIrfEE!
GERMAN OFFICERS DIE IN WRECK OF AUTO
PRINCE OSCAR ON DUTY
Count Zeppelin, who Is at Wllhelm*haven directing the. assembling of
a great fleet of tho airship* that he Invented, Is here seen in consultation
With Count Haessler, who Is the figure at the left. Below Is one of the giant
Zeppelin dirigibles with which, it ii believed, the kaiser Intend* to make
g raid on England.
ern Boland attains the dimension* of
a rout, official reports from I’etrograd
say. Tlie German losses have been so
gigantic that now two great armies
that have been operating ns the prin-
cipal attacking force against Warsaw
are merged In disorder and numerical-
ly are far less than half the strength
they mustered a fortnight ago.
The coup which brought about the
disaster was accomplished by Russian
cavalry, which, more than one hun-
dred thousand strong, by forced
marches through the barren wastes
toward Thorn, munagod to get past
the German line, which was composed
of Saxon and llanovarlan troops. For
three days tbo Germans tried to stem
the move, but were unable to do ef-
I bell-
and the Invaders have been almost to
Burls and back in the Interval, no de-
cisive buttle has been fought. Neither
side Iiuh destroyed or even partly de-
stroyed un army. Even tho llelglun
army escaped almost intuc.t after that
country wus overrun by tho (lermuns.
With Fury and Tenacity.
The battles on land arts being con-
tested with a fury and tenacity which
would Indicate that strategic import-
ance Is being attached to the posi-
tions held by the opposing armies.
When a town Is reached, street light-
ing generally develops. One side
gains an advantage only to lose It
when the otlior side brings up re-
enforcement*.
Heavy Rain* Along Coast.
Torrential rains have boon falling
reecntly near the scene of the coast
fighting, making the flat country a
sea of mud, and this, with the net-
work of canals, makes the movement
of German guns extremely difficult,
The Germans, however, are still
triaging up re enforcements, a mes-
sage from Amsteiilam saying that
troops are steadily moving westward
between Weterend and Termonde to-
wuril the French frontier. It was
added that the men were of all ages
and were accompanied by heavy guns,
supponcdiv for Ostend.
German Attack Severe.
The German attack 1ms been par-
ticularly severe In the West, where
their right wing, strongly reenforced
fectlve work with their hlg gmiH.
Hardly any of their great shells ex-
ploded, nearly every one falling and
Imbedding Itself deeply in the soft,
marshy sell without llrlng.
Wrecking Cattaro Forta.
A dispatch from Cettlnjo says that
Ihi' nine forts about the Bay of Cat-
taro, In Balmatla, are being hit con-
sinntly by shells from the new French
guns which have been placed on Mount
Loveen, and are gradually being de-
stroyed, Only one fort attempted to
reply. The Anglo French fleet con-
tinues a successful bombardment of
the outer fortifications.
Heavy Guns at Telng-Tsu.
The Japanese naval general staff an-
nounces that the marine heavy artll-
Prlnce Oscar, tho kaiser's fifth son,
la here seen watching the movements
of his troops with the aid of a tel-
escope. Oscar has been praised re-
peatedly for his heroic work at tho
Officer'* Long Vigil.
London. -The Morning Post’s Retro-
grad correspondent tellB a story of the
great endurance of a Russian officer
In the fighting before OsBowots, Rus-
sian Poland.
"Colonel Martlnoff," the story run*,
"remained for three day* and night*
at a specially erected po*t of obser-
vation to watch and direct the artil-
lery tire.
"He waa wounded by a bullet, but
refused to descend and It win only
when the German artillery was si-
lenced by a combined charge of cav-
alry and Infantry In a flanking move-
ment that he telephoned hi* last In-
structions to the battety and fell
asleep, being found at hi* port when
the pursuit ended."
Binned beneath the wreckage of this automobile were the bodies of a
German capfaln and lieutenant, who were bearing dispatches to the com-
manding officer of the army of the Marne. When the car came to the bridge
at Trllport, which the allle* had destroyed. It wa* going so fart the officer*
so far, has sunk or captured twenty
British vessels In the Indian ocean,
and the Karlsruhe, which has taken
thirteen British ships in the Atlantic.
The statement say*:
"Searching for these vessel* and
working In concert under various
commanders In-rhlef are approximate-
ly seventy, British, Australian, Japan-
ese, French and Russian cruisers, not
Including auxiliary cruisers. Among
these are a number or the fastest Brit-
ish cruisers
"The vast expanses of sen* and
ocean* and the many thousand* of Is-
lands offer almost lnAnlte choice of
movement to the enemy's ship*. In
spite of every effort to cut off theli
coal supply, It has hitherto been main-
tained by one means or another. In
the face of Increasing dtflleult.v the
discovery and destruction of these few
enemy cruisers therefore Is largely s
matter of time, patience and good
luck. The public should have confi-
dence that the commanders ln-chlef
and the experienced captains serving
under them are doing alt that Is pos-
sible and taking the best steps to
bring the enemy to action."
70 WARSHIPS OF ALLIES
SEARCH SEAS FOR ENEMY
London.—More than seventy war-
ships are hunting the eight or nine
German cruisers at large In the At-
lantic, l’nclflc and Indian oceans, seek-
ing lo destroy them, according to a
statement It sued by the admiralty,
outlining the steps that are being
taken to protect commerce. The hunt-
ed cruise'1* include the rhiideu, vhlch,
Some of the change* on the court rec-
ord* are Hchloss to Castle, Schwarts
to Hlack, Klussman to Maclaren, Ro-
senthal to Rodeny, Howtt* to Howard,
liruggetnoy to Bridge* and Htohwas-
ser to Btowe. But the most tactful
shift was by th* man who traded Kal~
**r for King.
Mr, Kaiser la Now Mr. King.
London.—A German or German-
sounding name tend* to make Its pos-
sessor *o unpopular both In a busi-
ness and * social way in London that
there has been a rush of Brltlsh-bom
and naturalised German cltlsens In
IBuglaad to th* courts for new names.
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Seger, Neatha H. Colony Courier (Colony, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 29, 1914, newspaper, October 29, 1914; Colony, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc941438/m1/2/: accessed April 23, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.