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BRITISH DEFEATED IN NAVAL BATTLE tawa Vankip Attack Fair Iritis! Cnristrs-Siat Tn; On CrippM, < AaatlarjlWai TURKISH FORTS SHELLED On The Dardanelles By British And branch Warships ?>? Ovimm R a treat From Yser The German aery scored soother decided victory over the British when five -Oermsn worships met and detest ed four British cruisers off the const of Chile. Two of the British cruisers were sunk, one was badly damaged and another Is missing. This makes eleven lighting vessels the British have lost since the war(.began. In the North sea the German submarines succeeded 1W sinking seven British cruisers at various times. Intent upon losing no tinkS In giv ing Turkey a taste of war a combined fleet of British and French warships , hurled shells upon the Turkish forts In the Dardanelles. The exact amount of damage done Is not known. 8ervia Das declared war against Turkey. The fortified town of Akabah, In Arabia, on an arm of the Red sea, was shelled by a British cruiser and later occu pied by British marines. At the eleventh hour an attempt was made hy Turkey to offer apologies to Russia for the bombardment of the two Russian ports and thereby avert war with the allied nations. -This apology came In reply to the note sent Turkey by the allies demanding re prisal for the bombardment of the Russian towns and the dismissal of all German officers now with the Turk. Ish army and navy. roe Turk* steadfastly refuse to dis miss the German officers In their army and navy and for this reason It la be ttered that Turkey will become engag ed In the European war. Efforts hare been made by the conserratire party of Turkey to arert war and It Is said that It was through their efforts that the net* of apology was sent to Russia The young Turks, howerer. Insist upon war and are already making prepara tions for the occupation of Egypt. > Much significance is attached to the action on the part of Turkey as it is fettered, that if Turkey declares war it will eventually draw other nations, now at peace, into the conflict. Greece, it Is thopght. will be sure to take Issue with the allies and wage a relentless war against their old enemy?Turkey. Italy, Roumanla and Bulgaria may also send their armies into the field. Of these three, Italy and Roumanla are expected to loin the allies. After a rest of several days the great masses df troops of the allied and German armies assembled along the Yser river have resumed tigpUpt The Germans, it is said, have been fe lijforred and will make another des perate attempt to capture the French seaports. Another British cruiser has been sent to the bottom of the sea by a German submarine. This time the attack was made jp the Straits of Do ' ver. England is greatly stirred over the incident as the preaance of Ger man submarines in the straits will . greatly endanger ib movement of the ships between England and France. A retaliation on the Germans tor their activities In dropping bombs up on Paris and other French towns were visited upon the Germans by the French. A bevy of French airmen flew over the German positions near Dunkirk, dropping bomba upon the German army headquarters. . forcing the officers to flee to the, woods. Bombs were then dropped into the trees in the woSda. It is not known whether My German officers were killed. One of the saddest spectacles of tfie war Is the plight of the Belgian na tion. The little army of Belgium has been driven entirely from Its native heath and is now fighting in the ranks of the allies in France. Holland and England is overcrowded with starv ing, homeless Belgians who have fled from their devastated country. All possible aid is being rendered these unfortunate people by England and Holland. King Albert of Belgium has sent an appeal to the people of the United States aaklng for food and clothing for hi* people. . German Cargoes Are Affected London.?The closing of the North sea to all shipping exeept that which placet Itself under the protection of the British fleet is recognised at the first stroke of Admiral Baron ftsher, the new first sea lord, of the a ml ralty and as one of the mq*t Import ant events of the war. All cargoes destined for German or Austrian con sumption must run the gauntlet of British Inspection In the English chan nel, the strait of Gibraltar or the Sues canal. Cxar Receives U. S. Ambassador Petrograd.?George T. Marye, Jr., of Ban Francisco, the newly-appointed American ambassador to Russia, pre sented his credentials to Emperor Nicholas and formally assumed charge of the embassy. Prince Of Battenberg Killed London.?Princess Henry of Batten oerg has been Informed by the'fiead quarters at the front that her son. Prince Maurice of Battenberg, whose name appeared in a recent list of kill ed, met death leading his company Russian Ambassador Recalled London.?Hot on the heels of -the Turkish offensive movement against Russian ports on the Black sea has followed what amounts to a declaration of' war by Emperor Nicholas In the form of instructions to his ambassador and his consuls to quit Turkey Cessna Are Claiming Progress. Berlin.?Oerman headquarters ie su/d the following "In our attack i on Ypres further gronnd has been gained and we have occupied Mrs sines. ..,*i | MAJOR GENERAL ALLENBY Major General Allenby, who has boon distinguishing hlmoolf on tho loft wing of tho allied army In Franca, li recognised aa one of tha moot capable of Great Brltain'a cavalry loaders. Ha won fama In tha douth African war and In H10 waa mada Inepactor getv aral of cavalry In England. 1 , , British Shipa Suffer Defeat . Valparaiso, Chile.?Tip German war ship Gneisenau, Schafnhorst, Nurn hers. 1*1 pel: and Dresden attacked the Drttlsh fleet off Corooel, Chile The Britlrh cruiser Monmouth war sunk. The cruiser Good Hope war very badly damaged, sod she was cm Are. and la supposed to have been lost. ^ Jm British cruiser Glasgow wat Also badly damaged, and took refuge In tha harbor of Coronal, and la no* bottled up. The German warships Scharnhorst Nurnberg and Gneisenau anchored al midday In Valparaiso harbor unla Germans Withdraws From Yser London.?Thnt tlte German nrmj lias abandoned Its /attempt to had Its way. along the (Belgian Coast tc Calais Is agreed by all the offlcta reports. A combination of Inundated country, the remnant of the Belglai army under King Albert, and the me tlvlty of the British warships, seem lngly, all contributed toward endlni the costly struggle. _ A Berlin official report attribute! {he failure of the Germans entlrels to the flooded state of the country where the water In places Is orer i man's head; but It declares that Em peror William's army withdrew li good order and without losses. After nearly three weeks of des perate fighting the brunt of the at tack has shifted to the Ypres region where the English army of Field Mar shdl Sir John French, yeinforced bj Indians and territorials, apparent!; must meet another onslaught. To thi scene, of this contemplated battle, ac co-ding to reports. Emperor Wtllian has gone to encourage his men. London.?The secretary' it the ad miralty announces that a combine! British and French squadron bom barded the Dardanelles forts at loni .range. The forts ryplled, but no ahlpi were hIL .?0,7 one shot falling along side them. The statement adds thai the damage to the forts cannot be es timated, but that a great explosion accompanied by dense volumes - 01 black smoke, occulted at the Holes fort. Servla At War With Turkey London.?A Constantinople dlspatcl states that Servla severed diplomats relations with Turkey and the Ber vian ambassador asked for his pass ports, says the Rome corerspoudeni of the Exchange Telegraph company Mora Soldiers From Canada. Ottawa, Ont.?Canada's next cootln gent of soldiers for European servla will consist of lS.OOd men. The Brit Ish war office has asked that the sec ond .expeditionary force bring the ex tra men of the tint contingent up ti the strength of an army division. Americans Askad Ts Aid Belgians Londod.?King Albert of Belglun bss naked the American people t< help feed his' starving people durini the coming winter. British Release U. 8. Ship. Washington.?By releasing the Stan dard Oil tank .steamer Platurta th< British goTernment conceded the rtgh of American Teasels laden with ilium latlng oil to deliver their cargoe a Danish ports. Great Britain has reach ed an undet standing with ,4>cr,rnarl ttjat the oil will not be exported ti Germany. The United States government hai declined to recognise any authorlt: on the'part of the British gorernmen to detain" such cargos with or with out an embargo. _????_ v Exchange of Subjects Arranged. Washington.?Germany and Orea Britain have reached an understand Ing through the medium of the Amerl can government whereby eadlywill per mlt all enemy subject s^xcept those be tween the ages of IS and 5#- to retun to their respective countries. In ni case will women and children be d? tabled. The detention of those be tween 1% and SO years is due to th< fact that both. Germany and Grea Britain desire to keep all enemy sub jects who could bear arms from join Ing their colors. Canadian Troops Discontented. Salisbury, England?Members o the Canadian contingent are ahythtpi hut happy In fheir camps on the ionel; Salisbury plains. "'They find the dis tances to the inhabited part of th< country is as great as at the Valcarlla camp, and the parsimony of their com manders in granting leave baa addei to their discontent. Engllshborn mem hers Df the contingent are especiall; anxious to visit relatives and friends but fsw of them have been grautet - Turkey Apologises to Allies. London.?The grand /liter of Turksy has apologized on behalf ot Mi SOV ernment for the warlike operations ot the Turkish fleet under German commanders In the Black sea. but It was stated authoritatively that the Porte will have to go much further than this before the powers ot the triple entente will agree to res*ate friendly relations with the Ottoman government. The apology came after Tewflk Pasha, the Turkish ambassador to Oreat Britain, had been handed his passports. It was disclosed In,a statement Is sued by the French government that Tarkey, lib reply to a note presented by KusaiarTrtanwkBrgHgiKW:.^agreed to recall her fleet from the Black sea, but refused to dismiss the German officers from her shfps. and that, as it was believed she could not maintain a, passive attitude without doing this, the ambassadors of the entente powers demanded their passports and left Turkey. ; Turks Mult Dismiss Germans. Washington. ? Turkey'! \ apology through the grand Tiller "for recant erecti In the Black sea," announced at London, was a sequel to events which Ambassador Morgantbau reported In confidential cipher messages to the state department, "ft wag accepted 1 "here as Indicating clearly- that con ; servatlve members of the Ottoman ' cabinet purpose to avert Var with the triple etente. Mr. Morganfhau cabled that shortly after the, Russian ambassador demand ed his phssporta the Turkish minister of agriculture called on a certain neu ' tral diplomat and asked him to go to the Russian envoy to ascertain It an - apology by Turkey for the bombard - ment of Russian ports In the Black I sea would be accepted and would pac . lfy Russia. I The neutral diplomat >saw the Rus i slan ambassador, who said that his in i structlons to leave Constantinople were i absolute, but that when all German sallora, soldiers and officers" were dis i missed summarily from the Turkish > army and navy and when he had been r advised of their departure from Tur key he Would return and resume dip . lomatic Relations with Turkey. 1 torpedo ginks British Cruiser. London.?The daring of German sub marines lurking along the French coast on the Straits of Dover to get a shot at r BrlUfh ships engaged In bombarding ; the German positions In Belgium was , rewarded when one sank the light I cruiser Hermes as she was returning I from Dunkirk, Most of the crew were , rescued. ?? The Hermes wan n comparatively . old vessel " and * from a naval vlew , point was of no great value, but the tact that the was attacked ao near , home indicates that the German sub r marines must have a base somewhere on that part of the Belgian coast, oc [ cupled by German troops, from which . they can menace ships of the allies i passing between England and France. Only a few day? ago one sank the . French steamer Admiral Ganteanme, . which was oarrytng refugees from Ca lais. * How many submarines the Germans r have tn these waters is not known, , but several have been seen recently. , When ships are guarded by torpedo . boat destroyers, as are those engaged , In bombarding the German positions, they are comparatively safe, but the opportunity of the submarines come | when one is caught alone, ' The cruiser Hermes, is the Seventh British cruiser destroyed by German submarines or mines. Others in the ' list are the Ampbton, sunk by a mine on August 6; the Pathfinder, Sunk by a submarine September 5; the Cressy, Hogue and Abouklr, sunk by a German ' submarine September 2}, and the Hawke, sunk by a submarine Octo ber 15. ' Ultimatum Sent To Turkey , London. ?Both Great Britain and . Russia hare presented the following * demands to the sublime porte: An explanation of Turkey's naval ac l tlon In the Black sea; the dismissal of German of defers from Turkish ships, and the dismantling of the cruisers faoeben and Brefelau, said to bare been " purchased by Turkey and Germany. Palling to receive satisfaction of these demands, diplomatic relations with Turkey will be severed by Great Brlt j ale-and Russia. ? Egypt Annexed By Turkey London.?"Turkey has formally an 1 nexed Egypt, according to a German > official statement which has been re ; ceived from Berlin by the Marconi Wireless Telegraph company. Ban On Exports By Canada Ottawa.?The Canadian government t placed an embargo on the exportation - to any country at war with Great Brit 1 aln of any articles which will be of " use to them In prosecuting the war. ? A far-reaching contraband of war or der, adopted by the Dominion cabl 3 net, aidb prohibits the exportation of ^ contraband to any neutral country which would In turn re-export the ma terials to Great Britain's enemies. Sheep-Lined Costs For England t St. Paul, Minn.?Orders for an un . limited number of sheep-lined coats . have been placed with four local firms .. by the English and French govern ? ments through banking houseB, It was 3 learned. a ???????? Swiss Government Gets Protests Berne, Switserland.?The Swiss gov q ernment has received protests from t Germany that coal Is being shipped i. into Prance from Switserland and from France that cattle Is being ex ported to Germany. i ^_ Greece Wants To Buy Horses . Galveston. Texas?Several officers of the Greek army arrived here, stat 1 ing that they were commissioned to f purchase 8,000 head of horses for use i- In the Greek army. They will leave s for Oklahoma. r , Mines Planted Near Ireland 1 Washington.^Official warning of a i- German mlpe field off the north coast r of Ireland was received from the Brlt i, 1th admiralty which waned all ships 1 not to pass within sixty miles of Tory island. inHS REPORT t GREAT VIGT0R1I t COMMANDER REPORTS CHIIP ACHIEVEMENT OP THE PRES ENT CAMPAIGN. ALLIES PUN SPOIL DIVISION ? ? * .? Ursecd.- SuliaAdS> JUld Servls Are Choosing Portion* of Southorn Europ* They Would Claim. London.?The Russians report that, .laving driven the Germans back to Iheir border In tho north and forced their center to retire from Vistula to Ihe Wart he River, the Russian Gen eral Stall baa tuned its attention to the Auatrians who have heSd their positions stubbornly along the San River in Qalicla. According to a telegram from Grand Duke Nicholas the Russians have woo % victory more Important than any previous one. The Russians say they again have occupied Jaroelan, north of Prxemsyl, capturing 5,000 prisoner#.' j It H believed here, however, that there will be another big battle on the Warthe before tiie armies of Em peror Nicholas seriously threaten Silesia. In the struggle between the Ger mans and the Alllee In the vest there again haa been little If any change. The Germans, twice balked in their attempt to reach the French coast, are preparing for another attack, which like the last is directed at the line held by the British on both sides of the town of Ypree, fwhere for a fortnight some of the most sanguin ary lighting of the war haa been in progress and whare casualties on both jldee probably have been larger then those on such a restricted front in any previous battle. A Berlin official report claims the Germane have made progress here but this la directly contradicted ?y , claims of the Allies, wbo say they are ? holding all their positions and have made some advances. Reports come from tho Dutch fron tier that the Germans, are preparing for retirement tot military observers here say that the bringing up of rein forcemeats proven tlwj nave art yet despaired of breaking through the Allien' front and reaching either Calails or Boiogne. Elsewhere along one great irom there ha* beep a repetition of bobtef - encounters. ( The British fleet, according to un- ? official account*, again baa been In action along the elglan coast, bom barding Knocks and Selbrugge, where the Germans are understood to be or ganising submarine basis. meat of their Invasion of Turkish ter ritory from the Caucasus, alienee gre mlin. as to operations in the Near East'for at the preaeot. attention Is centered on the possibility of the Balkan States becoming Involved in the war. It Is declared Greece has annexed Eplrus denied her by the London conference after the first Bal kan War. ' It W said also oa mod authority that negotiations are proceeding for an agreement by which Bulgaria will receive Macedonia, which Is largely Bulgarian, If she will consent to ac tively support the Allies. Servla, which won Macedonia by the sword, hesitates it la said, to give It up; bat It Is thought here sne can hardly turn a deaf ear to Boasts who enter ed the war. on her account Further, It la said, the would receive compen sation In Bosnia through which she would get a route to the see. German* Lot* "Balng-Tau. Tokk>.?It Is officially announced that the German fortress at Tslng- I Tau has surrendered to the Japanese ' and British forces. K is offlciaily announced that the first step in bring ing about the surrender of the fort res* occurred at midnight, when the lafantry charged and occupied the middle fort of the line of defence. In this operation they took 200 prisoners. Struck by Shot. Constantinople, via Sofia and Lon don.?According te a Turkish official announcement on the British warships bombarding the Dardanelles was struck by a shot from one of the forta _ and an explosion on board resulted. Little Change In Front. Paris.?The KreucB official an nouncement given out In Paris the day passed without any perceptible modification on the front. The fight lug between Dixuiude and the Yyi continued without any change. Fugitives From Antwerp. Amsterdam.?A Telegraaf dispatch from Rooseeodaa] says alt trains from Antwerp are filled with fugitives. One fugitive declared that not a single German official slept In Antwerp, all being housed In the torts. The oor respondent adds that a proclamation Issued at Antwerp threatened to im prison all cltlxens found <n the struts at 9 o'clock at night. "Machine guns have been mounted at the railway < station and the Impression prevails 1 that the Germans tear their occupa* i tioa of Antwerp la not aecure." I Monmouth Is Still Missing. London.?It was the British cntiset Gopdhope, Redr Admiral Credock's flagship, that foundered- after being set on fire fey shells from the German i warships In the naval battle off the i Chilean coast recently, The British , cruiser Monmouth, which the Oer mans said they had sunk, was badly i damaged and ft Is possible she is the t warship reported ashore on the coast i ?>f Chile. So far as la known none of i the Ooodhope's rrew survived. This I news was given out fey the British I admiralty. OCCUPATION OF MAIINES BY THE GERMANS . ? ? ?. I <*" I ' i A i - MORE CANADIAN TROOPS JOIN THE ALLIES -V. i..r - " ~ When these Canadian troops reached Plymouth they were given.a great oration. Preeumably they are now on e flring line In Belgium or Prance. ^ . rj BRITISH MARINES ASHORE AT TSING TAO ? 1 """ ^ Soldiers of the sea battalion of the British na*x. landed at Tslng Tao to co-operate with the Japanese In ajr .cfclng^the Oermsns. are here st^p inaklpg canip^ ? MISS JESSIE BORTHWICKE i Miss Jessie Borthwlcke, daughter of Jeneral Ilo^thwicke, arid ulece of Lord Borthwlcke, who carried 1,040 wound ed soldiers from Antwerp to France on 1 Iter Red Cross yacht Grace Darling. 1 BELGIANS TAKE REFUGE IN HOLLAND " ' . -a J 1 ?' ? ? This photograph wai made at Futto, a Holland frontier town, while tha v Belgians were fleeing acroaa the border by thousand* tor refuge under the '-- 1. Dutch flag, which 1* seen at the left. SOLID LINE OF DEAD SOLDIERS, ONE MILE^ONG Paris.?Fearful (laughter of the Oer nana In the Argonne region was re :orded In a letter from a French offl :er published here. The letter reads: "One infantr# regiment and -a bat :allon of chaueseurs was strongly In irencbed with the mission o{ holding kn Important strategic highway. At nidday four Qerman columns, num bering 15.000 men, stormed the trenches with the ^bayonet "We hadvflre quick-firing gun sec tlona and simultaneously all of them i ?purled their fire Into the German mass, which rocked beneath the de vaitatlnc fusillade, it im horrible to see them fall In solid masses. "The speed of our quIckVlrlng guns was 600 shots a minute, and under the inccsdant firing they grew white hot.' "t'nstaggered'by the awful carnage, the termans still came on In solid for mation. We had no needto take aim. but |ust plugged Into the mass, certain, that every ahot told. ? ?*_We were unable, however, to item the Teutonic flood. The enemy ' reached our trenches and a hand-to hand bayonet encounter ensued. "The men on both aides (ought with the utmost bravery. "Thin phase of the battle lasted (or Ave hours. Tbeh our artillery gob, to I work and the Germans retreated. But Ihoy, charged again, and their loss was so frightful that a solid Une of dead one mile long was piled up 400 yards from Hur trenches."
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