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A translation of “Weltkrieg,” an accurate daily record of the present war, published at 45 Broadway.
New York. N. Y., by Hilfsverei
pcurpose of aiding needy children of
othe. Chairman; Mrs. Carl L. S
n Deutscher Frauen, a society of Ge
killed or disabled soldiers in the G
churz, Treasurer: George
price (including postage) : Five cents a copy; $2.60 a year; $1.30 for six mon hs.
rman women, organized for the
erman army. Mrs. Else Von
Sylvester Vlereck,t Ed‘ or. Subscription
October 8 (concluded).
The fighting in the Carpathians progressed
favorably. The Russian division defeated
at the Uszok Pass was driven to the north
beyond Turka. On the other side of the
Vereczke and Beskid Passes the Austrians
advanced toward Tucholka and Slavsko in
the battles near Bocsko, to the northeast of
Marmaros-Sziget. where a strong Cossaclc
battalion was dispersed. The Ukraine Vol-
unteers distinguished themselves.
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The activity of Macedonian bands in New
Serbia and New Greece resulted in friendly
representations by the Triple Alliance. These
protests were rejected by the Bulgarian Gov-
ernment with the comment that they should
have been addressed to Serbia and Greece
who were the ones to.blame for the situation
resulting from their own treatment of the
Bulgarian population in their newly acquired
territories.
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The Japanese occupied the Wei-hsien station
on the railway between Tsi-nan-fu and Kiao-
chau. China protested against this violation
of its neutrality.
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The chief of the Bantu negroes of the Barn-
agwato tribe in Bechuanaland offered lus
services to England.
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On October 9,
an English aviator passed over Cologne on
his way to Diisseldorf. where in the face of a
vigorous fire he dropped a bomb on a new
hangar and escaped uninjured. The frame
work of the dirigible in the hangar was dam-
aged.
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Two French torpedo-boats, "338" and
"347," collided on the high seas oft Toulon
and sank immediately. The crews were
rescued
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Antwerp fell.eIn the morning the
first two forts of the inner line of de-
fence were taken. Under cover of a.
murderous tire of German guns the
infantry stormed the trenches at the
point of the bayonet. The battle
raged from Lier to Dendermonde in
the east and Ghent in the west.
Toward noon the English decided
to withdraw from the city, as a.
large number of the forts had been
destroyed, and hoisted the white
flag. The Belgians, under General
de Guise, covered the retreat. Some
of the Belgians fled northward, and
were disarmed in Dutch territory;
others crossed the pontoon bridge
The entire net proceeds go to the needy
children of German soldiers in the held