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A translation 0; “lgeltkrteg,” an accurate daily record of the present war. published at 45 Broadway
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On October 18,
French attacks west and northwest of Lille
were repulsed with heavy losses.
According to official English reports the
English army lost about l4.000 men in the
battles on the Aisne between September I2
and October I8.
German troops advanced from Ostend along
the coast to Nieuport. at the mouth of the
Yser, where they were brought to a stand-
still by the enemy.
Blanlcenberghe was occupied by 3.000 Ger-
man troops. The former Belgian garrison,
consisting of 3,000 regulars and 2.000
of the Civil Guard were captured.
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The shops of German tradesmen in the
Deptford section of London were wrecked
and set afire.
The English submarine "E 3." one of the
newest and fastest in the British fleet, was
destroyed in the North Sea off the German
coast.
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Considerable masses of Russian cavalry, at-
tempting to force the passage of the Bzura
to the west of Warsaw, were hurled back to
Sochaczew by German and Austro-Hun-
garian cavalry.
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Austro-Hungarian troops repulsed
a violent Russian attack on the
eastern bank of the San.-To the
east of Przemysl the heights of
Medyka were reached.-The im-
portant elevation of Magiera, near
Mizyniecz, was stormed.-All the
Russian attacks on the heights to
the southwest of Stary-Sambor col-
lapsed. The Austrians advanced
Victoriously through the valleys of
the Stryj and Swica to Uroz, Orov,
and Lubience. The Russians north
of Wyszkov were defeated and
driven further back.
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During the night of October I8, Austro-
Hungarian torpedo boats and submarines ap-
peared unexpectedly off Antivari, destroyed
part of a cargo of munitions, which had
shortly before been landed by a French
steamer, and wrecked the new wireless
station.
An English destroyer which had apparently
been badly damaged off Cattaro. made the
Italian port of Molfetta.
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The Porte protested to London against the
presence of two English gunboats in the Per-
sian Gulf, and threatened to close the channel
The entire net proceeds go to the needy
children of German soldiers in the Held