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October II. 1914
The Russian attempts in Poland to cross the
Vistula at lvangorod and to the south there-
of. were frustrated by the German and Aus-
trian armies.
The unexpectedly rapid advance of the Aus-
trians and Germans along the San raised the
siege on Przemsyl. Austrian troops entered
the fortress. In the north the Russians were
driven from Jaroslav. Sieniawa and Lezaisk.
and lost many prisoners. In the south some
of the Russian troops continued to hold the
Medyka-Siedliska-Dobromil-Chyrov - Stary-
Sambor line in order to cover their retreat to
the east.
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After removing the Anglo-French ships from
before the Dardanelles. the Governments of
the Triple Entente replied to the Turkish
demand with a counter-demand that the
Turks should dismiss the German officers and
crews from their service. The Porte de-
clined.
The British Minister at Constantinople re-
quested the women of the English diplomatic
corps to leave Turkey.
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Following the removal of General Beyers
from the command of the South African
militia. disturbances arose among the Boer
troops in the northwest of Cape Colony,
under the leadership of Lieutenant-Colonel
Maritz.
Major Ben Brouver was assigned the task
of bringing Maritz to account; but was taken
prisoner on his arrival at the Boer camp.
As Maritz was very popular, and had many
adherents and plenty of ammunition. the
government of the South African Union de-
cided to proclaim the entire colony in a state
of siege.
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A German vessel landed the crew of the
English steamer "City of VVestminster,"
which the "Kiinigsberg" had sunk in the
lngian Ocean. at Sabang, in the Dutch East
n ies.
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No. 16
On October 12,
in the afternoon and evening, hostile aero-
planes appeared over Karlsruhe.
German troops. consisting mostly of cavalry,
advanced to the neighborhood of Hazebrouck
and Bethune.-Violent French attacks east
of Soissons were repulsed.AIn the Argonne
Forest there was incessant and furious fight-
ing; the German troops advanced step by
step.AAll attacks from Verdun on Etain
and the German positions at St. Mihiel
failed.
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General de Guise, the commander of Ant-
werp, was brought to Aix-la-Chapelle as a
prisoner of war. Major-General Maes of
the Antwerp garrison was also taken pris-
oner. The number of Belgians disarmed on
Belgian soil amounted to about 26.000 and
the number of English was about 2.000.
Strong German patrols scoured the frontier to
capture the scattered Belgian troops or force
them to cross over into Holland.
With bands playing, the German troops
marched into Ghent. Salzaete, to the north
of dGhent on the Dutch frontier, was occu-
pie .
The Belgian government moved from Ostend
to Le Havre. The Queen was in England.
The King remained in Ostend for the time
being. German cavalry advanced to a point
near Dixmude. 4.
Fearing attacks by German aircraft the
British Home Ofiice ordered that the lights
be covered in London at night.
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On the East Prussian frontier the Russians
renewed their attempt to outflank the Ger-
mans near Schirwindt. They were again re-
pulsed. and lost L500 prisoners and 20
guns.
South of Warsaw the Russian vanguard was
defeated. Operations along the Vistula ex-
tended south of Ivangorod. The Russian
retreat from Galicia to the right of the Vis-
tula was energetically followed up by the
united German and Austrian armies.
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