Show CAPTURE i BRITISH FIVE HUNDRED BRITISH FALL INTO HANDS OF GERM NS S FOLLOWING FOLLOWING FOL FOL- LOWING VIOLENT CONFLICT Th The The- French Claim to Have Repulsed Invading Army South of Lille- Lille German Infantry Regiment Said to Have Been Deen Annihilated Fierce fighting between the allies and the Germans continues in the western estern theatre of ot war War especially inthe inthe In Inthe the district near the North sea coast coastIn In Belgium around Nieuport and southwesterly toward the River Lys The Tho Germans claim that they have thrown additional forces westward across the between Nieuport and and that despite the fact that the allies had received reinforcements reinforcements reinforcements rein rein- the Germans have advanced advanced ad ad- at several points northeast of ot Ypres and taken over British prisoners prisoners pris pris- several of them officers The latest French report admits that the tho Germans have crossed the Veer but goes no further In this respect respect re ra- re- re It is not known therefore whether this is a reiteration of the thc previous acknowledgement of a Gernan Gernan German Ger Ger- nan man crossing there or is confirmation f t the last German claim Along the remainder of ot the battle battlefront front in Belgium only brief mention f the operations is made South of or Lille Lillo the French claim repulses to the Germans and advances by the alLies al j al-j I lies iles near Soissons and Craonne Artillery engagements are proceed proceed- ng ag on heights of the Meuse and inthe Inthe in the district In the L i German infantry regiment is said to tOi lave been annihilated The continuation of the tho great battle battle- which has been In progress ever since Germans essayed their advance on the coast toward the French seaports Is reported In the official dispatches sad ind apparently the fire of ot the OppOSe Germany Is said to have sent many thousands of or reinforcements to aid the right wing In forcing Its way through what Is from a strategic the most important piece jf t f territory in northern Belgium But Dut the Belgians are fighting hard and there Is no doubt that French reinforcements rein rein- and possibly British h have seen Deen brought up to aid aidLe Le allied armies The French official communication declares all attacks of the Germans Germans' Irom from the North sea to the south of Arras have been repulsed which i iI iL is i L rather more optimistic view front from the French standpoint than expressed In an earlier announcement to th the Effect affect that the Germans had mad made headway in certain points In addition the French have nave occupied pied pled the important position of Melz court which commands the roads leading from Varennes around which there are strong German forces to the valley of at the Aisne In the east heavy engagements continue between the Russians an anthe anthe and the Austro Hungarian forces In vicinity of Radom and In ir Iq Poland and between the Austrian and the Russians south of ot In Galicia The Austrians have driven the Montenegrins Mon Men from positions on the Bosnian Dos Bbs nian alan frontier general t Sir Charles Whittingham Horsely Tersely Douglas Dougas chief chiet of the British general staff is dead The death h is also reported of the German Major General ammer who was killed In action in the Argonne forest Berlin announces that It was the submarine U 9 which recently sank the British cruiser Hawke In the orth North sea Previously the U 9 sank the he cruisers Aboukir Cressy Creasy and Hogue Rogue The submarine at last has returned to her home hornEt port Commander Luedecke of the commerce com merce raiding German cruiser Karlsruhe Karlsruhe Karls Katie has been promoted to be a cap cap- thin tain American cotton shipments will not be considered contraband of war Great Britain has notified the United States government to this effect This This' will permit the safe sate movement of ot cotton cot cot- ton to any point including even Ger Get many and Austria It Is believed the British governments government's decision with regard to cotton colton will also apply to cargoes from a neutral neutral neu neu- country transported in neutral ships |