Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 189, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 August 1915 — Germans Continue to Raise Havoc In All Classes of Fighting. [ARTICLE]

Germans Continue to Raise Havoc In All Classes of Fighting.

The Germans continue to push back the Russians and make their victory more decisive than ever. The Russians seem to be holding out very well under the circumstances. They are receiving practiially no help from England and are almost out of ammunition and provisions. In the last two days six vessels belonging to the British, Norwegians and Danes, have been sunk by submarines and mines of the Germans. A British torpedo destroyer, the Lynx, carrying three four-inch guns and equipped with 21-inch torpedo tubes, was sunk by a German mine. Few lives were lost in the sinking of the six vessels. The Germans launched two raids Monday night which resulted in a number of deaths for the allies. One raid on the coast of England caused the loss of 14 lives and 14 were injured. A raid in Bavaria is said to have cost the lives of 8 and injuries to ”2.