Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 60, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 November 1914 — Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 [ADVERTISEMENT]

BRITISH LOSE 1 TWO WARSHIPS IH NAVAL BATTLE

Five German Cruisers Attack English Fleet Off Chile and Escape. KAISER’S VESSELS UNINJURED ' »I Monmouth Goes Down, Good Hope Burning and Believed Doomed — Submarine Lost When Teutons Throw Out Mine. Dover, via London, Nov. 4. —The report la being circulated that the German fleet has come out from Its base. It is also reported from Dunkirk that four battleships and four cruisers have put to se i from Kiel. London, Nov. 4.—The secretary of the admiralty announces that an Ahglo-French fleet bombarded the Dardanelles forts this morning. The forts replied, but no ships were hit. The damage to, the forts cannot 1 be estimated, but a great explosion was heard at the Hoiles fort.

Valparaiso, Chile, Nov. 4.—The German warships Gneiseuau, Scharnhorst, Nurnberg, Leipzig and Dresden attacked the British fleet off Coronel, Chile. The British cruiser Monmouth was sunk. The cruiser Good Hope was badly damaged, and as she was on fire is supposed to have been lost. The British cruiser Glasgow took refuge in the harbor of Coronel and is now bottled up. The German battleships Scharnhorst, Nurnberg and Gneisenau anchored at midday in Valparaiso harbor uninjured. British Submarine Is Sunk. London, England, Nov. 4. —The British submarine D 5 was sunk In the North sea by a mine which was thrown out by a*German cruiser retreating before British cruisers. Two officers and two men of the submarine were saved. This information is contained in an admiralty report issued here.

By JOHN C. FOSTER. International News Service Correspondent. British Lose Heavily. London, Nov. 4. —Every possible eb fort is being made to rush new troops to the battle front in France and Belgium. It was admitted at the war office that the British, troops had Suffered heavy losses in the battle of the Yser, probably heavier than those of the French or Belgians. The Belgian troops are said to have lost between 12,000 and 18,000 men. The great losses of the British are said to be due to the fact that the Germans concentrated their artillery Are on the English troops whenever possible. Germans Retire on Yser. Paris, Nov. 4.—The advantage which the Germans gained by securing a foothold at terrific loss of life on the left bank of the Yser r,iver has been abandoned, according to an official announcement issued here. It states that the Germans have withdrawn and that the allied troops have regained the crossings of the Yser. Subscribe for The Democrat.