Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 84, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 January 1915 — EUROPEAN WAR NEWS IN BRIEF [ARTICLE]

EUROPEAN WAR NEWS IN BRIEF

A British squadron, eonqHised of powerfpl and swift battle cruisers, patrolling the North Sea, encountered a German squadron, presumably bound for the British coast, ami won what Ist considered in England an inq>ortant victory. The German armored cruiser Bluecher was sunk and two battle cruisers are reported to have been badly damaged. Together with a fourth German battle cruisers, the damaged vessels found safety in their homo waters. Ollier vessels of the British and tierman fleets, <>f light cruisers and destroyers, also were engaged, but the’ result has not yet become known to the British Admiralty. o > That the revolutionary movement in the Union of South . Africa has not been entirely suppressed is indicated by the official announcement from Pretoria that 1,200 reliels under Lieutenant Colonel Maritz have attacked Upington, Bechuanaland. The rebels were ropulsod, but nearly 1,100 of them got away. While artillery is playing the leading role along the front in Belgium ami France, there are reports of vast military preparations in Alsace, where it is thought that the Germans are about to inaugurate a strong offensive movement against the French in the Vosges. Heavy German re-enforcUments are being sent to that district. In the eastern theater the Russians are supposed to be engaged in a series of movements in Poland which will bring about a change in the operations in that territory, while the Russian attempt to outflank the Austrian right wing in Southern Bukowina is said to have been frustrated.