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} soon as advance was received French caval- ry was sent to hold the enemy at 'Auberive, Department of Marne, to news of the German dead give the artillery and infantry. time | a to come up from Souain, a place |w near Auberive. But while French ba dragoons were preparing for the os fence of Auberive a | Death's Head Hussars, av: village, came across the and fields with the. prising the French arti march. k It was a critical moment. French dragoons were two miles ahead and the infantry two miles behind the gunners, who were in danger of being sabred across their guns. The Hussars were only three- quarters of a mile away, galloping | Guards bet furiously, In two minutes the guns land their bayo '}infantry arrived' o among the vines, a bugle rang out, ots flashed in the sun as they forwe Without cavalry to sian Guard was obliged to fall back. hind and occupied the Valley of the Suippes, threatening to place the } 'two fires. re ween "A re were unlimbered and lined up along | to the road. The enemy then was only 500 yards away, and the command eould be heard to prepare to charge] a the guns. In the charge the gathered speed with every yard. When they were 200 yards y the French gunners aimed, there was a dash of fire; -Through the blue smoke the artillerymen could see the enemy's horses rear- ing and officers trying vainly to rally the broken lines. A second time the battery vomited death into the doomed brigade. A great silence succeeded the thunder Prussian caval-| fifth led ulsed every time, and after charge only . the flag Then then ten of the Grenadiers threw down their arms. A hundred men, re all that were regiment. - But their sacrifice had not been useless, for it enabled the column to get safely under the guns of the forts at Berru and Nogen I'Abbesse. A BUSY BRITISH CRUISER The Cumberland Has Captured Ten German Ships, Including a Liner The Admiralty announced on Thurs- day. that the British cruiser Cumber- land has captured off the Camer- oons River in West, Africa the Ham- burg-American liner Arnfried and the following steamers:--The Max Brock, Kenapa, Amsinck, Paul Woermann, Erna Woermann, Hen- rietta Woermann, Aline Woermann, Hans Woermann and the Jeanette and most of them contained general cargoes and considerable quantities of coal. The European crews have been removed as prisoners, but the native engine-room hands are being retained. ? The gunboat Soden has also been NEW SUCCESSES POR CZAR'S ARMY Counter-strokes In Rus- sian Poland Have Everywhere Failed: § A detpateh: from London says : At i& officially announced in Petrograd that the Russian armies have won decisive victories over. the German forces near the frontiers of Prussia and Silesia, The Germans have been no more successful than the Austrians in halting the Russian advance. German A 'despatch from London = and has been placed in commission. It is expected that the floating dock and the Herzogin Elizabeth, which have been sunk, can be raised. The Cameroons is a German col- ony of Western Equatorial Africa. It has heretofore been announced of the place the British would not disturb this colony. The announce- ment of the Admiralty, however, in- dicates that the British naval forces have visited the place and captured the German shipping sembled there. . Woermann. . All were in good order £ because of the deadly climate While the success of the Russian armies has been 'so marked in the north, the advance 'through Hun- gary is amazingly rapid. The Rus sian army now sweeping across the plains of Hungary may take Buda- pest without baving to' strike a blow. The Stockholm Journal de- clares that the Russians are already virtually -masters. of the This newspaper Abeady procession Russian' vic- tories over Germans and Austrians by saying that the Russian artillery has been proyed- ta. be more effec- "German or Austrian The 'general staff specifies Rus- 7% sian successes pear Simno, in Province of Suwalki, Northern Po-/ land, and at Andrejew,: forty miles month of Oracow. Germans have abandoned the bombardment of the fortress of Ossowiec and are suffering considerably in a hurried "offensive in Suwalki and vinces. In the battles brought about the invasion of Russia, the Germans lost 30,000 killed and 20,000 prison: 'ers. They were so thoroughly inexhaustible resources of Russia in resefve troops, war munitions and food supplies, » mele. Lods. pro- 5 pro collapse of their | aad "first one, then two, and{1 aid it the Pro-{} : nly one' section. was) left, a, handful of men surrounding 8 to-him by the nition of his valor, and is to be the recipient of the Order of Leopold, equivalent to the British Victoria Cross. In his encounter with Count, Yon Buelow, M. Rosseau was se- verely injured by a nasty kick in the knee from Von Buelow's horse. Rosseau relieved the Count of his despatch case, his uniform, and 165,- 000 francs. The money he turned over to the Red Cross fund. BRITAIN LAYING FIELD OF MINES Admiralty Announces That It Is Necessary to Offset German Policy. A despatch from London says: The Admiralty issued through the Official News "Bureau two *state- ments, informing the public that it has been 'decided to adoptia mine- laying polioy to offset German. ac- tivity in this respect, particulérly in the southern area of the North Sen, where mariners are warned against crossing the region lying approximately between Dover and Calais, and describing the .useful operations, of seaplanes and. air- ships in the naval air service dur- ing the transportation of the ex- peditionary force to France. The statements follow :-- "The German policy of mine lay- ing, combined with their submarine activity, makes it necessary on mili- tary grounds for the Admiralty to adopt counter measures, : "His Majesty's Government has therefore authorized a mine-laying policy in certain areas; : : "SA system ofimine fields ighe« nd is béing . 6. 'PEDIGREED CATTLE, Russians: Take 3 "Emperor . Wil llam's Prize Stock. patch from London says: A ch Yeceived here from Petro- Belgian King in recog- | eins, Officially Deplores Losses Caused by Mining of the Adriatic. A despatch from Rome, via Havre, says: The Austrian Govern: ment has been quick to realize the dangerous . situation created Italy by the sinking by a floating mine of an Italian Seni ng in the Adriatic, about 20 miles from Ancona, Seventeen lives were lost |- by this accident, and the Italian Government made a strong protest against the presence of these mines in the open sea and a demand for indemnity. 'spread indignation over 'the de- The quick conciliatory action of the Dual Monarchy saved it from a serious situation. The Italian fish- ing industry had been brought to sbandstill, and there was wide- PRE Germans Continue Their Efforts to Break Through Allies'. © struction of the fishing vessel: by mines planted by the Austrians, despate sai he sions ] y -Russia's Post violent; atbacks iy! A via GERMANY'S OIL SUPPLIES. says | lines in the vicinity of Rheims snd, Th SL The Austrian Government seit a commupiocation to Italy deploring ih the incident, and giving assurances that measures would be taken to prevent a repetition -of such a dis- are signs that exhaustion 1s sett in among the invaders, owing to the | bad been awe wea- | anmy service allies ae b being given impervals of | y hard fighting and the severe ther conditions. = Meanwhile grad 'says that among the remark: | able war trophies arriving at Smol enek is the entire stock of Emper William's famous pedigreed cattle d horses captured b Emperor' tained from the Hungarian gions. Wi 4 from the ten or have been: withdrawn advanco. [POT Ory--1 "A de 'from 'Venice,