Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-11-24
GERMAN REPORTS SEEM TO
INDICATE SUCCESS OF
THE GRAND DUKE
STRIKE AGAIN IN west
KaiserS Army to Again Attempt
TO Break Through to the
Coast.

THE advantage I'm the great battle
Il which is being fought in the re-
zion between the Nistula and Warta
rivers lu Poland. it appears, accord
iug TO- the latest adNccs, is ON the
side Of the Russians \ special dis
patch received in Paris from Petro-
grad even asserts the forces of Grand
Duke Nicholas have won a decisive
victory over the German troops under
General Won Hiudenburg However,
this may Dee, the official reports from
both the German and Russian war
offices indicate General Won linden
burg has been checked i'm his second
advance ON Warsaw.
Terrific Fighting.
That this battle is being fought
with great stubhornucss is certain.
Grand Duke Nicholas. who for two
days in succession has recorded par
tcial successes. has received reinforce
meuts and against this reinforced
army General Won Hindenhurg is now
hurting his troops in inpetuous as
saults
In the western theatre the Germans
have been bumbarding violently Npres
in Flanders, scissors IN the valley OF
the Alsne and Rheims and have been
making attacks in the Argonne re-
gion. The Germans claim they have
been gaining ground i'm the last
named district, but the French as
sert the attacks here have been re-
pulsed. Military experts point out
that any or all of this activity may
be intended to draw attention from
, I'm "a hiFh tho
aupck IS 10 be made.
German Navy Loses.
Tho British secretary for India in
a statement records the defeat OF
the Turkish fleet in the Persian gulf
and admits "A victory for the Germans
over British force in east Africa
The Germans have suffered naval re-
verses. The submarine LIS was
rammed off the north coast of Scot
land by British patrol boat ana
foundered. All the men on board
the submarine. with the exception OF
one man, were rescued. Inc Ger
man torpedo boat destroyer S-124 has
been run down off the coast of sweden
and sunk bv Danish steamer. The
crew of the war vessel We're saved
The destroyer was towcd into Swed-
ish port whore she will be interned.
A Pctrograd report says the Ger
mans have bombarded libau and that
q great many women and some chill
dreu were killed.
A newspaper dispatch from Petro-
grad says the British embassy IN
Constantinople has been sacked, the
Russian hospital pillaged and that all
foreigners have been subjected to
abuses.
LONDON, Nov. 23.-(9:30 p. NJ
The battle which is being fought IN
the region between the Nistula and
Warta rivers, in Poland, appears TO
have turned I'm favor of the Russians.
In fact, special dispatch from Pc
trograd to Paris says that the Russian
army already has won "A decisive VIC
tory. While this may be an eXagger-
alton. both the Russian and German
official reports suggest that General
Won Hlndenburg's second thrust at
Warsaw has been checked.
Grand Duke Nicholas. commander
in-chief Of the Russian forces, for two
days In secession has recorded partial
successes in this great battle and to-
night the German general staff says
that the arrival of Russian reinforce
ments has postponed decision.
Both sides have expressed the great
est confidence in the outcome of this
battle. Grand Duke Nicholas and
General Won Hindenburg heretofore
have been so successful in their STRAIT
egy that their adherents look upon
them as almost unbeatable.
Both Sides Confident
The German papers only this morn
ing were talking of a general Russian
retirement despite the fact that the
Russians have been advancing stead
ilv in Galicia. have repulsed the Aus
tro-Gcrman attack before Cracow,
hold part of the German territory in
east Prussia and were opposing Cen
eral Won llindenburg's advance on
Warsaw II is the same in Petrograd.
All the correspondents declare 1t Is
certain Russian numbers must tell
when the Germasn reach the ground
on which the Grand Duke Nicholas
has chosen to give them battle.
While undertaking immense tasks
in the east. the Germans, according
to all accounts, are preparing to
launch another offensive movement
I'm the west Just where this is to be
is known, of course. by the general
staff alone. II is believed here. how
ever, they will make another effort to
get through to the French coast and
perhaps at the same time try to force
the line of French fortresses in the
Argonne region.
Violent Attacks.
The Germans have been violently
bombarding Ypres, in Flanders. Soils
sons, in the Aisne valley. and Rheims.
while they have been making attacks