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field marshal said, and added that In
the meantime all the gaps in the Brit
ish forces on the Continent had been
filed.
Many Claimed Captured. !
London, Nov. 28.-The Russian gen.
eral staff still is Withholding the de.
tails of the victory which all other dis
patches from Petrograd say the Rus
SLAMS have won over the German fore
es which penetrated Poland. The Of
fetal report simply says the battle con.
tinues to develop to the advantage of
the Russians and that the Germans
are trying to extricate themselves
from position very unfavorable to
them. The Germans on the other hand,
claim they have inflicted heavy losses
on the Russians between LODI and
Lowicz.
1t is said in Petrograd that one, II
not two. German corps were almost
completely enveloped and that they
are making desperate effort to fight
their way out to the north. Already a
large number of prisoners are reported
to have passed through Warsaw.
The Russians are said to be continu-
ing their advance through the Car
pathians, in western Galicia and
against Cracow, and Prof. Bernard
Pares, the British governments rep.
resentative with the Russian head
quarters staff, says the Muscovite
forces are forming half circle around
east Prussia to avoid the we'll fortified
and difficult Maxurian lake region.
They are also declared to be operating
with success against the Turks in the
! Caucasus.
Crushing Defeat Reported.
Petrograd, Nov. 27.-It is reported
that in the great battle in Russian Pc.
land one entire army corps of the Ger
mans has ben captured with all the
artillery and transports and that an.
other practically has been wiped out.
Thirty-six trains full of prisoners are
| said to be already on the way to the
center Of Russia.
Forty-eight trains have been dis
patched from Warsaw to bring in the
prisoners and wounded. This number
of trains, made ur Of the maximum
number of cars Of the Russian vide
gauge, would carry between $4,000 and
$4,000 men, 1t is estimated here.
German Delay Costly.
Military men express the opinion
that the defeat was due in large part
to the failure Of German column
from Wielun to arrive at given point
at given time. The delay was due
to bad roads. The Russians were thus
enabled to concentrate sufficient
force to repulse it and turn the tanks
of the main German column.
Officers express the conviction that
the Germans have received crushing
blow, likely to prove decisive in the
campaign in Poland.
The German retreat now covers the
entire front Of the vistula and Wharf.-The
rivers. At some points, It is said, the
movement resembles rout; artillery
and machine guns and ammunition
and commissary stores being left in
the field.
Allied Fleet Leaves zeebruane.
London, Nov. 27.-The destruction
of Germany's rudimentary naval base
at zeebrugge by shell fire from Brit
tsh and French warships, together with
Germany's grim preparation for her
renewed attempts to cross. 6 A. way
through the allied line to the$French
coast, were the most significant fea.
lures in the news coming to hand
from the western arena Of the war.
To Send 10000 Men to Front.
London, Nov. 26.-Portugal has
taken the final plunge into the Euro
pean war. The Portuguese Congress
has decided that he country should
cooperate with the allies when 1t con.
stders the stenp necessary. The min.
lister Of war will issue a decree for
partial mobilization.
A dispatch has been received from
Lisbon to that effect. It did not state
when the Portuguese troops would be
available for field duty at the front,
but 1t was believed in Official circles
here that 1t would be but short
time when 10000 men would be sent
forward to the allies battle line in
France and Belgium.
Float Greatest Loan In History.
The greatest loan in Great Britain's
history-e350.000.000 ($1,750.000 .000)
has been floated successfully by the
Bank o. England, both large and small
buyers being among the investors. The
country awaits the announcement by
the chancellor Of the exchequer as to
the amount Of the subscriptions with
the belief that they will exceed consid.
erably the amount of the loan and that
the colossal transaction will have an
impressive effect upon Great Britain's
enemies.
British Sink German Submarine.
London, Nov. 24.-The secretary of
the admiralty announces that the Ger.
man submarine boat U-18, which YVES
reported of the perth coast Of scos