The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-11-26
CONFLICT OF MOST FAR-REAcH.
ING IMPORTANCE RACES BE-
TWEEN RIVERS vIsTULA
AND WARTE.
ALL CONDITIONS FAVORABLE
FOR A DECISIVE RESULT
other Engagements In East Are on
cracow-Czanstochowa Front and
in East Prussia-Bulgaria ana
Italy Uneasy Because of
Austrian Moves.

London, Nov. 24.-The veil Of
secrecy has been drawn over the bat
ties between Russians and Austro-Ger
man forces. The headquarters of both
armies are combining themselves to the
briefest statements concerning the hos
t~ilities, saying merely that fighting is
in progress.
Warsaw Again Threatened.
News coming from unofficial sources
however, shows that the German ad
has penetrated farther into Pc
land than had been previously dis
closed and that Warsaw is threatened
for a second time.
General Won Hindenburg's army has
advanced as far as the Lowicz-Skier.
niewice line, which means that the
Germans have covered two-thirds OF
the ground 30 the Polish capital, from
which they nov are only 40 miles dis.
tant.
Farther south in Poland, however,
the Teuton allies are said to have
been repulsed between Radon and
Kielce.
East Prussia Quiet.
The battle in East Prussia seems to
have died down, but the Russians con
tinue to advance in Galicia and are
still fighting on the Cneztochowa-Cra.
COW front.
The battle in Poland in the direction
Of Lowicz is the most critical one and,
while the Germans have the greatest
confidence in General Won Hindenburg
since his defeat of the Russian Cen
eral Rennenkampf in East Prussia,
here and in Petrograd military observ-
ers express the opinion that Russia's
overwhelming superiority in numbers
of men again must tell. as was the
case when the Germans made their
first attack on Warsaw.
Allies Rest in West.
In Flanders and in France the
armies seem to be enjoying a long de.
served rest, for the only remaining
evidence that the belligerents are fac
ing each other is an occasional bonn
bardment with heavy guns.
Infantry attacks have temporarily
ceased and while the generals are lay.
ing their plans for their next move the
men are getting a chance to rest and
to tidy themselves up after a month in
the w~ater-soaked trenches.
Eyewitness Makes Report.
An eyewitness with the British head
quarters In a long statement gives
official confirmation Of the reported
heavy losses the Germans have suf-
fered in their attacks on Ypres and
says reports to the effect that this
city has fallen are incorrect. He
speaks of decimated battalions, of hun
dreds of dead left before the trenches
and of patches Of bodies found in farm
houses.
The casualty list of British officers
show that the British forcess also have
suffered severely in the fighting.
servians Making a Stand.
The Servians are ms ng a stand
against the Austrians in a well chosen
fortified position on the River Kolu-
mabara, but as the Austrians com.
mand superior forces and Servia is
without allies near enough to offer her
assistance, 1t seems that unless other
Balkan states come into the war Ser.
via Is faced with defeat.
The recruiting campaign which is
being carried on throughout the Brit
ish isles resulted in bringing many
men 70 the colors. Troops with ban
ners flying and bands playing marched
through the East End of London to
Victoria Park, where speakers ad.
dressed the crowds from early morn.
ing until late last evening.
100000 Germans Brought Up.
London, Nov. 23.-Two big battles,
either or both of which may have dc.
cisive results are being fought in Pc.
land and a third conflict of almost
equal Importance is progressing in
East Prussia.
OF the three battles. that which is
now at its height between the Vistula
and the Warta rivers and in which the
Russians claim partial success is ex
citing the greatest interest. The Ger
mans. 1t is believed. have brought UP
by their line of strategic railways in
Posen and Silesia at least half a mil
lion men in an effort to break the Rus
sian line at this point.
Weather conditions, the frozen
ground and the situation of the battle
field. favor a battle decisive to a de,
gree not equaled on any other field
in the present var
Bulgaria Again Uneasy.