Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-11-19
Sudden Resumption Of the
Offensive By Germans
Is Great Surprise
ADVANCE OF CZAR'S
ARMY is CHECKED
Bad Weather Still Delaying
Operations on Western
Scene Of Fighting

London, Nov. 18.-No change in the
operations in Russian Poland has been
more startling than the sudden re-
sumption of the offensive on the part
of the Germans, movement by which
the heart Of the Russian line has been
attacked and Warsaw again threaten
ed
AS usual, conflicting reports arrive
from the neighborhood of these opera
tions Petrograd does not deny that
the Germans have resumed the often
sive, but dispatches from the Russian
capital declare that such movement
will not cause the slightest diversion
from the Russian invasion of East
Prussia, which is proceeding slowly,
but steadily. Meanwhile Berlin claims
a victory near Lipno, imperilling the
Russian forces which, according to
German reports, must make stand
before crossing the vistula river, as a
retirement behind that stream would
he too difficult Berlin reports that the
Russians are near Kutno, but Vienna
claims victory for her ally at this
place.
From this welter of conflicting re-
ports emerges clearly the fact that a
pr~at battle is under way in western
Poland on the line between the river
Vistu]a and the river Warta. 1t is
equally clear that the Russian advance
has been brought to halt. In the
meantime Russian progress continues
through the Carpathians; before Cra-
COW and in East Prussia.
Bad Weather. in. West.
Bad weather conditions still are hay
ing their effect on the operations in
the western arena. Artillery duels
continue. but 1t is hardly likely that
use Of its infantry.
Paris claims in an Off cial commnica-
tion that the invaders renewed their
attacks to the south and east of Ynres,
without modifying the situation. At the
same time the allies, according to this
announcement, have made marked
progress at every point attacked-on
User, in Vailly region. and on heights
of the Meuse Special dispatches an
nource heavy German losses in fresh
fighting at Diymude and the existence
between Nieuport and Ypres of a pro-
tective sheet of water which renders
any further danger of a German ad-
vance in that region negligible. The
Germans are reported, also as having
completely abandoned the left bank of
the User, the flooding of which endan-
gers their possession of DiXmude.
The giving out by the admiralty o.
the official report of the captain Of thu
cruiser Glasgow of the naval engage
ment November 1, off the coast OF
Chile. settles beyond question the fate
of the cruisers Goodhope and Mon
mouth, but offers no solution to the
mystery of the battleship Canopus. Ac-
cording to the Glasgow report, Rear
Admiral Sir christopher Craddock,
commander of the British SQUADRON.
signalled the Canopus that he was
about to engage the enemy. This is
the only mention in connection with
this naval engagement Of the battle
ship being present on the British side.
Terrible Battle On.
Paris, Nov. 1S.-A dispatch received
here from Petrograd by the Hayas
agency is as follows:
"a terrific battle of unexamDled
violence has been proceeding for four
days around Soldau. The cannonad-
ing has maintained night and day.
The Russians are endeavoring at
any cost to avenge their check
at Soldau, and are throwing them
selves at the Germans with indescrib-
able fury. They have carried position
after position by assault in spite of
the internal fire of the Germans
'The Germans are offering a most
energetic resistance and their fight
Ing is alternately offensive and de.
fensive.
'In spite of the torrential rains
which have turned the ground into a
quagmire. the Russians are advancing
toward the interior of Germany.
"They have captured ten big can
non none of them damaged"