The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-11-20
(By Associated Press.)

from any of the scenes of hostilftieS
but it seems probable that the severe
contest Is proceeding in that western
strip OF Poland with its northern and
southern boundaries, respectively
the Vistula and Warta rivers and its
western front the border OF Posen,
Particularly quiet" is the descrip-
tion of operations in the western zone
given by the French war Office, al
though the usual artillery dueIs and
attacks by infantry at various places
were in progress. Tracy-le-Val,
short distance northeast of Paris and
at the crook OF the elbow Of the west
ern battle front. was the scene OF the
principal infantry attacks. Here the
French reported they held back Ger
man attempt to capture the town, in
fiicting heavy casualtiee.
AS for the east, Petrograd has adj
mitted big reverse in Poland
reverse in which the Russian armies
have been pushed back at least fifty
miles from the German border toward
Warsaw-but Berlin remains reticent.
"In the eastern theatre the newly
commenced battles are proceeding"
is all the German was office says. A
semi-officia1 Berlin report says .reas-
ons of strategy" prevent disclosure OF
troop movements.
That these battles are proceeding.
however, is taken to can that the
Germans are still pressing against
the Russians in an endeayor to drive
them back eastward to Warsaw over
the Same territory In which only q
short time ago the Russians held the
whip hand and drove the Germans
westward: before them from the Polish
capital toward the. German frontier.
fI;r, ,ur fofs fnea
aIsS5ssSS5 l-eiiiiia tfu1 IA e rsontinu-
ousiy pressing forward and making
inrnads into German territory. Here
also Germany makes claims.
With regard the operations
southwerd In Galicia, and In southern
Russian Poland, the Russians, accord-
ing to unofnclai reports, are follow
ing up previous successes against the
Austrians. ON the ether hand, news
dispatch from Vienna declares. the
Austrians have captured 1000 prison
ers and many guns. :
A battle has taken place tatw sen
Russian and Turkish warships on
Sebastopor In the Black Sea. AS to its
rograds claims the former German
cruiser Goeben, now flying the Turk
ish nag, was struck by Russian shells
that explosions occurred on board her.
that she quit the encounter and dis
appeared in the f1g.
Gonstantnople, through Berlin.
makes no mention OF the Goeben hav-
ing been injured hut says one Rus
sian battieship was badly damaged
and that the others fed towards Se-
bastopol.
The British again have been sue
cessful In an attack on O Turkish po-
sition. The force operating on the
Shat-El-Arab aiyer and the Persian
Gulf drove rom their trenches an
Ottoman force and captured prison
ers, guns and ammunition. The Brit
tsh, however. lost three officers and
80 men killed in the attack. The Tnr-
kish casualties were not stated. (;
From the British nefal headquar-
ters at the front comse q further ac-
count of hghting along the British
yember 1s to aIs. II this recital It Is
declared the situation 50 far as 1t re-
lates 10 the British mas not altered
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part OF shelinB at long range anu the
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