Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-07
COURSE OF THE
EUROPEAN WAR
Battles on Land and Sea, and tho
Weeks Effect on tho General
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Situation.
oermany's naval successes and Tur-
keys active participation in the war ot
the nations were the outstanding fea-
lures OF the world conflict during the last
week, overshadowing qermany's reversss
in both the Russian and western seats Of
war
Great Britain'e vnunted navy has thus
far failed to strike any effective blow,
while the raiders warfare OF the German
seacraft has been the great surprise Of
operations on the water. The effective
ness Of German sorties has stunned the
British Admiralty. A serious blow was
delivered by the German fleet Off the
coast OF Chill.
Turkey, duped by German commanders
Of their warships, according to authentic
reports from Constantinople, is plunged
into the war against the wishes Of it's
old party, and once in is steered by the
radical Young Turks. Great Britain has
formally declared war, and II Is said In
every quarter there is now a race to see
which Of the allied Powers can get 20
Constantinople first
German strategy apparently has failed
In both France and Russia. The drive to
the coast from Ostend is now admittedly
blocked, and new attempt through the
region from Ypres and Dixmude has been
checked More significant still is the fact
that Russians are now on German soil.
The Germans have reformed their lines
after the retreat from Poland, but the
Russian avalanche has not been checked.
The most sensational news told of the
defeat OF the British squadron off the
South American coast. The British cruiser
Monmouth was sunk and the flagship
Good Hope disappeared In the darkness,
badly damaged. The Glasgow and the
converted liner Otranto took refuge In
Coronel harbor, Chill. They were fol-
lowed there by the Leipsic and Dresden.
The Scharnhorst, Gneisenau and Nurp-
berg afterward appeared in Valparaiso
harbor but little damaged and reporting a
loss Of only two men. Their officers esti-
mated the British loss at more than 1000
men.
Two movements OF the main German
heet were reported, one OF raid on the
British coast and the other of blockade
OF the Gulf OF Finland. In the former,
designed to lure the British patrol into
the North Sea, the British submarine DIS
was destroyed.
The German armored cruiser Yoroh
was sunk by a mine In home waters
near the naval base Of wilhelmshayen.
The Koenigsberg was put out of action
In the Indian Ocean, according to a Lon-
don report. The Karlsruhe DESTROYED a
merchantmen Off the Brazilian coast.
Turkish operations consisted of sinking
Russian cruiser in the Black Sea, sink
ing IL transports, shelling the cities of
Odessa and Theodosia, and land conflicts
with the Russian troops, which have
crossed the Caucasian border. A Turkish
raid on Egypt has been pooh-poohed by
Great Britain, which has a large force
ready to meet such an invasan. How
ever, 1t is said 1000 Bedouns has crossed
the border and 100000 Turks are massed
ready for the stroke. The Russian fleet
has driven the Turkish squadron, includ-
ing the former German cruiser Goeben,
back to It's base in the Bosporus, ao-
cording to the Russian Admiralty.
In Belgium the week saw the definite
abandonment by the Germans of the
crossings of the Yser River, between
Nieuport and Dixmude. In consequence of
the floods caused by the opening of the
dykes, However, there was no evidence
that they had relinquished their plan to
reach DunkirlS and Calais. They merely
withdrew further inland and concentrated
their efforts to break the Allies lines at
Ypres, between Dixmude and the River
Lys. The fighting in this region was So
we're all the week, resulting in slight gains
by the Kaiser's forces in their efforts to
encircle Ypres on the north, east and
south.
The Germans rushed heavy land and