The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1914-11-25
HALT|NG THE CAMPAIGN
In Western Field Both Armies
Are Exhausted.
IN EASTERN TnEA1ER OF war
Germans and Russians Engaged
b In a Gigantic Struggle.

London (SpeciaD-The German ad-
vance has been stopped short, accord
ing to Russian claims, Petrograd say.
ing the struggle is most desperate, but
that the Russians have gained par
ual successes.
Some confirmation of the Russian
statement is found in the Berlin Off
Sial report. This claims no victory for
the Germans and says plainly that the
fighting is going on and there has been
no change in the situation.
The tremendous struggle in POLAND
remains the chief operation of the
whole war, since upon it depends the
Russian invasion of Germany and the
consequent slackening of German er
fort in Belgium and France. The Rus
SLAMS have in western Poland alone
100000 fighting men; the Germans
have 100000.
~ Weather Checks Fighting.
y In the west exhaustion and bitter
weather have stopped infantry move
ments and are holding combatants to
TIE trenches Sunday there was ar
tillery fighting at Ypres and near Sois-
sons, with no decisive result Paris
says that the French artillery is much
superior to the German. From the
North sea to Alsace the situation was
"calm," according to Paris, while Ber-
lin reports the situation quiet.
Turkey is again active In the Black
sea and the cruiser Hamidich has
bombarded the town of Tapes, killing
four persons and wounding several.
Petrograd announces that a Russian
column has progressed near Erzerum,
which indicates that the Russian with
drawal ended several days ago, and
that Russia is once more advancing in
northeastern Armenia.
l Situation in Egypt.
All capitals are silent as to the sit
uation along the Egyptian frontier. Ii
IL known that the Young Turk-German
commanders planned an invasion or
Egypt. Constantinople has asserted
that victories have been gained over
the bGlrlSil. ANO WOlu "hatVNOi 40
given out here on the subject.
The chief feature of the news in
England was a riot in detention
camp on the Isle of Man. It appears
that the Germans and Austrians were
insubordinate and attacked their jail
ers. In the fight four prisoners were
killed and one was wounded. For a
long time there has been a report cur
rent that the German and Austrian
civilians confined in such camps re-
scented their arrest very bitterly.
Ancient Monuments Destroyed.
At Ypres, the key of the allies whole
position in Belgium, and the town
which the kaiser himself has told his
troops must be taken at any cost, the
Germans destroyed historical monu,
nents, beautiful in architecture and
rich in tradition. The city hall and
the Halles, anciently the great market
place, lately a museum, crumbled un'
der German shells. Edifices chat sur
vived 600 years collapsed in a few
minutes.
Elsewhere in the north and for that
matter anywhere along the battle line
there is little fighting. Tremendous
losses suffered by both sides, the ex
haustion produced by weeks Of night
and day fighting and sapping. the suf
fering caused by floods and frost have
brought about, for the time at least, q
situation which the government refers
20 laconically as calm" The soldiers
on both sides have kept to the
trenches, having neither time nor en-
ergy for other labor than to make life