Norwich bulletin., 1914-11-20

Although only meagre reports are ah haud from any of the scenes of hoEtli- tiee. tt seems probable that on the western strip of Poland, with it's north ern and southern boundar1es respec- lively the Vistula and Warta rivers, and it's western front the border or Posen, the most severe contest for supremacy is proceeding.
 Quiet in France.
 'RaxtarularIy quiet" is the descrip- ffun of fha operations in the western zone given by the French war office, although the usual artillery dueis and attacks by infantry at various places were tn progress. Tracy-le-Val. a Ehort distance to the northeast of Paris. and at the crook of the elbow of the western battle front, was the prln- eipal scene in the infantry attacks. Here the French reported that they tho town. 1nf1ictfng heavy casualties
 Revere for Russians.
 As Hor the east Petrograd has ad- nstted e big reverse in Poland-a re- verge in which the Russian armies have been pushed back at least fifty miles from tho German border toward WarsaTF-but Berlin remains reticent concernfug the operation.
 Tn khe eastern theatre Of the war the newly commenced batt1e5eare pro- ceedifag. is all the German war office has bad Co gay. A semi oGfciaf Berlin report says: Reasons of strategy prevent disclosure of the troop move
 Germans Pressing Russians.
 That these battles .iare proceeding" however iG taken to mean that the 9ernans ara still pressing against the Russians in an endeavor to drive them back eastward to Warsaw. over the game ground where only a short time ago faae Russians held the whip hand and herded the Germans westward be- fore them from the Polish capital tow ard the German frontier.
 Along the East Prussian border the Muscovites claim that they are con- tinually pressing forward and making 1nroads on German territory. Here also Germany makes no claims.
 In regard to the operations in south ern Galicia and in southern Russian Poland, the Russians. according to un- official reports. are still following up previous successes against the Austrf- ans On the other hand, a news agency despatch from Vienna declares the Austriens have captured 1000 pris-
 Naval Battle in Black Sea.
 A battle has taken place in the Black sea between Russian and Turkish war ships. As to it's result the reports are contradictory. Petrograd claims that the former German cruiser Goeben, which now files the Turkish flag, was struck by Russian shells. that expio- sions occurred on board her, and that she quit the encounter and disappear ed In the fog. taking advantage of her speed. Constantinopfe, through Ber- lin, makes no mention of the Goeben having been injured. but says one Russian battlesllip was badly damaged and that the others fed toward Sebas- topol. of which place the fight occur red.
 The British again have been success ful in an attack on Turkish posi- ion. The force operating on the Shat eI-Arab river and the Persian gulf drove from their trenches an Ottoman force and captured number of pris- oners and guns and 9 quantity of an1- munftion. The British, however, lost three officers and 35 men killed in the attack The Turkish casualties were not stated.
 Using Boats in Belgium.
 Owing to the flooded country on the northern line in Belgium, the belliger- ents frequently resort to the use of flat bOttomed boats in their opera tfong.