Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-12-01
Summary of War
Nevs of Yesterday

IL any marked successes have been
attained on any of the various fields
of battle. the war chancellories OF the
belli2erent powers have RETAINED
from making known this fact to the
public through their usual official
communications.
Except that fighting continues
briskly in Poland and that there has
been another resultleks attack on Ar
ras In the west, there IL a paucity of
news from the fronts.
Unofficial adylces from pctrograd
assert that The Russians in Poland
have captured ten miles OF German
trenches between Glovno and Sobota.
northeast of Lode, and In addition 600
prisoners, seven guns and many
wounded. The capture OF these
trenches, IL Is asserted. strengthens
the Russian right wing. which IL is
declared already has outflanked the
German left and brought the Russian
advance nearer Strykcw. where q bat
tie Is raging.
Berlin declares there is nothing inn
portant to report from Poland. A
wireless dispatch from the German
capital. however. quotes military crit
les as saying that the time is ripe for
n resumption of active operations
against the Russians which were tenn
porarily hindered by the advance Of
Russian reinforcements. IL adds that
the Austrians are keeping what the
Germans and Austrians took and that
there have been Austrian advances in
Servia.
King George has gone TO France to
x~ts.ts a IA 1..sk ~ Dttt ttnh
expedltlonary forces.
The French government in yellow
book again outlines. but more COM
pletely than previously, the causes OF
the European conflagration. II deals
with events from the Austrian ultima
tum to Servia to the actual COM
mencing of hostilities by all the states
of the triple entente and the Teutonic
allies.
In another official statement issued
at Paris, the French government re-
views the general situation In the
western arena from November II 10
~ and deseriscs th.e<<errlfie-C German
assault with explosive and incendiary
shells on the Belgian town of Ypres,
which il declares was marked for de-
struction ION the day when the Ger
man emperor was obliged TO give up
all hope OF entering it,
The cathedral, the belfry and the
market buildings. says the French ac-
count, were destroyed and the main
square of the city was transferred into
heap of ruins.
The report announces that from a
material and moral standpoint the
French position from the sea to the
Lys river is excellent and declares that
the German artillery attacks along the
line are intermittent and lack spirit.
In a report from British headquar-
ters on the continent covering opera
tions from November % 10 November
20, the British official observer says
that since tho enemy has desisted
from his attacks in force, the fighting
has resolved itself into a competition
of sniping and small affairs on the
outpdsts all along the line. whore po-
stions are contested with rifles, hand
grenades, bombs, mortars and mines.
He chronicles numerous British sue
cesses and declares that no little part
of these have been due to the ample
quantity and excellent quality of the
food. No soldiers in the field, he
says, have ever been SO we'll fed.
The Berlin press bureau says the
sultan OF Turkey has received a pledge
of allegiance from Egyptian notables.
Emperor William has conferred the
order of Merit on General Mackenzen
for the successes achieved by his
armies In Poland.