Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-10-31
GREATEST BATTLE OF WAR
RAGING ALONG NORTH SEA
German Heavy Artillery Fire Finds
Its Marks Among British
Ships---Russians Re-
port Victories

reports from .tne eastern front III
dictate that the greatest battle of the
war in that arena is impending. Aus
tria. in its latest official statement,
claims TO have thrust strong forces
across the Carpathians in the face of
determined resistance.
German and Austrian forces, IL Is
said. have a strong wall OF troops
along line which stretches from the
northern spurs of the Carpathians be.
fore PrZemysl and on into the dis
trict of Plock. Before this line is
arrayed the main Russian army. the
Austrians claim successes in engage
ments to the northeast of Przemysl
and on the lower San.
The Russian official report de-
scribes great battle which is In prog
ress along a front of more than GO
miles i'm Poland. extending from Rawa
to the River Ijanka, in which the Rus
slams are declared to be winning vic
tories. The same report says that
the resistance of the Austrians in Ga
licia is weakening.
The people of Belgium are in dire
starvation. The American minister
to Belgium says there is less than a
two weeks supply of food in the cities
while in the country districts the sit
uation is worse. The American re
! lief committee in London has been
forced to delay until Wednesday it's
first shipment of food to Belgium, the
British board of trade not having
granted the necessary license in time
With the release of the American
the British auxiliary cruiser Caronia
and taken to Halifax, and the an
nouncement that the Platuria, held on
the coast of Scotland and also be per
mitted to continue her voyage. al
pending questions between the Unit
cd States and Great Britain over the
seizure of American ships have beer
settled.
No late word has come OF the fight
ing at Using Tau. Recent reports thai
relations between China and japan
we're being strained were strengthen
ed by word from Pekin that the
Chinese foreign minister had demand
ed the surrender OF a Japanese tor
pedo boat which entered Chinese
waters and attempted TO tow away the
wreck of the torpedo boat beachet
by the Germans to escape destruction
by the Japanese.
Capetown reports that the rebe
Maritz and his forces have met de
feat at the hands of the Union o.
South Africa troops. Maritz wal
wounded and has fled to German ter
ritory.
The latest French report admits tina
the Germans have crossed the User
but goes no further in this respect
Along the remainder OF battle from
in Belgium only brief mention OF the
operations Is made. South of Lille
the French claim repulses to the Ger
mans and advances by the allies neal
Scissors and Caronne.
Artillery engagements are proceed
ing on the heights of the Mouse ant
In the Woevre district. In the Ar
gonne German infantry regiment Il
said to have been annihilated.
The Austrians have driven the Mon
tenegrins from positions on the Bos
MAN frontier.
In the east heavy engagements con
tinue between Russians and the Aus
tro-Hungarian forces in the vicinit,
OF Radon and Ivangorod. in Poland
and between the Austrians and thu
Russians south Of Przemysl, In Ca
licia