The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-11-18
Today?S War
Summary

Tie American flag has been
tired upon bN Turkey \ report
to the navy department - Mash
ingtun from Captain Dctkcr of
the cruiser Tennessee gave ufn-
,iai confirmation tn earlier dis
patches from Athcns and the
Greek .siafgd of Chios Ia the Ac-
gcan sea. to the cflc,t that TURK
ish gunucr- az SMYRNA had
opened tire when the Tennessee.
was approaching that port
On the hattlcficids OF Europe
there were lev Ciangs.- of -tTa-
tcgir Importance. The great
campaign In the west appatcni-
~ has settled down to "A -prics
of detached iwttlcS. related unly
Indirectly 20 the main issue "
some points along the .IOO-m mile
lire there T. furious hand- so- hand
fighting aud elsewhere oompara-
tive inactivity prevails
Tuday's French official state
mrnt was optimistic Ia tone. stat
ing that German attacks where
ever made. lad hCcn rcpul~cd,
and that thc uilic- had anincd
ground at fcN points. Nj along
the belgian coast thc iighting
has been Icu chiefly tn thc artil-
lcry Near BiNSchootc. - rcv
miles north uT the French huT-
der. there wa. fierce encounter
with haNonet- during which the
NouaNc-, according tp tho irrush
war office. won possession ct n
forrest which he'd been contested
bitterly tor several day
The fighting .n Nl.H,c, which
has been virtually q separate
campaign aud concerning Wbi,h
hitlc ha- bccn heard T. ~nid ~
the French 90 have told hs1,il,
upon the Germans. The lnud-
wcl,r. cumpo-sgl of uidor Ger
mans. ha- been used in this dis
trirt. The French war otit'c am
nounCs~ that ~" landW chs bat
taiiuns haNc bccn Withdrawn. ~
the, had Ioet uuc-half 81 their
cncCti,c strength
The situation IN eastern l'fu~-
Sia presented RppafcutiN the
greater opportunities for auick
and important changc. although
Ru~-ian aud (.rrTaan -tatcucnts
were sttli ~ sharp rouiiirt 1ih'
G.crnnn wnr office announced a.
hcialiN today thHt the operations
again~i tho I;U~-iau- w'rc 'pr"-
cecSling FaVurahiS" Thr Rus
siam. u j. -aid. were ,lmpfilCi
to fail back trum Nlo,ibN"k pnd
Iipuo The latest -tstcmcut
from Pctruarad. huWr,cr H--
sorted that the Gcrman- WIRE rr-
tiriu. HlppG tlc whole i.J.t rru--
-ian front. It Also iudi'atrd iu
nd, .oc- frum rctru.rnd that an
impuftnnt Ku-~ipu rur'c had pen
rtratrd to the cNirCmC -.uth"a-t-
ern -r,tiou uf GnH,in. wh"rc
Iariou~ heh,iug T. -aid to d" in
prugr,-- Ihs Austrian truup-
are rrpurtrh - hc fir'iuZ ia
great disorder.
in belgium the uuucnrNiug
Grr8an- have brgun another ~
their fearful pn~lauglu~. tn a
region which j. becoming more
aud more rc~trictcd. ihc allie
have succeeded la Flooding
further AREA. - that heavy in
fantrN ngntihg b. almost imI,o--
sihlr from lhc -ca"oa-t nratlN a.
Nprc-. \ new h"nshardmcnt of
iiclgian coast town hS British
Warehlp- T. -aid Ia have inflict-
cd heavy damage on the German
positions and to have destroyed
large quantitic~ OF ammunition
and -tnrc-
The French government ac-
cordiug to unofhriai adsiCcS from
Parts. intends to carry ont the
plan announced some timc aEn
for it~ early return Ca Paris q
l. reported today that tise icgi-la-
tive ana administrative staff of
the rhamhcr of dcprtis- viii re-
turn tp Paris tomorrow Irrpara-
tory to shifting the ssut OF gov
crnmcnt.