The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-11-12
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been the center of some of the ferc-
est and most sanguinary fighting of
the war.
The country between DiXmude and
Npres, where the belligerents have
been engaged in violent attacks and
counter attacks for several weeks past.
and where the losses have been heaN-
ier even than those in the battle Of the
User, is again the scene of a battle, |
which for fury has seldom if ever
been equalcd.
Behind DiXmude is the direct road
to Dunlirk one of the French ports on
which the Germans have set theirI
hearts, and if they can break through
here, the allies will be compelled toI
fall back to new positions. The invad
ers have therefore been concentrating
their forces at this point. and their
success in taking DiXmude, where
they claim to have captured 500 pris
oncrs and positions to the west of
Langomarck where, according to the
Berlin report, 1000 prisoners fell into
their hands, shows that the state
ments so freely made, that they have
been sending troops from the west to
Poland are without foundation.
As a matter of fact, military men
here believe the Germans, as soon as
they saw it was impossible to carry
out their design of capturing War
saw, dispatched troops from that re
gion to the west, not imagining that
the Russian pursuit could be carried
out with the rapdity with which it
has been
At other points along the battle
front in France, the French official
communication claims some successes
for the allies, but the German head
quarters staff declares that all attacks
have been repulsed
1t is considered quite certain that
with the enormous forces required for
the effort to get through to the coast
and to protect their own country from
Russian invasion, the Germans will
not be able to throw any additional
troops into the lines which stretch
through northern France and along
the Franco-Belgian border.
On the other hand, the French,
whose army is growing daily, might
attempt an offensive against Lorraine
or Alsace as diversion which would
relieve the pressure in the west
The Germans, according to Petro-
grad dispatches, have suffered a more
serious defeat on the East Prussian
border than the official statements
have disclosed. Advices from the Rus
sian capital state that in the recent !
fighting there the Russians have cap |
tured more than 10000 prisoners to-
gether with quantities of guns and |
munitions.
The Russian advance in Poland, !
which has been at the rate of fourteen |
miles daily, has astonished the mill
tary experts, and it is not surprising |
to hear that they are picking up many
footsore and weary German stragglers
This advance of horse, foot and artil
lery has continued for eighteen days.
In Galicia the Russians continue to
push the Austrians back, but the
Austrians are having their revenge
along the Servan border, which they
threaten to cross in an endeavor to
crush Servia before Russia can come
to her assistance.
On the fighting between Turkey and
the allies, the reports are 50 contradic-
tory that there is no reconciling them.
Turkey reports victories against Rus
sia and Great Britain which those
two countries deny
After predictions that the war could
not be ended within three years, the
British Prime Minister, Mr.. Asquith,
in a statement in the House of Com
mons, today said, that he did not be
ieve it would last as long as was
originally expected.
There is an increasing number who
think that the great offensive cam
Daign by the allies in the spring
when Englands new army of 100000
men can take the field, and Russia and
France will be stronger than ever, will
lring the conflict to an end exhaustion ;