The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1914-12-03
RUSSIANS |NFL|CT
Loss TO GERMANY
HEAVY LOSSES SUSTAINED BY
TuETeNs THROWN AGAINST
RUSSIAN HORDE.
KAISER JOINS HIS ARMIES
Gives Encouragement to Won Hlncen
burg.-Attempt to Reach Coast
Apparently Abandoned.

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Apparently Abandoned.
London. official Russian an
uouncements still claim advantage II
the fighting in Northern Poland, Du'
depreciate exaggerated reports o.
their successes. Germany declares
officially that the Russian attacks
have been repulsed and that German
counter-attacks have been successrul
The German emperor has joined
Field Marshal Won Hindenburg in the
East to offer mis- advice and to encour
age his troops.
Enormous losses have been inflicted
on the Germans, according to the Rus
sian statement, but no mention Is
made Of the capture Of German diy1
sions, so freely claimed by the Petro
grad correspondents of London and
Paris papers.
Some days must elapse before this
battle, which promises to prove the
most decisive Of the war, is concluded
So far, all that is definitely known is
that the German advance has been
stopped. Some of the German troops
have been partly or wholly surround
ed but they still are fighting stub
bornly to break their way through the
Russian lines, apparently to the north
ward, where they hope to rejoin rein
forcements from Thorn.
In the battle before Cracow the
Russians claim decisive success. Dur
ing the last week they took 10000
prisoners in that region, which is
taken in Petrograd to mean that Cra
cow will not bar the Russian advance
in Silesia from the South but that
with the Austrian army beaten, it will
be necessary only to mask the fort
resses.
The Russians also announce success
on the Austrian side Of the Carpa
thians and against the Turks in the
Caucasus, although in both regions
the worst Of weather has prevailed.
In the West, the Germans, although
making an occasional infantry attack
seem content at present to lombard
the Allied positions with somewhat
lighter guns than they have been
using.
They may mean either that they are
sending troops and artillery to the
east or that they are preparing new
attack against the Allies.
That the enterprise that failed in
Flanders will not be repeated for the
present seems probable as the Allies
have been allowed to capture some
points of vantage around Ypres pre-
viously considered necessary to the
Germans plans There has been a
minor and Insignificant attack near
Arras.
An interesting report from Field
Marshal Sir John French covering the
period of the battle in Flanders and
the days Immediately preceding It
shows that this battle was brought
about, first by the Allies attempts tc
outfank the Germans who countered
and then by their plans to move tc
the northeast to Client and Bruges
which also failed After this the Ger
man offensive began, with the French
coast ports as the objective, but this
movement, like those of the Allies
met with failure.
Field Marshal French gives it as
his opinion that the German losses
have been thrice as great as those
of the Allies and speaks emphatically
Of the future.
There apparently has been no de
velopment in the Balkan situation
but stress is laid on the cause of the
Roumanian kings speech at the open
ing of parliament, in which he said
81 am convinced that, realizing the
importance of the present situation
you will give the government every
assistance in passing such Legislation
as is demanded by the circumstances
and required to meet the needs Of the
army"
All Quiet at Flanders.
While comparative quiet prevail.
along the battle lines in Flanders anc
Northern France official reports from
the eastern theater of the war indicate
that the fighting at various points
particularly in Russian Poland, ha:
been of a very stubborn nature.
The Russians admit that between
the Vistula and the Warta Rivers tn,
Germans still maintain strongly for
tilted positions, although their losse
are reported very large. The Rus
SLAMS again have occupied Czernowit
and the Austrians are retreating pre-
cipitately from Buqowina.
Emperor William, according to Ber
lin advices, is with the German arm,
in the east.
Field Marshal French, commando
Of the British expeditionary forces, il
an official statement gives an optimis
tic view Of the situation5n France an,
Belgium. His report brings the op
Grafton only up to November 20, bu
he concludes by saying signs are il
evidence that I'VE are possibly in tn
last stages Of the battle from Ypre
to Armentieres" as the German artil
lery fire had slackenede and infantr.
attacks virtually had ceased.
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