The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-11-27
SUMMARY OF WAR NEWS

Statements today by the war office
at Berlin, Paris and Petrograd left
in doubt the outcome of the fighting
in the east which unofficial reports
say has resulted in Russian victory.
The Russian war office makes an in
definite statement that the Germans
have retreated and gives no indica-
tion of the extent of the movement.
The German version is that the fight
ing is still in progress, and that the
decision is yet to be reached. It is
said semi-orficially in Berlin that no
doubt is entertained there as to an
eventual German victory, but that the
arrival of Russian reinforcements
has postponed it.
In Belgium and France, both
the French and German statements
say the fighting lags. There is con-
tinued activity in the Argonne region
where, according to the French war
office, the allies have made progress.
Bombardment of Belgian coast towns
h7 British warsfjps has been res I'M
ed, it is said in Berlin, causing a
number of casualties among the in
habitants, but inflicting only slight
injury to the German troops.
The German official press bureau
in Berlin denies the British state
ment that a German submarine has
been sunk off the coast of Scotland
by aBritish patrolling vessel
The American consulate at War
saw has been damaged by a bomb
dropped from German airship. Am
bassador Marye at Petrograd report
ed to the state department at Wash
ington hat several persons in the
street were killed, and that windows
of the consulate were groken, al
though no one in the building was
injured.
If the official reports of the Rus
sions are correct, the tide of the
great battle in Poland has turned in
their favor. How important the
change is and to what extent it will
influence future operations in the
struggle between Russia and Ger
many was not apparent today.
The Russian war office today made
its first definite announcement con-
cerning the crucial battle. 1t stated
that between the Vistula and Warta
rivers the Germans had retreated
Germany's latest official statement
gave this partial confirmation by say
ing that the arrival of Russion re-
Inducements had postponed the de-
cision. There was, however, no hint
in this statement of retreat.
In the war with Turkey, also, Rus
sia, claims the advantage The forces
which pushed down through the
Caucasus into Turkey which Petro-
grad admitted a few days ago had
been compelled to retreat are now
said to have resumed the offensive
and to be pushing on toward Err
rerum, Turkish city near the east
ern end of the Black sea. A Turk
ish column was there put to rout, the
general staff of the army af the Cau-
casus announces. 1t states also that
the Turks were defeated in two en-
gagements in northern Persia.
In the west the opposing armies
sill held to the positions which they
have maintained, with few changes,
for the last two months. Here and
there along the 30O-mile line-not-
ably at Ypres, the Scissors, and in
and Argonne-there was spirited
fighting, but apparently with no re-
suits other than momentary advant-
ages for one side or the other.
Germany scouts the idea that she
is desirous of making peace. The
semi-off1cial Cologne Gazette charact-
erizes reports of this nature as be-
long to the region of high political
idocy."