Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-28
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While spectacular. the invasion of Egypt
presents formidable strategic obstacles.
General Won Hindenburgs drive on
Warsaw in the second German campaign
in Poland has been thwarted and the
brief history of the present war has re-
peated itself in n second withdrawal
Fierce battle for several days along 40
mile front between the Warthe and Wis.,
tula Rivers has resulted In great losses
for the invaders. Petrograd asserting that
one army corps was annihilated and an
other captured. Relnforcements rushed
! forward by the Kaiser reached the scene
OF battle only in time to cover the retreat
Of the German right wing. Circled by
superior Russian forces, Won Hinden-
burg's plan to envelop the Russian left
failed and his army is reported In full
retreat which partakes of the nature OF
rout, according to official Russian ad-
vices, At Lodz, particularly, severe dam
age was inflicted on the German line.
| The southern German army rumored to
he under command of the Grown Prince.
has met with reverses at Czenstochowa;
it's plan of divertlng troops from the Rus
slams, victorious in the north, was an
Berlin reports of the week have
stressed the point that no decision has
been reached along the Warthe-Vistula
front, but acknowledgment was made OF
the dispatch of heavy reinforcements, A
lull was reported in the operations along
the Czenstochowa-C Cracow line.
Contradictory reports have confused the
situation in Galicia. Vienna announced
that a strategic retreat lured the Cars
forces into the Carpathlans, where they
suffered heavy losses The Russian ver-
sion is that a second invasion of Hun
gary has been pushed 80 miles beyond the
frontier.
Dashing on Cracow. the Russian sec
ond army has advanced beyond the River
San and moved its vanguard to point
IL miles from the city. which already
has been invested on the north by the
army that hurried through Southern Po-
land.
Fifteen regiments have been sent down
the Danube by the Czar to aid the Serbs
In expelling the Austrians, who have
made a successful invasion south OF Bel
BUSINESS of the Austrian movement.
Boer rebels have met several reverses
and the leader, General De Wet. with six
or his lieutenants, has been forced TO flee
across the Vaal River.
In the West the outstanding feature
has been the development OF a new
French drive toward Metz. The bonn
bardment of Arnaville less than 10 miles
from the outer defenses OF the great Ger
man stronghold. Is regarded as OF the
utmost Importance, although whether 1t
indicates an intention to attempt the in
vestment OF the fortress. and thus cut
on the line OF communication of the
Crown Princes army, or is simply a
means OF relieving the pressure OF the
German wedge against the Verdun-Toul
line of defense Is not quite clear.
The most important naval event OF the
week was the blowing up OF the British
battleship Bulwark at Sheerdness. near
the mouth OF tho Thames. all but II OF
the crew of $50 being lost in the disaster
The German navy also suffered losses,
the submarine U-ls being sunk by a
British patrol boat of the north coast
of Scotland. Another submarine OF the
same type, the U-H, was reported dis
abled off the Norwegian coast, and the
torpedoboat destroyer S-l2 was cut
down in collision with a Danish mer-
chant vessel and had TO be beached on
the Swedish coast