The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1914-11-27
GREAT CONFLICT DEVELOPING IN EAST
Large Force Of Teutons Meet Advanc-
ing Russians Between Vistula and
Wartha Rivers and Test Of
Strength VIII Ensue-cervI-
ans Continue to Fall Back.
SITUATION MAY STILL BE
SUMMED UP AS UNCHANGED

London, Nov. 20.-Public interest i
largely centered in the battle betwee
the Russians and Germans betwee
the Vistula and Warta rivers in Pc
land, as it is believed the result O
the fighting there will have a yer.
marked effect on the operations else
where and on the duration of tn,
war.
Little information Ohtainable.
Curiosity, however, is far from bein,
satisfied, as both German and Russian
headquarters are very sparing will
information. All that is definitel,
known is that the Russian advance
guard, consisting largely of cavalry
which advanced right on to the Ger
man frontier after the battle at War
saw, met superior forces of the enc
my and has been compelled to fall
back more than half the distance COY.
cred in the advance.
Germans Pick Battlefield.
The Germans are sending very
strong forces of men and guns into
the country between the two rivers,
where the battle must be fought, hop
ing that in this confined area the Rus
SLAMS will not be able to deploy their
enormous forces to advantage, as they
have done in practically all the pre-
vious battles.
Grand Duke Nicholas, the Russian
ommander-in-chief, however, can
choose his own ground for the battle.
and it is probable he viii select it as
far away from the German lines of
G. lmunication as he can.
General Situation in East.
In Galicia, before Cracow, and in
east Prussia, the Russians are push
ing their advantage, apparently disre-
garding the fact that their center has
been compelled to fall back. They
also are showing much activity in the
Carpathians, their object being to pre-
vent the Austrians from retiring into
Hungary. In fact. it is stated that
they already Lave cut off 100000 Aus
TRANS who now will be compelled, if
defeated, to retire westward.
In Flanders and France.
In Flanders and France the battle !
which has been going on for thirty |
five days has again developed into an |
artillery duel, and infantry attacks /
which formerly were so frequent have |
decreased This doubtless is due to
the inability os the infantry on either
side to operate successfully over the
muddy ground and also because of the
extended area which the allies have
flooded between the coast and Dix
nude.
While they are moving men east
ward to oppose the Russians, the Ger
mans are reported to be bringing more
big guns to the western front, having
determined to carry out big-gun bonn
bardment of the allies entertainments
Belgrade Again Attacked.
Reminiscent of the early days of the
war is the report from Vienna that
Belgrade has been called upon to sur
render. This city. the capital of Ser
via, was under bombardment for
weeks and was relieved only when the
first Russian advance in Galicia COM
PEELED the Austrians to look after their
northern frontiers. Now the Servians,
like the Montenegrins, are back in
their own country, and the Austrians,
unmindful of the second invasion of
heir national province, are endeavor- !
ng to destroy the two little armies.
Encounter in Black Sea. !
Petrograd, Nov. 21-There has )
been a naval encounter in the Black :
Sea between Russian and Turkish war :
hips. No definite news of the out
,ome has been received here as yet
,eyond the fact that the Turkish cruis-
II Goeben caught fire and sustained ,
serious injury.
Germans Close to Paris. /
London, Nov. 20.-The latest official t
communication recording the opera
ions on the western battlefields are r
much the same as those of preceding q
lays. There has been fighting vir- c
ually all along the front, but without c
ny appreciable change in the situa- e
ion. n
Violent fighting has been resumed
within a two-hour motor ride of the v
ates of Paris. At Tracy-le-Val, where Ii
be main battle line from the north I,
wings to the eastward, at the point a
earest Paris, German advance led b
, a violent encounter. The Germans a,
tempted to recapture the town, won 81
v the allies a few days ago, but, ac- b,
ording to the French war Office state c;
lent, they were repulsed. fl,
Allies Line Holds. al
From the coast of Flanders to the
liver Lys on the Franco-Belgian Dor
er, much of which has been flooded Pr
y the allies to hinder German at ri
lcks, there has been a repetition on be
somewhat smaller scale of the bonn co
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Two German Generals Killed.
Berlin, via The Hague and London,
ov. 19-German casualty lists just Ill
sued record the deaths of two gem In
-aIa and the Woundinp of another