Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-11-12

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on the allied line between the coast
aud the Lys river and while the
French claim generally TO have held
their positions the Germans have suc-
ceeded in capturing the town OF Dix-
nude, which has been the center OF
some of the fiercest and most san.
culinary fighting of the war.
The country between Dlxmude and
Ypres where the bclllgerenis have
been engaged In violent attacks and
counter-attacks for weeks past AMI
where the losses have been heavier even
than those In the battle OF tho User.
is again the scene OF battle. which
for fury has seldom, II ever, beon
equalled.
Road 10 DunIsirls.
behind Dlxmude In the direct road
TO Dunkirk. one of the French ports
ON which the Germans have set their
hearts, and II they can break through
here the allies will be compelled to
fall back TO new positions. The In
vaders have therefore been conccn-
trating their forces at this point and
their success In taking Dixmude
whore they claim to have captured
500 prisoners. and positions TO the
west of Langemarck, where. accord
ing To the Berlin report. 1000 pris-
oners fell into their hands. shows that
the statement. so freely made, that
they have been sending troops from
the west to Poland are without foun-
dation.
Troops From West
AS a matter of fact military men
here believe the Germans as soon as
they saw II was impossible To carry
lout their design of capturing Warsaw,
dispatched troops from that region to
the west, not imagining that the Rus
sian pursuit could be carried out with
the rapidity with which II has been.
AT other points along the battle
front In France the French official
communication claims some success
for the allies. but the German head-
quarters staff declares that all at
tacks have been repused.
II 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 Franeo-German border
Strong French Forces.
On the other hand, the French,
whose army IN growing daily. might
attempt an offensive against Lorraine
or Alsace as a diversion which would
relieve the pressure in the west.
The Germans, according TO Petro-
grad dispatches. have suffered mors
serious defeat on the East prussiau
border than the official statements
have disclosed. Advices from the
Russian capital today state that IN the
recent fighting there the Russians
have captured more than 20, 600 pris-
oners togetherwith quantities of guns
and munitions.
The Russian advance IN Poland.
which has been at the rate of four
teen miles daily. has astonished the
experts and II Is not surpris-
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many loot-sorc and weary Germau
This advance Of horse.
foot and artillery has continued for
eighteen days,
Russian Successes Continue.
In Galicia the Russians continue to
push the Austrians back but the AUS
trians are having their revenge along
the Servian border, which they
to cross In an endeavor to
crush Servia before Russia can come
to her assistance
OF the fighting between Turkey and
the allies the reports are so contra
dictory that there is no reconelling
them, Turkey reports victories against
Russia and Great Britain. which those
two countries deny.
After the predictions that the war
could not be ended within three years,
the British prime minister. Mr.. AS
quith, In statement In the house of
commons today that he did not be-
lieve It would last so long, as was
expected struck rather
cheerful note. While some continue