The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-11-17
CALICIAN PRIESTS LETTER
TELLS OF SLAUGHTER I'M
RANKS OF AUSTRIAN ARM
Tales Of Bravery by Cossael< =
Prussian Filter in From t.
Front Baltic Battls
Imminent
RUSSIANS REPORT
PROGRESS IN CAUCASr
England Votes Billion DEL
and Million Men to Garry
On War

On War
PETRocRAD, Nov. 1Z,-omc1oI (
reports Of the fighting In che coIs
casus Indicate that the o<yu011r +
between the Russian and Turixino
troops 10 practically duplIcatlo0 g
OF the battie In Flandoru. H.
Sian warshIps In the Black - a
are aiding the land forces. an1
have infllotsd heavy Iossss In tIso
Turklsh ranks.
roday's offciai statsmsnt a.
<clares:
ION the Black sea the Tur,Iol
offensive on the coast road near a
lman has failed. Attacked o.
their rear f'anks by fire from o(ar y
warshIps, the Turks euHoro6
heavy losses. Their resorvoo
were annlhlIated. Our troorG
operating In the klytchpadUC<
pass near khamur completely do.
featcd the Ottoman forces and
numerous bands OF kurds."
AMSTERDAM, Nov. f7.-Prob- 4
ably 10000 AustrIans are buried
In one trench In 0alicia, accord
Ing to calicIan priests letter
published here today by thol|
NIeuwe Rotterdamsche courant-
He said the monster grave Ma
over two yards Wide and abos11
! four miles long. The bodies worx
'Ia1e Ride ~ side n three loYor
= Ss n&<
BERLIN, (vIa wireless % ony|
Vile, L. ~, Nov. 17.--OfFiclai IL
Mai that the German govern
nent had refused American aid IN 2
Belgium was made here today.
On the contrary, u was stated,
the government 10 highly pleased +
with the offers Of assistance 20
the 6eiglans from America.
LONDON. Nov. ia naval
battle 10 believed Imminent In tho 4
Baltic sea. UnofFIciai advlcss r.
ceived today from copenhapen
declare the German fleet In thcoo
waters 10 about TO be engaged BY
the Russians.
The Russian fleet has left Hell
singsfors. The squadron Wno
steering southeast.
VENICE, Nov. IA portion 90
the city Of Cracow 10 In fIamoo
and the Inhabitants have fIsd
panIc-strIcken before the advnno-
Ing Russian army.
Advices by way OF Trieste oay
the investment Of Cracow bo0an
Saturday. The Russian force a.
vancing upon the Austrian stron0-
hold from the north, opened tlSo
bombardment a. soon ~ their hoU
guns were brought up from M0o-
chow. The northern section q
the city was soon In flames.
Violent assaults upon al de-
lenses are now being made BY che
Russians. The force advancIn0
from the east, which has noW
passed Tarnow, 70 moving rapId-
ly and the capture OF cracow q
expected nomentariIy
PETROGRAD, Nov. 17.-How CO.
acks crawled on their hands anI
nees up a steep hill protected n
ire entanglements and steel stakn
mbedded I'm the ground, and then ca1
led the position by storm is told 4
etails Of the fighting about Goldar
eceived here today.
All dispatches from East PrussiI
learly Indicate the determination an
ravery with which the new RussinI
dvance is being made into East Prul
Ia. The main defense Of Goldap va
AIKEN by direct assault.
The Russians took the German
by surprise by their rupi|
dvance After eight days of fightin|
bout Bacalarzewo, they arrived Will
n two miles OF Goldap before 0e1
nan aeroplane scout discovered then
dragons and artillery wer(
hen ordered TO make flank attack
This was carried out with the greats
lash and bravery. A hill REGARDED
theoretically as impregnable was car
led by storm.
The Germans were entrenched o.
hree sides OF this hill. II was als(
rotected by ingenious entanglementn
several Of the cossacks' mounts fol|
N concealed spikes imbedded In hole
efore they were discovered. Tbeu
II dismounted. Crawling up the bin
n all fours they cut the barbed-w1g(
and pressed on. Lee
tCentinned On Pare Tws.)
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