Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1914-11-26
CONFLICT or MOST FAR.HEAcH.
ING IMPORTANCE RACES De
TWEEN RIVERS visTuLA
AND WARTE.
ALL CONDITIONS FAVORABLE
FOR Al DECISIVE RESULT
Other Engagements In East Are on
cracow-cranEtochpwa Front and
In Eaet prussla--BuIoarla ana
Italy Uneasy Because Of
Auntrian Moves.

F@1kNEE@Ka WsANN&s
London. nov. 2f.-The yeii or
secrecy has been drawn over the bat.
Ties between Russians and A~uatro-Gfer.
man forces. The headquarters cE both
armies are combining themselves To the
briefast statements concerning the hos
TITLES, saying merely thnt fighting is
Iii progress.
Warsaw Again Threatened.
News coming from unofficial sources.
however. nhowa that the German ad.
vance has penetrated farther into 70.
land than had bean previously dis.
closed and that Warsaw lii threatened
for b second time.
0eneraI Won klindenhurg's army has
advanced an far an the LowiczaSkier.
nIewice line. which means that the
Germang have coynrsd twaefhirds on
tho ground "a the Polish capital, from
which they now are only 40 miles dis.
fanf,
Farther south III Poland, however,
tho Teuton allies are said 10 have
beer rapnlsed between Radon and
kieiee.
East Frugsfa Quiet.
The battle In East Prussia seems to
have died down, hnt the Russians con.
tinua 70 advance Ia Galicia and ARE
stlll lighting on the CnezfeehowaGra
Cow front.
The battle In Roland In the direction
og L0wlcx IA the most critical one and,
while the Germans have the greatest
confidence Iii General Won iltnaanhurg
since his defeat of tito RuaHian Ger
eral B~annsakafnpf lid East Prussia,
here and ID Petrograd military obsery-
ers express the opinion that Ruaslass
overwhelming superiority Id numbers
Of ME again must tell. as was the
q when the Germans made their
tirst attack on Warsaw.
Allies Rest I'm West.
In Flanders and lii France the
armlen seem III be enjoying d long dc.
served rest. for the only remaining
evidence that the ~belllgerents are fac
lng each other tn an occasional bom
hhardznient with heavy guns.
Infantry attacks have temporarily
ceased and while tho generals are lay.
ing their plans for their next move the
men are getting q chance 10 rest and
10 tidy themselves up after i mouth III
the watsrsuakea trenches.
Eyewitness Makes Report.
An eyewitness with the british head.
quarters hi d long statement gives
ufilciat confirmation Of tha reported
heavy losses the Gormana have sur.
Tered Id their attacks on Yprea ana
SAYS reports 10 the effect that this
city hnA fallen ARE Incorrect. He
speaks az aeeimated battalions, of hun.
dredA .nf dead left before tho trenches
and Of patches of bodies found lii farm
houses.
Tie casualty ilst az British officers
show that the British Eorcess also have
suffered severely In the fighting.
sersians Making d stand.
The Sersians are making d stand
hKainst the Austrlana lii d we'll chosen
fortified poaltien ON the River kulu.
mahnra, but as the Aeatrians com
maad superior forces and Sersia hi
without allies near enough to orfer her
assistance. IL seeans that unless other
Balkan states come into tho war g'ers
vim rs faced with defeat.
The recruiting campaign which II
being carried ON throughout tho Brit.
ish isles resulted In bringing many
men To the coiors, Trooes With ban
nars flying and bands playing marched
through the East End OF London to-
Victoria Park, where speakers nd.
dressed the crowds from early morn.
ing until late last evening.
100000 Germans Brought Up.
i.onaoa. Nov. ss wo big battles.
either or beth Of which may have de-
cisLye results are bAing fought Iii 70.
land ana d third soniict 81 almost
equal importance III progressing Iii
East Prussia.
or the three katties, that which Ii
d 1t It's height between the vistnla
and the Warsa rivers and In which the
Russians Claim partial success Is ex
citing the greatest interest. The Ger.
mans. II Ii believed. have brought up
BY their itEs " strategic railways fiji
Posen ard Sileala nj least half u mil.
lion men In an effort To break the Rus
sian line at this Point.
Weather conditions. the froxea
gruustd and the situation of the battle.
field, favor q battle decisive TO 4 de.
gree not eqnaled on any other fiesd
IN she present wal.
bulgaria. Again uneasy.
The advance by Austria into seryla