The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1914-11-17
FIGHTING AT FLANDERS Is TEN.
PoRARiLY STOPPED BY A
HEAVY SNOW STORM.
GERMANS GOING TO COAST
In Eastern Arena of War Germans
All Making Plans in Face of Rus
sian Advanee-StII Hope to Reach
the Coast.
the Coast.

London, Nov. 16.-The armies of
the allies and of Germany remain
deadlocked in West Flanders today
along the battle line where snow now
is ankle deep with the prospect of
lurther intermittent artillery duels
and infantry clashes, which, for more
than a month, have been swinging
back and forth without definite re-
suit The snow and the generally
adverse weather conditions in Flan-
ders will make necessary more fire.
quent shifts of men in the trenches
and there will be more sickness, espe-
clally lung and throat affections. In
snort, trench warfare, already labo-
rlous and exhausting, will daily be-
come greater ordeal.
The Germans have not abandoned
their attempt to reach the French
coast towns and yet they have not
advanced. Today, according to the
claims of the allies, the Germans are
back on the right bank of the User.
having been forced to release their
grip on points on the lers bank held
so stuEbornly by them last week.
This retirement of The breadth of the
river Is described in the official COM
munication given out in Paris last
night as the most noteworthy Incl
dfent of the day and 1t shows how
little change there has been else
where either in Belgium or in France.
In the meantime the Germans are
putting the final touches to the de-
lenses stretching in row after row
trom Ostend to the Dutch border and
shluld their present lines be broken
Trey probably will endeavor to win.
ter in these positions.
In the eastern arena of the war the
Germans are making and executing
similar plans in the face of the Rus.
sian advance. 1t is said that great
German forces are being concentrat-
ed at Thorn, Posen and Bresau with
the idea OF keeping the Russians out
Of important districts in the province
of Posen.
from Petrograd. This is that they
must not expect the Russians to
sweep on to Berlin overnight, as 1t
were, as this advance may take
months and even longer. The Ger
mans occupy the defenses they have
been preparing for years and in adj
dition to this they may be able to
spare even more men for the oper-
ations on their eastern front. Rus
sian armies seem to be gradually
converging on Cracow and the siege
or investment Of this place appears
to be not far off. 1t is suggested that
the Austrian garrison of Cracow
might surrender to avoid lombard
ment, but this can he called nothing
more than a suggestion.
The Russian forward movement in
East Prussia seems to continue, and
1t is said the Russian generals are
imposing on the captured towns
lines in proportion to those levied by
the Germans on cities OF Belgium.
hese fines correspond with the
population of the town taken.
The British operations against tho
Turks have spread the conflagration
to the southern entrance of the Red
yea, where Indian troops, assisted by
British warships, have taken Turk
ish fort In the Caucausus the RUS
SLAMS and the Turks still are at grips,
both sides claiming victories.
The spy agitation in England aga n
has hared up. Today all persons
leaving London for the continent
must depart from designated rail-
road station, where the person and
baggage of every traveller rs subject
ed to search for maps and drawings
and anything else that might be In
tended for the use of the enemy.