The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-12-17
Daring Feat Executed BY Sub
marine Which Owed Under
Six Rows of Mines to
Reach Foe.
MAKES GOOD HER ESCAPE
Sultan's Army Also Beaten
Russians Claim Victory In
Poland-Alhes Prepare
For Blow In West.

London, Dec. 1b.--The nrst serious
blow inflicted on the Turkish navy
since the entrance of the Porte into the
war--the torpedoing OF the Turkish
battleship, Messeduieh, by a British
submarine I'm the Dardanelles-gave
naval color to todays war news ana
was In fact the only striking occur
renee.
Russian army headquarters in the
Caucasus report that the Turks. whose
strong resistance TO the invaders from
the north compelled them to retreat,
now have repulsed everywhere and are
being pursued beyond the Euphrates
river suffering severe losses. Ihe Brl,
fish admiralty announces that the Ola
Turkish battleship. Messeduieh when
carried 500 men. has been destroyed 6y
q British submarine. To accomplish the
feat, the submarine penetrated the
supposedly impregnable Dardanelles.
Sinking of The Messeduish.
Tho bureaus statement is as fol-
lows:
charge of Lieut. Commander y. Hol-
brook, OF the royal navy, entered the
Dardanelles and In spite OF the dit-
ncut current dived under hve rows or
mines and torpedoed the Turkish bat-
tleship, Messudieh. which was guard
Ing the mine fields.
torpedo boats the Bill returned safely
after being submerged one occasion
for nine hours.
when last seen the Messudieh was
SINGING by the stern"
The Messudieh was a very old boat
having been built at Blackwell, End
land, in 1874, and reconstructed ut
Genoa in 1903. She was 332 feet long,
So feet beam and of about 10000 tons
burden. She had a speed OF II KNOTS
and her main battery consisted OF uwo
9.2-inch guns in currents and IL 6-incn
guns in battery. In the war with Greece
in 1912 the Messudieh was reported
badly damaged in a naval battle IN the
Dardanelles. She carried a crew OF oVV
men.
Eolbrook in diving under nve rows OF
mines in the Dardanclles and torpedo
ing the Turkish battleships IS de-
scribed here as the boldest marine ex-
plot of the war. The submarine pre-
sumably was not scratched. she es-
capped gunfire and the pursuit or tor
pedo boats in a manner truly remark
able.
Russian guns have from time to
time inflicted some damage on Turk
fish warships bombarding Russian
ports, but the disaster reported today
roos the porte of its first big ship.
The loss Of life is not estimated In the
brief announcement OF the episode
given out by the British admiralty, but
IL the Messudieh was manned as other
Turkish ships have been. then there
were q number OF German officers on
board. .'.
Russians Claim Victory.
A dispatch from Petrograd today
says:
Reports reaching here today from
the front state that operations Of Rus
sian forces north OF Warsaw, partial
success OF which was announced last
week. have now resulted in decisive
victory, after having pierced the Ger
| man front beyond Ciechanow and
Przasnysz. ...... .... $50.
THE Russian success on this front,
according to these advices, has been
ciinched by n wide swinging movement
of the, advancing Russian left on the
main highway from Flock to Mlawa,
| concluding in heavy cavalry engage
! ment at Jurominetna, seven miles
southeast Of Mlawa.
Russian success OF this nature
would have three important results.
| The immediate pressure north OF War
| saw would be relieved and the German
| threat against the railroad lines, lead
| ing east from the city would be an
| swered. Russian troops on the right
| OF the Vistula river would be freed TO
| seeek a crossing and Sndanger the po-
sition OF the left wing OF the German
| army in the region OF Lodz.
"It Is said here that the Russians will
1 now be able to straighten their entire
| front running to the Mazurian lakes.
English and French observers are
J united in declaring that the time Is
| drawing close for n general advance
| OF allies through France and Belgium
and some official reports claim this
| move is about to be undertaken, IL 1t
| has not actually begun. Progress nee
| essarily would be inch by inch and
| even the most optimistic OF the British
4 observers, assuming that general
| forward movement Of the allies is TO
| be essayed. contend that 1t will be
! spring before an appreciate eastern
| change would be made.
Serbs Pres Forward.
The recent successes of the Servians,
1 partly confirmed from Berlin, are said
l at Nish to have been extended. 1t Is
| asserted that the Austrians have been
\ unable to cneck their retreat before
! the advancing Servians, who are
| sweeping them out of their country.
1 A statement attributed to Field
| Marsha. Won Der GotZ, who was sent
| by the German government to Con-
stantinople to direct the Turkish
forces, indicates that in the opinion OF
/ this man, one OF the leading German
| military authorities, the war may drag
on for a long time. He is quoted as
| saying that Germany is prepared TO
I carry on the war for wears but is GER