The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1914-11-30

London, Nov. 3O.-While newspaper
reports from Petrograd continue to
claim a victory in Northern Poland,
comparable at least to Sedan and even
worthy to rank with the disaster
which Russia inflicted upon Napoleon,
official communications shed little
light on the situation in this region.
An official dispatch from Grand
Duke Nicholas, commander-in-chief of
the Russian forces in the field, while
of considerable length, concerns itself
largely with more or less isolated
operations and does not claim the in
Fiction of an overwhelming defeat up
on the invaders. The grand duke
sums up the situation with the declara.
tiOn that on the entire front between
the Vistula and the Warta rivers the
battle is progressing in favor Of Rus
sian arms. Both Berlin and Vienna
maintain no decisive result has fol-
lowed the recent operations in Poland:
In operations lasting three days in
the vicinity Of Strykow, fifteen miles
northeast Of Lodz, and Tushin, an
equal distance to the south of this
city, the Germans lost upwards of H.
900 men, a heavy battery of artillery,
and twenty-eight machine guns, &C.
,cording to authoritative information
made available in Lemberg and re.
oeived In London.
Austrian Losses Heavy.
"In the same fighting the Austrians
lost $1,000 men, in addition to twenty
machine guns" the message says.
"The German operations in this local
ity are declared by Russian military
observers in Lemberg to have been
absolute failures and the chances of
their escaping further disaster are re-
garded here as slight"
On the western battle front the lull
still prevails, the fighting apparently
being limited to small skirmishes and
minor artillery exchanges. Berlin Of
ficially contradicts the report that Dix
nude has been reOccupied by the al
lies. Holland dispatches indicate the
British fleet off the Belgian coast has
resumed it's bombardment of towns
held by the Germans, but the Official
statement of the French makes no
reference to the reported lombard
ment.
The French statement says that in
Belgium the artillery exchanges were
continued without any particular Incl
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mans showing less activity than on
previous days. There was but one
attack of infantry, to the south Of
Ypres, which was repulsed by the al
lies The statement says the French
artillery brought down German bi-
plane, carrying three aviators.
No Change in Arras.
The French statement reports no
change in the region of Arras and
south to the Aisne river. In Cham
payne the French claim their heavy
artillery inflicted serious losses on the
German artillery. From the Argonne
to the Vosges mountains the French
report no change.
Berlin advices seem to indicate that
England is confronted with the neces-
sity of energetic action to protect her
interests in the Near East A report
from Cairo to Berlin is to the effect
that the movement against British
forces in Egypt has assumed formid-
able proportions, 10000 Turks being
IN the march toward the Suez canal.
In the hostile army, opposed by long
lines of British forces in entrenched
positions, it is said there are 10000
Dedouins.
Interest attaches to this report
chiefly because of the recent procla
nation of the sultan of Turkey calling
upon Mohammedans the world over
to rise UP in arms against Great Brit
ain and other members of the triple
entente. Thus far there have been no
indications that the proclamation had
led to uprisings affecting British in
terests elsewhere, although on sew
eral occasions there have been reports
from Berlin of dissension in India.
The reported dissension in Persia also
is attributed to the sultan's war proc
lamation.
Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney has op-
ened hospital in France for the
wounded soldiers of the Allies.
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