The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-11-13
CARS FORCES DRIVEN BACK
FROM FRONTIER WITH
SEVERE LOSSES.
GERMANS PRESS ATTACK
Dispatches From Vienna c,aiu An.
TRANS Have Dealt Heavy Blow
to Servians-Turks
and Russ in Battle.

-" Aondon, Nov. 11.-An-
otnef RUSSIAN repulse on the blood
orenched and trench-scarred hills Of
Tue eastern frontier of East Pruss;.
mas Deen reported to Berlin fron,
Gumolnnen in dispatches fol1owin o
up yesterdays announcement of he
capture of 1000 Russians.
simultaneously with their opera.
lions against the main German arn,r
under Gen. Won Hinderburg on the
me OF the River Warthe the Rus
SLAMS attempted to break into East
russia by the old route south of
WlrDallen, but they were met At the
Irontler oy Gen. Won Morgen's army
ana aIter very heavy firing were driv.
en- back across the frontier.
Inc nghtlng was on the old battle
ground where the Germans met the
Russians in the early days of the
war, and which since has heen tho
scene OF repeated engagements. The
tldes OF invasion and counter attack
swept back and forth across the from
tier.
Nothing new has been heard hera
OF the Russian operations against the
German positions on the River War.
the since the Russian cavalry divi-
sion, which followed the Germans in
the retirement from Warsaw. found
mat the Germans were making a
stand behind this river.
Germans Press Attack.
Paris, Nov. 1.-THE Germans 70.
opened their attacks with great VIC.
fence on the left wing of the allies
all along the front from Noyon To
D1xmude, according to the official
statement issued by the war Office in
Bordeaux last night.
The newly arrived German 70.
serves are giving a good account of
themselves. The invaders are max.
ing great effort to drive througb
Ypres.
AT Bixschoote, at Ypres and at Ar
mentieres, the advantage swayed
pendulum like, as the offensive was
taken by one side and then the other.
Inc day ended with the allies posi-
lions advanced. The fighting was
much more violent than on the previ-
Gus day, the lines clashing in close
contact, with the bayonet in use fire.
quently
The flooding of the valley of the
User by the Belgians has proved
something of boomerang. 1t served
its purpose of forcing the Germans to
retire because the inundated country
was untenable, but now the condition
OF the country prevents the Belgians
from advancing.
Servians Lose Fioht.
LONDON, Nov. IA wireless dis
patch from Berlin says it is officially
reported from Vienna that Austria's
operations against Servia are prog
ressing favorably. Two Seryian
forces, commanded by Gems. Zurum
and BoJovic, with six divisions were
beaten and driven back in the direc-
ton of Valajvo after three days of
heavy fighting during which the enc
my displayed courageous resistance.
Out of the 10000 Servians engaged
many were killed, wounded or taken
prisoners, and a quantity of war ma
terial was captured by the Austrians.
Force Russ to Retire.
London, Nov. 1.-THE following
dispatch from Berlin was received
Tuesday night by the Marconi Wire
less Telegraph company: cit is Off
cially reported from Vienna that the
Russians have evacuated the greater
portion of Bukowina and retired in
the direction of the Dneister river,
where they have been pursued by the
Austrian troops, who have taken
many prisoners.
"It is officially reported that after
two days heavy fighting on the eau
casion frontier the Turkish troops
have completely defeated the Rus
sian army and captured the Russian
positions.
Kaiser Decorates Commander.
Berlin. Nov. IL, via the Hague and
London.-Vice Admiral Count Won
Spec, commander of the German
squadron in the South Pacific, which
destroyed a British fleet off the coast
of Chile, Nov. 1, has been decorated
with the Order of the Iron Cross,
first and second class, for this ex-
plot. A large number of these de-
corations have been distributed also
to officers and men of the squadron
as we'll as to the captains and crew
of the German cruiser Karlsruhe.