The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-11-29

appear to nave employed tacucs slinllai
10 those used in repcllinE the previous
invasion. They chose their own hcld oi
cattle and then proceeded 10 cut the
enemy's army in two.
Caught in a Trap.
The Russians drove a wedge into the
German line between Plock and Lowicz
and caught the southern half of the
army in a trap very much like the Ger
mans had themselves in 1870 caught the
French at Sedan. The official report OF
The Russian success has not been re-
ceived, but Lord Kitchener in the house
or commons said that the Germans had
been defeated with the heaviest loss
that they had yet suffered. 1t Is I'M
otncially announced that the Germans
lost in killed and captured 60,OO. and
that the advance toward the east had
been checked.
An important victory for the allies
was the capture of the fort of Using
tao, the strongest German position in
The Far East. This was taken on
november 8, and. was accomplished
through series of desperate assaults
IN which both the allied troops and the
GerIEun defenders displayed the great
est bravery With the fort were also
taken about 5000 prisoners, many of
whcm were German business men or
The hiaochow province. who had taken
refuge within the walls. The Japanese
soon after the surrender announced
mat they had no intention OF retaining
the fort longer than the end OF tho
war. and that they planned eventually
10 turn IT over to China.
Turkeys entrance into the war has 30
far had no appreciable effect upon the
situation. Russia, Immediately ON the
declaration of hostilities. advanced into
eastern Turkey, and several engagements
took place In Armenia
The firing upon the launch of the Ten
nessee by Turks in the Gulf of Smyrna
aroused some excitement in this coun-
try. The matter was finally explained to
the satisfaction of the State Department
by the statement that no act of hostility
was intended. and that the shot was
merely fired as A warning against mines
that had been planted in the waters.
Sympathy for Belgians.
The plight of the Belgians. whose
country was ravaged by the war, was
again called to the attention and SYM
pathy of the world by the reports of
different Investigating committees. 1t is
estimated that 1000, 900 homes have been
made uninhabitable, and that practical
ly all the people remaining in the coun-
try were in danger of starvation. One
of the most notable measures of relief
was that undertaken by the Rockefeller
which. II was announced,
would spend millions to relieve the war
horrors. Its first relief ship. the Massa
pequa, left New York November . with
1915, 900 worth of food supplies abroad.
The most important naval disaster
during the month was the sink
ing of the British supcrdreadnaught Au-
dacious, off Tough swiftly. on the Irish
coast. The crew was rescued by the
steamship Olympic on her way from
New York 10 Glasgow. The vessel.
which was one of the best IN the Brit
ish navy, went down on October =. and
one of the remarkable features of the
disaster was the fact that nothing was
known of the loss of the big ship by
the world until almost three weeks
afterward. 1t was said at that time
that the Audacious struck a mine end
that she was afterward destroyed by
naval engineers for fear that she might
become a menace to navigation. 1t was
discovered. however. a week later that
he ship was really sunk by a German
submarine.
The British also lost in the month
he torpedo gunboat Niger and the