Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1914-11-19
GERMANS DRIVEN
BACK BY ALLIES
kaiseT's Forces Have Been Beaten Back
Across The User By French
And English
fine "DREADNAUGHT MINED
British Superdreadnaught, Audacious,
Struck Mine At Tough SwiIIy, On
North Irish Coast

The allies are claiming to have
again repulsed the Germans and driv-
en- them back across the User. The
London and Bordeaux war Offices an
nounce that the French and English
troops are occupying advantageous pc
sitions on the left bank of the canal,
from which the enemy for several days
has put up a strong and vigorous de.
tense.
While the Germans are conceded to
have captured Dixmude, the French
and British declare that it is now
only a village reduced to ruins and
can in no way sew the enemy's in
plans to reach Dunkirk on the French
coast.
Tie British successes with the
French on the continent have been
somewhat offset by the loss of the SUI
perdreadnaught, Audacious, which
struck a mine at Tough Swilly, off the
Irish north coast, and was rendered
ASARASo IL IL q 20 uO11SILSs MUS
of the crew of the Audacious were
picked up by the White Star liner,
Olympic, which came to the rescue in
heavy seas.
The Russians announce at Petro-
grad that they have made rapid ad-
vances in their invasion of Prussia.
Austria will push her forces against
Snruio ca DC tn ond tho pA1lyN~ .-E - ~
of the war. British East Indian
troops assisted by the cruiser, Duke
OF Edinburgh, have captured Turkish
forts at Turba. The London admiral
ty Offices also announce the success
full capture of the Turkish garrison of
Sheikh-Said IN the Strait of Babel
Mandeb at the entrance of the gulf of
Alden.
British mercantile shipping greatly
increased during the past week and
the marine insurance rates in Lon
don were cut nearly in half as the re-
suit of the capture of the German
cruisers Emden and Konigsbe.g off the
Chilean coast. The Emden alone had
a record of capturing or destroying %
AouAA6 tC00ClS, duu Lu0S0 10T-
man warships had made life misera-
.Jsble for British shipping on the high
seas. The allies have been able to
hold t1eix96eWnAagainSt theeCfrmans
Sa26nf the User river IN the north OF
France and the kaiser's armies are
no nearer to the French seacoast than
they were a week ago.
Tho most irrortopt dopolorroo-% 80
the past week in the European war
has been the campaign of the Rus,
SLAMS against the Germans in the east
of Prussia, Galicia and Russian Pol
and. Here the Russians have surpris-
ed the world with their ability to fol-
low up the retreat of the Germans
from Poland and a great danger of
Russian invasion of Germany is de-
veloping in that direction. After about
two months Of apparent idleness in
east Prussia the invading armies of
Russia are again taking the offensive
and so far the Germans have beer
unable to check their advance.
The allies in France and Belgium
are very much elated owe h sue
cess of the campaign of the Russians
in the east. They are hoping that the
czar's armies will prove such a men
ace that it will be necessary for the
Germans to withdraw a portion of the
armies in France to protect their own
country in the east. Should the Ger
mans be compelled to do this it would
probably mean that the allies would
bring up great numbers of reserves
and force the Germans to retreat with
in their border in the west.