The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-11-19

5EnLtN, IVA The haoue)s Nov. q
19.-Gains have been made BY tho
Germans west Of 81. ousntin and
Roys, u 10 declared here today &
In an official statement. Floooo a
continue to hamper operations On
the northern front, but posItiono
are being strengthened from
Ypres to Arras. New bio nuns
have arrived At the front, Il i
stated.
BERLIN (vIa The Hauue).
Nov. ia Russian cavalry forec
was defeated near Grabow, and
5000 prisoners taken, an oHScial
statement from Vienna coverino
operations In Galicia and POLAND
dclares today.
PARIS, Nov. 1o.--Hsavy bonn.
bardmenr by the German artiilsry
along the northern front still
marks the fighting In that section,
today's official communique de-
eclares. infantry aSsauits upon
the allied lines has, In aban-
doned In Flanccrs resent.
but the artillery = -,ntinuo
with undiminish,o -. --sey.
Determined attcm~ss OF che
0ermans TO retake Iracy-Ie-val.
captured by the allies durinu las(
week. have been repuised.
LONDON, Nov. 1s.--with snow,
Ileet and cold now prevailing q
flanders. rheumatism and pneumonin
re claiming more victims than buk
cts. especially In the German ranks.
The terrible grip OF the elementr
8 upon both the allied and the Ger
nan armies. Skillful cunning In the
mining trenches and sudden night
'ombardments have largely taken tn
'lace OF open attacks. Each day that
'oes by. with the Germans still In the
vet, storm-swept trenches In the low
ands. is regarded as gain for the
lilies here, but the effect OF the fight,
ng under such terrible weather con
litions Is almost as trying upon the
British and French as upon the Ger
mans.
With the advent Of snow the suf.
ering among all combatants has Be
ome intense. German prisoners have
declared II has gone especially hard
With unframed levies OF youthful vol:
lnteers now In their ranks. Many
German charge is made In sheer
desperation from cold. II is only the
|ashes into the open, though I'm the
ace OF a fire that sends scores "a
leath, that the men are able to got
warm.
Field hospitals In the allied lines
8 well as the Germans are swamped
Tith exhausted, paralyzed rheumat1o
ufferers from freezing nights IN tho
renches. Water stands knee-deep n
be trenches. Despei ate efforts have
cen made to drain these defensea
ut always there IA fresh flood 81
ain. The Germans not only suffez
rom the rain but from fresh inunda.
IONS when dykes are opened. The
ands OF the men become so benumb'
d with cold that they are scarcely
Bile TO hold their rifles. Every effoY(
) made to keep them supplied will
arm food, but under existing condt
Ions this Is dificult. In the German
anks days have sometimes passed
uring which some of the men would
e unable TO obtain their portion o|
ot soup from the travelling stoves.
PETROGRAD, Nov. s.--Two battles
4 tremendous Importance In the Rus
Ian campaign against East Prussiz
nd Posen are now raging. Neither
Ias reached a decisive stage, II II de
Jared here, but Russian forces arr
'ushing forward with the utmost en-
'rgy.
The battle In East Prussia n attn
aging along the Gumbinnen-Anger
,urg front. The war ONCE today
laimed that the German. entrench'
nents had been taken in the MaxuF
an lake region. In Poland. Il d
claimed that the German advances
,uard between the vistula and War
he was forced to fall back toward
he Bzura river.
The advance Of the Germans from
thorn into Poland Il being made in
real force. II Is accepted here the
-reatest German strength Is 20 b
on this line. Fighting
2 the most desperate character has
.oo., In nrnOroSa md heavy l0anmn