The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-11-27
WEEKLY REVIEW
EUROPEAN WAR

During the week ending Nov 2z,
there was little change noted y the
re- tive positions of the nghting
fol ces in the western and eastern
war zones. A blizzard swept over
northern France and Flanders, caus-
ing a cessation of activities. The
North sea also poured over Flanders
through the locks near Nieuport
In the fighting between Bixschoot,
and Dixmude the French have lost
10000 men, according to information
given out Officially in Berlin, with the
note that it originated in Dutch
sources The same communlque said
$500 British had drowned in the
User canal.
Berlin dispatches admit that the
German armies in Poland have not
been able to break through the Rus.
sian defense. The German govern
ment makes no claim to victory,
merely stating that the issue has not
been determined Petrograd claims
little more, although It was reported
bhoI NhO OOl hdu B0Ou uIlNth
back near Lodz and that the Teuton
advance has been definitely checked
Shots fired by Turkish land forces
from forts at a launch from the Unit
ed States cruiser Tennessee, in the
Gulf of Smyrna, were intended to
warn the craft that the waters there
about were mined, according to the
porte's explanation, forwarded to
Washington by Ambassador Henry
Mergenthau at Constantinople
French government announced on
Nov. "a that the elbow of land bound
ed by the junction of the Disc and
AisDe rivers has again been the scene
of furious fighting in which the allies
were on the offensive. Farther to the
north, in the vicinity of Ypres, there |
has also been a recrudescence of ac-
tivity, despite the near zero weather
which is prevailing In West Flan- |
ders. Reports agree that the Ger
mans have mounted a great number |
or guns along the northern coast of |
Belgium, between Ostend and the
Dutch frontier, with their muzzles
pointing to the sea.
News from the eastern war zone
states that the Russians are battling
to check the German ad-
vance on Warsaw, Poland. Another
terrific battle is raging near Cracow,
Galicia.
Nov. "a the Russian military staff
announced that the Germans that
have been engaged in a hot battle
about Lodz, Poland, have fallen back
twenty-five miles west of that point
It also announces that the great army
IF General Won Hindenburg, advanc-
ng on Warsaw, is now in retreat.
While vigorous attacks upon the al
les lines are being made along the
Aisne and in the Argonne in France,
leavy German reinforcements are
moving through Belgium toward the
vest.
In an engagement east of the Suez
anal the Arabs and Turkish irregu-
ars gained a marked victory over an
English detachment.
Paris reports on Nov. 25 that the
french were within ten miles OF the {
ierman stronghold of Metz. A lull !
n the fighting is reported in Belgium |
nd northern France. Rotterdam re- {
orts that heavy losses were inflicted
pom German troops in the vicinity of :
Jieuport when they were caught be- :
ween the fire of British troops and /
he guns Of the allied ships off the I
oast. G
Continued success marks the efforts a
I the Russian army in Poland, ac- \
ording to a Petrograd dispatch. A
etreating German infantry corps,
riven into the swamps in the vicin- y
y of Lodz, is said to have suffered t
eavy losses
The Turkish government, which
laims to be practically in control of
le eastern terminus of the Suez ca
al, through victories gained over its
ritish defenders, has announced I
lat the canal will be kept open for :
'affic II