, 1914-11-19
WAR NEWS SUMMARIZED

since II began more than a month
HOO. From French sources came
reports Of minor advantages In the
fighting, but the great issue there, as
on the eastern frontier of Germany,
still hung in the balance.
Berlin made the statement that three
British warships, part of h fleet
which had been assisting the allies
to stem the German onrush toward
the English channel, had been dis
abIed.
OF greatest Importance to Great Brit
ain was the question Of the attitude
In the world wal to be taken by the
millions Of MosIems In Its colonial
possessions. Reports %emanatine
from Germany were that the Mos
lens In some Instances, at least,
were siding with the sultan Of Tur.
key, to whom they WI spiritual al.
~ieelance, as against Great Britain.
The German attack on the extreme
west Is shifting slowly southwark in
Belgium, toward the French border.
The country to the west of Dlxmude
has been transformed, by the tap
ping Of canals and the heavy rains,
Into a vast swamp, In which heavy
fighting Is almost Impossible. South
Of pIxnude, the French war office
said, renewed German efforts to
cross the User canal had been
beaten back, with the destruction Of
German regiment. The French
claim the recapture Of positions TAX
en- recently by the enemy. Else.
where along the lines the fighting
has once more relaxed, being limit
ed chiefly to artillery engagements.
In London Il Is rumored that a large
force of Germans around Dlxrnude
has been cut off by the floods. The
Inundated country now extends
south Of Dlxmude so within three
miles of Bixshoote, about half way
to the French border.
Russian armies seem to be gradually
%convereine or Cracow and the siege
or Investment Of this place appears
to be not far off. It 10 suggested
that the Austrian garrison Of era
COW might surrender to avoid a
bombardment, but this can be called
nothing more than a suggestion.
In East Prussia the Russian forward
movement seems to continue, and II
Is said that the Russian generals
are imposing on the captured towns
fines in proportion to those levied
by the Germans on the cities Of Bel.
GUM. These fines correspond with
the population of the town taken.
The British operations against the
Turks rave spread the conflagration
to the southern entrance Of the Red
sea, where Indian troops, assisted by
a British warship, have taken a
Turkish fort. In the Caucasus the
Russians and the Turks are still at
grips, both sides claiming victories.
The pope published his announced en-
cyclicaI urging peace among the
warning nations Of Europe.
Soldiers fighting In the trenches knee
deep in water and swept by driving
rains, is the story which still comes
out Of West Flanders, but notwith-
standing the terrible conditions Of
the battlefield the German troops
and the allied forces still hammer
at each other with shot and shell.
Petrograd continues to report success
es In eastern Prussia along the
stalIuponen-Johannisburg line and
also In the region of Soldau and
Neidenburg, where the Russians,
however, are meeting with desper-
ate resistance.
In Poland the Austrlans are establish.
Galician front the Russians are ad-
vancing toward the passes over the
carpathians.
The Austrian troops which have been
invading Servia have met strong re-
distance at Vallejo, but along the
river Save are making progress.
Russia has driven the AustrIans out
Of the towns of Tarnow, JasIo and
krosno, in Galicia, and the Austri.
ans probably now are retreatlne to-
ward the c%arpathIan mountains.
While the Turkish troops are reported
from constantlnopIe to have occu.
pied kotur in the Persian province
Of A~zerbaiJan, defeating the Rus.
SLAMS, an official statement from the
British admiralty sue.
cessful operations against the Turk.
ish garrison at shelkh-sald, at the
entrance Of the Gulf Of Alden, and
Of the occupation Of the Turkish
forts Of Turba by Indian troops.
an the western battle front the allies
are said to have retaken Dixmude
from the Germans. This report Is
unofficial and has moi beer con.
firmed by either Paris or London.
Fighting in the vicinity Of Dixmude
and also around Ypres continues to
be extremely violent, although II has
~sIackened somewhat, as compared
with previous days.
That big engagements already are In
progress or are about to begin In
h east all the way from the north.
eastern part of Prussia to the east
ern point of Gslicia seems evident
from the dispersion of the German