The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-11-18
OF THE WORLD
ON EAST PRUSSIA
ALTHOUGH THE GREAT NUMBER
OF MEN AT WEST FLANDERS
ARE WATCHED.
GERMANS LOSE M
Berlin Denies the French Claims and
Assert That the Germans Continue
Progress.

London.-While the battle in West
Flanders continues to hold public at
tention because of the desperate char
acter of the fighting, the numbers I
men engaged and the territory at
stake, military men now look on East
Prussia as the center of gravity of the
war. In the latter field q tremendous
battle Is developing. The Russians
are pushing vigorously a great en-
veloping movement. They are engag-
ed with the Germans along a wide
curve of $50 miles from Stalluponen,
in the Northeast through Goldap and
Kruglaken, which is well within the
tangle of lakes, down to Soldau In the
southwest.
Military experts say the Germans
apparently have checked their retreat
in Poland and are counter-attacklng.
They say, however, that the Russians
are not to be turned from their plan,
which is believed to be an attack on
Danzig. They argue that the Ger
mans must allow East Prussia to be
overrun a second time or bring up re-
Inducements and that they hardly
can weaken their army along the
Polish frontier for that would leave
Posen and Silesia open to invasion.
The Allies, naturally, are hoping an
effort will be made to relieve East
Prussia at a sacrifice to the German
armies in Belgium territory.
In fighting in their own country the
Germans will have the advantage over
the Russians as they have a network
of stragetic railways to move their
troops quickly and they use more
motors than their opponents. Military
men are watching operations In this
region with deepest interest.
In West Flanders the Germans 90
not seem to have improved their posi-
ton to a marked extent. In fact, an
unofficial report from the north or
France says they again have lost lux
nude, which they took last Tuesday
that their attempts TO break down the
British resistance around Ypres have
failed and that their attack IN the
vicinity of Labasse has met with no
greater success.
The German official report again
SAYS the German attacks are progress
ing and records the capture of prison
ers. German attacks have been re-
pulsed and that an advance has been
made by the Allies nearly every
where.
Vienna also reports that the Aus
TRANS have turned their attention to
the Montenegrins and are endeavor-
ing to force them back. According
to a Montenegrin report they nave
failed. Accounts from this part OF
the world are so contradictory tina
the only thing clear is that the Aus
TRANS have virtually cleared their
country of the enemy. g.
England is beginning to learn the
cost of the European war. A WHITE
paper issued shows that the govern
ment intends to ask Parliament lot
s1.125. OOO, 600 which with their $780,
0OO, 900 voted at the last session, Is ex-
pected to be Great Britain's bill for the
fiscal year ending March 81. OF this
sum. however, a small part has been
loaned to Belgium and Servia.
A portion of the money also Will be
required for the additional million
men to be enlisted, who will bring the
English regular army up to 2,1S6,ooo.
These figures do not include the ter
ritorials, who number nearly 100000.