The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-11-04

oItiCiAt ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS py Inc EiSheA
war office.
IONDON--Russia and Great Britain
began vigorous aggressive campaigns
against Turkey today. Russian troops
crossing the frontier from the eau
casus and the British driving the
Turks. Commanded by Germans, from
Akahah, and occupying this Egyptian
frontier seaport after destroying the
forts barracks posto Office and stores.
PETRoGRAD-The Turkish am
ba sador to Russia. before he left the
capital today on his return to Con-
stantinople. made the following state
ment: II tried with all the force at
my command to convince the Russian
minister Of foreign affairs that Tur~
key was not actuated by hostile feel
ings against Russia. and that IL url-
toward events had taken place, We
were not al fault i am firmly con-
yinced that the war will be of extreme
ly short duration. and that Turkey Will
e ssume the position maintained before
German influence became paramount
at Constantinople."
GREAT BRITAIN--A dispatch from
yalparais Chill. says that the Ger
man warships GneisenAu. GchArnhorst.
Nuremberg, Leipsic and Dresden at
tackled the British fleet OF Coronel.
Chilli The British cruiser Monmouth
was sunk. the cruiser Good Hope was
very badly damaged and supposed to
have been lost, and the British cruiser
Glasgow took refuge in the harbor OF
coroiei. The German ships Scharn-
horst, Nuremberg and Gneisenau
anchored at Valparaiso.
FRANCE-The official communiQue
last night says that northeast OF
vaiily the French have met counter
attack and have recAptured IAFerms
De Metz and made progress In the
region OF Du Four De Paris In the
Argonne where the German attacks
siave been repulscd. the AFTERNOON
ccmmunique says that on tho french
left wing the Germans seem to hAve
entirely abandoned the Left bank Of
tn. User below Dixmude and that tns
reconnaissance Of the allied troops
rushed forward along this roads In the
hooded region have resulted In me re-
occupation OF positions commanding
the river. The allies have made pro-
gross south Of Dixmuae. ana to~. .su
I,va tina French have maintained
: vervwhero their front. Tho German
: ~ cks AGAINST the outskirts OF ArrAs,
T,hons and LAQuesnoy-En-6A nterre
havr All failed. The French troops
That have been hanging on thu slopes
Of the plateau north Of the villages OF
Csnavonre ana Soupir have had to fAli
hack toward the valley. The French
nave maintained their positions on the
alone towards Bourg Et Comm and
havA repulsed German attacks In the
forests or the Argonne. They also re-
port gains in ne northwest OF Pont
Au Mousson.
GERMANY---A wireless from Beil,n
says that an Official densa, was msd3
sesterday OF the report ,eiat GeneyAi
Baron Won Der C,.ss was IL resign a.
governor Of Brisse.s. The submarine
which destroyed the British cruiser
Hermes has sue sss..Iiy reached ,ts
base. Reports .euei.e1 from Vienna
say that the Aus1rians are said tD be
pressing forward in the region Or
starry ana SambSr, and have etnrmed
Sabac, and that while the fighting In
Poland continues it has so far been
without result.
IITLGARIA---Bulear has again
expressed her determination to re-
main neutral and has declared tAAf
she will oppose the Turkish troops
crossing her territory to. invade
Greece.