Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1914-11-27
ENORMOUS LOSS
FOR THE ALLIES
Operations Near 5ixschoote Re-
1t in Victory to Kaiser's
Troops.
BATTLE STOPPED BY STORM
Indictment Weather Puts End to EHec-
tive Operations In Northern
France-Germans Expect I'm.
p~ortant Victories Over
Russian Forces,

Berlin, Nov. 21.-Reports received
from Holland, according to informa'
tfon given out in official circles here,
are to the effect that in the fighting
near Bixschoote and DiXmude the
French lost 10000 men, and that l,5ee
British were drowned in the User
canal.
London, Nov. 22.-The battle front
in Flanders and in France, from the
sea to the Meuse, is storm-bound.
The rival battle lines that a week
ago were great towers of strength,
waging a titanic struggle for the gain
of a few hundred yards, only to lose
1t again as the vanquished of the
mornings conflict by a supreme eff
fort became the victors with the com.
ing of night. today remained two i'm
potent masses. Great numbers were
stricken down before the fury Of a
terrific blizzard which leveled the
trenches. enveloped the big guns and
| chilled the marrow In the bones of the
fighting g
Where n week ago singing bullets
and shrieking shells bore the fearful
message of death. disease now ak
as the enemy of friend and foe alike.
Thousands Are Stricken.
Thousands of cases of pneumonia
have been reported from the front
and every train to the rear from the
allies lines today bore great contin-
gents Of officers and men invaded
back by serious illness.
The blizzard has paralyzed the tele-
graph and telephone lines connecting
the headquarters of the general staff
In the field with the headquarters of
the corps commanders. Reports of
any possible developments for this
eason may have failed to reach Gen
eral Joffre Hence a halt in the Of
fetal news from the front.
Army signal men are busy recon
structing the broken lines of COM
munication.
The French who occupied the west
ern part of Chauvincourt, across the
Mouse from st. Mihiel. effectively dis
lodging the Germans from the western
banks of the Meuse, have again been
forced back, and the Germans have re-
crossed the river
Dynamite was the agent the Ger
nan used in dislodging the French
troops. When the French occupied a
portion of the town the Germans were
driven from their barracks. These
the French troops occupied. But the
Germans had previously mined the
barracks buildings. and during the
night of Wednesday they blew up the
barracks, killing many Of the occu-
pants. Then followed a charge by
disaster compelled to withdraw.
The opinion was expressed in mill
tary circles In Berlin that notwith-
standing the great number Of Russian
troops In Poland. estimated at 900. 900,
excluding those In the Schirwindt re-
gion, General Won Hindenburg would
soon be able to report a decisive vic
tory.
Russians In Tight Place.
The position OF the Russian forces Is
considered unfavorable, both on &C
count Of the nature OF the ground and
because such large forces are concen-
trated within a comparatively small
territory.
Interest in the situation In the west
is ~momentarily eclipsed by that in the
east. Reports from Vienna tell Of sue
cesses in Galicia. including the occu-
patton by the 1Teutonic allies Of Tar
now and Wieliczka. According to
these reports 1000 prisoners were
taken.
Turks Report Victory.
In Egypt the advancing Bedouins
and Turkish irregulars have compelled
the British to put the Suez canal and
the entire Port Said district under
martial rule.
At Ell Arisch. Rome reports that
British have been seriously defeated.