The Ely miner., 1914-11-20
W|NTRY WEATHER
AND FLOODS FAIL
TO STOP GERMANS
kAIsER's FORCES HAMMER AWAY
AT ALLIES LINES-STILL SEEK
TO CAPTURE COVETED
COAST CITIES.
ANOTHER BIG BATTLE is
DEVELOPING IN POLAND
Large Force of Teutons Meet Advanc-
ing Russians Between vistuIa and
Wartha Rivers and Test of
Strength Will Ensue-cervi-
ans Continue to Fall Back.

ans Continue to Fall Back.
London, Nov. 9.-Undeterred by
wintry weather and floods the Ger
mans are still making an effort to
break down the allies defense along
the Franco-Belgian frontier.
Continuous Artillery Duel.
| Although the Berlin official report
refers to the day as having been a
quiet one, there has been an almost
continuous artillery duel, with oc-
casional infantry attacks, but appar-
emily without either side making any
progress.
The line from the coast to Nieuport,
which has been receiving less atten-
ton since the Germans began their at
tempt to get the British out of Ypres,
again has been subjected to a bonn
bardment which has been described
as very violent one, while to the
south of Dixmude the Germans have
been trying under fire from the allies
cannon to build works to check the
flood which compelled them to evacu-
| aIO paw VI thCAl IL SuShOo.
Busy at Other Points.
| At other points the big guns have
been busy again, and Rheims has been
subjected to another rain of shells.
| From the allies point of view prob
ably the most important operations
are those to the south of Verdun,
where the French troops have been
for some time trying to relieve the
pressure which the Germans have
been exerting on the fortress. They
have succeeded at last, according to
the French official communication, and
| besides making some progress on the
heights of the Meuse, they have ad-
vanced on st. Mihiel, the only point on
the left bank of the Meuse which the
Germans have been successful in hold
ing.
Big Battle in Poland.
Another big battle is developing in
Poland between the Vistula and Warta
been met by large forces of Germans
coming from Thorn. The German plan
seems to be to attack the Russian
center in the hope of drawing their
wings from east Prussia and Cracow.
In the former region the Russians re-
port a further advance toward the
umbinnen-Angerburg line in the
north, but they have not been able to
dislodge the Germans from the pas
sages of the Mazurian lakes.
| In Galicia the troops of Emperor
Nicholas are driving the Austrians
southwark and westward and have en-
gagged their rear guards at Dukla at
the foot of the Carpathian mountains.
cracow Report Unconfirmed.
There was an unofficial report that
| Cracow was burning, but this has not
been confirmed.
The Servians and Montenegrins con-
tinue to fall back before larger Aus
trian forces. 1t is stated from Vienna
that Belgrade again is about to be at
/ tackled.
General Botha, commander of the
Union of South African forces, again
has been engaged with General De
| Vets rebel commanders, but the final
result of the battle is not yet known.
Years Cost to Britain $2,250, ,oo0, 900.
David Lloyd George, chancellor of
the exchequer in the house of com
mons, estimated that the cost of one
year of the war for this country would
be G450,000,000 ($2,250,0 0,000,000), the
largest Britain has ever spent on q
war and more than twice what was
spent in the four years conflict in
South Africa -
Blizzard Causes Suffering.
London, Nov. 18.-The coming of
winter has partly paralyzed the move
ments of the troops both in the east
and west
| The Russians on the border of east
| Prussia are reported to be marching
through snow clad in sheepskin jack
cts similar to those which the Japa-
pese wore in Manchuria.
Billiards have swept the trenches
in Belgium and northern France, and
brought great suffering to the wound
ed as well as to the men in the fields.
| A large area of West Flanders,
around DiYmude, has been flooded by
the heavy rains and is impossible for
| lighting.
Reports Disagree.
| The French and German reports
were contradictory as regards the
| progress of their armies in the west.
Berlin says there was only slight ac-
tivity because of the snowstorm.
Paris, on the other hand, announces
that the Germans, in attempting to
cross the canal near Dixmude, were
thrust back, while the allies recap
tured several strategic points, re-
pulsed two German attacks southeast
of Ypres, and entirely destroyed" a
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