The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-12
GERMANS ANNOUNCE
GAINS IN THE WEST
Take Allies Line Near Lane
marck and Drive Foe From
st. ElOi.
ON OFFENSIVE IN EAST
Special Cable D.,na,ch ~ rpy srS


LONDON. Nov. IA despatch from
Berlin says II Is announced officially that
south OF Dixmude the German troops have
crossed the User Canal and west OF LANCE
marck they have taken the first line OF
the position occupied by tho Allies South
OF Ypres the despatch says, the Germans
have driven the enemy out OF St Eloi.
BERLIN. via wireless to sayvllle. L. T.,
Nov. 1.-THE following official statement
was issued here to-day:
THE rout Of n Russian battalion near
konin (thirty-three miles northeast Of Ka-
lisz. In Russian Poland), by a detachment
OF German cavalry appears to have been
/ thorough. and while this engagement Is
without great Importance It shows the
offensive spirit OF the German troops.
No other news has been received from
the eastern arena.
Special dispatches received from Ger
nowitz In Bukavina report that important
movements Of Russian troops are taking
place In BessarAbla and East Galicia, APP
parently Inspired by the campaign against
Turkey. Tas Vienna Frcmdenbidtt has
published despatch from Czernowitz
saying that the Russians on November 0
threw shells into that city. but their bat
tcries speedily were silenccd. An advance
guard skirmish before Czernowitz ended
in a Russian retreat
"Constantinople reports the continuation
of Turkish offensive movements on the
Caucasian border in spite Of the snow.
other reports received here from Athens
declare that the Turkish operations against
Egypt are progressing and that there Is
! much military activity In Syria. The
| Turkish Government declares with en-
| phasis that the report in the Paris Temps
4 OF riotng on the part Of the Turkish
/ Armendns Is a Nat lie.
During the last week tho specie reserve
OF the German Imperial Bank Increased
% 900 900 marks E6.75O, 000). while the
circulation OF notes decreased S6,000,000
marks 1921 .5oO.oo0).
/ ut is reported here from Athens that
Bulgaria has refused TO adopt the anti
Turkish attitude suggested by the Triple
, Entent Powers in return for the promise
q the addition OF Adrianopie to Bulgarian
territory.
/ THE Bulgarian Minister AZ Rome has
said in an interview that Bulgaria de
imands the restitution Of the territories
Inhabited BY Bugarlans. Bulgaria wi.
keep neutral In the present war. the Min
lister declared and under no circumstances
will she fight Turkey.
THE President of the Turkish Chamber
iof Deputies. Hall Bey, has arrived al
Bucharest, Rumania, on special mis-
sion"
The use of the words good advances
In the official statements regarding The
Argonne are interpreted by the military
critics OF the German press as of par
,ticularly favorable significance. since not
iuntil these latest reports had such AZ
depression been used to describe the Ger
man operations in this region.
An official statement issued by the wal
once to-day says Lieut-Gen HELM
grath, Inspector of German military roads
with headquarters at Cambria, northern
France, is exhibiting publicly dumdun
bullets found on British prisoners and
also British rifles equipped with a con
trlvance to cut OFF and perforate the ends
lof bullets,
The Frnnklrtcr ZcNunO, IT Ia an
lnounced. prints a letter from German
prisoner OF war In England in which III,
writer says that out of 700 German prls
oners there forty-siN died within on'
week OF pneumonia and typhoid fever a.
a result OF bad treatment poor food ant
improper housing. The men were confined
in cold barracks. he says. None OF thes<
prisoners was wounded