The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-17
Rain and Snow Bring Death to Thousands Tn the Trenches Germans Make Brave Stand to Hold Ground Sharp Ar tillery Duels Mark Belgi- an Warfare.
German Casualties of Four Days Placed at 100000, Are Buried Tn Single Grave British Losses While 10000 Austrians Also Reported Heavy.

While 10000 Austrdana
 Also Reported Heavy.
 Storms and floods, the enor- nous loss of life and the strain of incessant fighting apparent l 1y have taxed to the limit of human endurance the armies facing each other in the death struggle in Belgium and north ern France Another lull has fcome in the great battle which presumably is but the prelude to one more desperate effort. Today's reports from the front indicate that assaults by infan- try and cavalry have been abandoned for the moment, ex- Icept for the minor engage ments, and that only the ar tillery is continuing operations with yigor undiIninished
 Meanwhile the fighting oon- ltinues on many other fields. The Russian invasion Of Turk fish territory from the Caucasus Ihas been halted. The great campaign of the Russians against the Aslstfia essreassn aFmies proceeds wita varElng fortunes in different localities, with chief interest now center ing on the new German offen- sive movement against the Russian center.
 Tn Servia the Austrian ad- lvance is being carried on, ac- cording to Vienna reports, with further success.
 E. Accounts of the fighting in Belgium, official and other Wise, dwell upon the frightflll
 hardships which the men in the
 water soaked trenches are call l ed upon to endure and the great loss of life. One report, looming from a British corre- Ispondent, estimates the Ger Iman casualties in the last four
 days at 100000.
 A letter written by a Galician priest describes a grave more 1 than four miles long. In it,
 says the letter, 10000 Austri- I ans, the dead from one days fighting, were buried.
 The most that is being acz Z complished in the west by this !. sort. of warfare, as the latest British communications indi- l cate, is that the allies have been fable. to hold their lines in the ,I main, with here and there some 'l retirements before the German
 assaults. The British losses, it l is acknowledged, are very , heavy An official narrative of the fighting given out in Lon 1 don pays an unreserved tribute to the bravery of the Germans.
 Report From Paris The French off1cia1 communication of today, after emphasizing the Vio- lent character of the fighting, men , tions a few localities in Belgium and | along the Aisne where German infan-
 try attacks were made. These at i. tacks it is said, were repu1sed.
 The fighting along the eastern
 boundary of Germany is of a different character. There is nothing there to
 correspond with the endless lines Of
 trenches which stretch across France
 Movements of troops are more mobile . and the main battle line is shifting 2 constantly. Tn France an advance Of
 a few yards is deemed worthy of men
 tion Tn Galicia, Russian Poland and
 East Prussia they measure move :, ments by scores of miles.
 Private advices from Petrograd dis t pt1te the German claims to success in | Russian Poland, asserting that the l German offensive movement has fail ed.
 The Russian squadron is said to have left Helsingfots. Finland With : the supposed intention of ensaging e the German Baltic fleet.
 Russia admits the truth of recent
 Turkish statements that the invaders
 from the north had beeen driven ]. back. The Russian advance guard. 1t is announced officially. has been
 foread halt is march on Ezzarass7-