The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1914-12-11
-FOUR GERMAN
CRUISERS SUNK
AND FIFTH PROBABLY LOST IN FIGHT
With BRITISH CRUISERS -3 5000
SAILORS L0ST-ALLIES GAINING
GROUND.
Reports of December 8.

In a battle off the Falkland Islands,
in the South Atlantic, on Tuesday the
German cruisers Scharnhorst, Gneis-
enau and Leipzig were sunk by Brit
ish squadron under Vice-Admiral Sir
Frederick Sturdee. The German cru1s-
ers Dresden and Nurnberg, which were
also engaged in the battle, escaped.
Two German colliers were captured.
Admiral Count Won Spec commanded
the German squadron, his flagship
being the Scharnhorst.
Emperor William, according to dis
patches from Berlin via Amsterdam,
is suffering from pneumonia.
Terrific attacks by the Germans on
Lowicz, west of Warsaw, are reported
in dispatch from Petrograd.
A semi-official announcement at
Petrograd declares that the Russians
evacuated Lodz 10 hours before the
Germans moved into the city, and that
the movement of troops was effected
without the loss Of single man.
In Eastern Galicia the fighting again
is becoming very stubborn" accord
ing to an announcement by the Aus
trian General Staff.
No development of consequence
along the battle line in Belgium and
France is indicated by the official re
ports, though slight gains are claimed
by both the French and the Germans.
Subhi Bey, commander of the Turk
ish forces at Kurna, near the Persian
Gulf, has surrendered to the Indian
eXpeditionary force operating in that
territory.
| A dispatch from Nish declares that
the Austrians are retiring in disorder
before the crushing offensive move
ment Of the Servian Army"
| Yesterdays report is as follows:
That the German cruiser Nurnberg,
which escaped from the battle In the
South Atlantic on December s, in
which three other cruisers Of the
German squadron were destroyed
was sunk the same day, is officially
announced at London. The Dresden
the only survivor of Admiral Count
Won Specs squadron, is reported, in
dispatch from Buenos Ayres, to be
cornered in the Straits Of Magellan.
Emperor Williams health is greatly
improved, according to an official bull
letin at Berlin.
The general situation in France and
Belgium remains unchanged, accord.
ing to the latest communication from
the French War Office An earlier
statement, relating developments or
December g., said that in the Argonne
the French continued to make prog,
IreSs.
Unofficial dispatches say the Allies
have entered, Roulers, II miles north.
east of Ypres, in Belgium, and have
driven the Germans out of Armen.
there's, nine miles northwest Of Lille
in France.
Berlin announces that German
columns advancing along the righ
bank Of the Vistula in Northern Pc
land have taken Przasmysz by storm
and that in Southern Poland Russian
attacks have been repulsed.
Il Servians' claims that they have re
pulsed the Austrians appear to b
conf1rmed in an official statement a
Vienna, which says that Austrian
loops which encountered strong hos
tile forces at Milarovatz were or
dered to occupy more favorably sit
uated positions
Germany has notified the Vatican
that she will agree to a truce durinI
the Christmas holidays, as proposed
BY Pope Benedict, provided the othel
warning nations acquiesce in thu
Pope's suggestion.