The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-12-03
MuSCOvlTE WAR OFFICIALS GIVE
OUT LITTLE NEWS OF
BIG VICTORY IN
POLAND.
MANY OF KAISER'S TROOPS
REPORTED TAKEN PRISONERS
Little Fighting in Progress Between
Allies and Germans in France and
Belgium-Lord Kitchener
Makes a Report.

Ing the exaggerated reports of Russian
successes in the battle in Northern
Poland, where the German Emperor
has joined Field Marshall vcn linden
burg to offer his advice and to encour-
age his troops, the latest available re-
ports from Russian headquarters state
that the advantage in the fighting still
lies with the Russian army.
Losses Are Enormous.
1t is also said enormous losses have
been inflicted on the Germans. but no
mention is made of the way certain
German divisions have been separated
from he main army as claimed by the
P~etrograd correspondents of London
and Paris papers. To Offset this is the
German official report which says the
Russian attacks have been repulsed
and the German counter attacks have
been successful.
Trying to Break Through.
Some days must elapse before this
battle, which promises to prove the
most decisive of the war, is concluded.
All that Is definitely known is that the
German advance has been brought to
a standstill. Some of the German
troops have been partly or wholly sur
rounded but they are still fighting
stubbornly to break their way through
the Russian lines, apparently to the
northward, where they hope to join
re-enforcements sen from Thorn. 4.
Russians Take 10000 Prisoners
In the battle before Cracow the Rus
slams claim decisive success. During
the last week they took 10000 Austrian
and German prisoners in this region.
This victory is taken in Petrograd to
mean Cracow will not bar the Russian
advance in Silesia from the south, but
that with the Austrian army beaten, ii
will be necessary only to mask the
fortress.
Announce Success In Austria.
The Russians likewise announce sue
cess on the Austrian side of the Car
pathians and against the Turks in the
Caucasus, although in both regions the
worst of weather has prevailed.
In the western arena the Germans,
although making an occasional infan-
try attack, seem at present content to
lombard the Allied positions, but with
somewhat lighter guns thar they have
been using. This may mean either that
they are sending troops and artillery
to the east to use against the Rus
slams, or that they are preparing a new
attack against the Allies.
That the enterprise that failed in
Flanders will not be repeated for the
present seems probable. as the Allies
have been allowed to capture some
points of vantage around Ypres, which
were previously considered necessary
to the German plans. There has been
a minor attack near Arras, but not in
strong enough force to suggest the
Germans have decided to try to get to
the coast by direct route from the
east.
Try to Outflank Germans.
An interesting report from Field
Marshal Sir John French, covering the
period of the battle in Flanders and the
days Immediately preceding it, shows
this battle was brought about first by
the Allies attempts to outfank the
Germans, who countered, and then by
their plans to move to the northeast to
Client and Bruges, which also failed.
After this, the German offensive began
with the French coast ports as the OBJ
i~ective, but this movement, like those
Of the Allies. met with failure.
Field Marshal French, doubtless in
response to the demands of the British
public. tells what the various units of
the expeditionary force have been do
ing-those that failed and we're cut of,
and those who. against superior num-
bers, held the trenches for a month.
He gives it as his opinion that the
German losses have been thrice as
great as those of the Allies, and
speaks enthusiastically of the future.
Tribute to 5eIgians.
London, Nov. 2S.-'The Russians
have defeated the Germans with the
heaviest losses yet suffered; the. Ger
mans have made no advance since I
last addressed the house." and 1.-The
British are in touch with Turkish
forces thirty miles east of the Suez
Canal" were salient points of a speech
made by Field Marshal Earl Kitchener
in the House Of Lords. summarizing
the military operations.
Earl kitchener paid a tribute to the
gallantry of the Belgian army and to
the King of the Belgians who, he de-
clared, had no intention of quitting
Belgian territory. He said the losses