Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-14
COURSE OF THE
EUROPEAN WAR
Battles on Land and Sea, and the
Weeks Effect on the General
Situation.

O1tuatlon.
Gains and losses in the war OF the ma
tions, during the last week, appeared
about evenly distributed. victories by the
allied armies at one point being Offset by
successes OF the Germans at another.
However, the Russian advance, which
swept like an avalanche into Poland ana
across the German frontier, together with
the fall Of Tsing-1ao were decided adj
vantages registered against the forces Of
Austria and Germany.
Germany's rejoicing at the sinking Of
British battleships off Chill was turned
into gloom by the loss Of the Emden,
prize raider of the East Then British
cheer became despair when n German
submarine ventured irto British waters
near Dover and sank the gunboat Niger.
The Kaiser routed the Allies from Dix
nude in Belgium, but his own forces were
repulsed at Lombaertzyde.
TsingTao capitulated to the Anglo
Japanese forces. Surrender of the Ger
man leasehold city was followed by de-
niands OF politicians and populace in
Toxic thot japan retain IL as a permanent
possession. During the siege seven Ger
man and one Austrian war craft were
sunk In Kiao-Chau harbor
In Belgium the fighting throughout the
week was waged furiousy along the line
the capture of the former town by the
Germans, after they had vainly at
tempted to break through at other points.
Lille. Armentleres and Ypres were vir-
tually laid I'm ruins by the shells from
the big guns of the Germans. and the
artillery duel continued necessarily along
the whole line The Germans gained
ground to the west of Jangemarck and
drove the Allies from tho village of st.
Elol, taking In all 25OO prisoners, but this
advantage was partly offset by the loss
of the town of Lombaertzyde, on the
extreme north, where the Allies began a
movement to envelop the KaIser's right
flank. Farther south the fighting con-
tinued without decisive result, although
the Allies claimed slight gains at several
points. The French right wing has held
firm against all attacks.
ges there has been little change In the
relative positions of the contending arm
les
The Cars forces have made a general
advance against the Germans along the
entire battle line, stretching several hun
dred miles I'm crescent form from Lyck in
East Prussia, through Thorn, Cracow and
Przenlysl. 1t is the first time the Rus
slams penetrated German territory out
side OF East Prussia, This was at
Pleschen in the province OF Posen. Ger
man retreat from the Vistula continued
anu lllS lNuSSldHs plcSStu lHO lOO
the River Warthe, and there broke
through the line, thence crossing tho
border This movement threatens the
great German fortresses Of Posen and
Thorn.
Turkeys armies evidently have been
surprised by the swiftness of the Russian
campaign and the sweeping invasion Of
Armenia. The Turks, massed along the
Caucasian frontier. have been forced to
retreat farther into their borders and fall
back toward the fortified city OF Erzerum.
But Constantinople maintains that the
Sultan's forces have met with continued
successes.
reported invasion of Egypt and occu-
patton of El-Arish by the Turks was Of
hcially denied by England Bombardment
of the forts of the Dardanelles by British
and French warships was carried on
without appreciable results. One Turkish
submarine was captured by the Allies Oft
Tenedos Island. Russian warships sank q
number of Turkish transports in the
Black Sea, drowning 1900 troops.
The German cruiser Emden. which had
in the Far East since the
beginning of the war. was overtaken in
the Indian Ocean by the Australian crui-
ser Sydney and destroyed. The German
cruiser Koenigsburg, another commerce
destroyer with a notable career, was
bottled up" at the mouth OF the Ruhji
River. in German East Africa, by the
British cruiser Chatham, transports be-
ing sunk in the channel to prevent the
from getting out.