The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-29
We Have Made Progress at Certain Points, Reports
 Grand Duke Nicholas
GERMANS CLAIM
 SLIGHT SUCCESS
Hindenburg Reports Russian Offen- sive Is Repulsed-Allies in the West Are Awaiting New
 AttSck by Germans

that Grand Duke Nicholas. Russian commander in chief, says of the battle of LodK. According to information from unofficial but usually creditablc sources, however, the Russians have grined a great victory over the Ger msn armies which made their third at- tempt to advance to Warsaw.
 This brief reference to the battle. added to what was said in the previous report from Russian headquarters. is taken here to mean that if the Germans have not been defeated already the Russians have drawn a cordon around them from which they will have great difficulty fin escap- ing.
 Some correspondents in Petrograd who quote the highest military sources. re- peat that this cordon is steadily tight ening and that the Russian guns are spreading death among the German armies caught in its grip. They declare the only hope for the Germans, said to number 10000, is that two army corps sent to their relief may be able to break through the Russian line, which they are attack ing at Lenczyca. northwest of Lodz.
 Have Not Given Up
 That the Germans have not given up hope is shown by the Berlin official state- ment tonight saying the Germans have recommended attacks and that fighting continues.
 fbN hao itta been made field marshal in recogni- ton of the protection he and his troops have given the East Prussian frontier, in an drmy order issued at Thorn, says the Germans have brought the Russian of. fensive to a standstill and inflicted heavy losses.
 Farther south, and west of Novo Rad omsko the Germans also claim to have repulsed the Russians. while for ths armies advancing to besiege Cracow ths Russian headquarters, announce de cisive success"
 In the last few days of fighting in this region the Russians. according to theii official reports, captured about 15,oo0 pris- oners. 10 cannon. 20 machine guns and some general staff officers. This battle, although considered In mill around Lodz. would open the way for the Russians In southern Silesia, If they are successful. Cracow, these military men admit, would prove a hard nut to crack, but in this regard usually well informed Petrograd correspondent says the Russians have surprise in store for the Austro-Germans.
 Wait for New Attack
 In the west the allies are still wait ing for the new attack by the Germans which has been so long promised. All communication between Belgium and Hol- land has been stopped, so that nothing authoritative can be learned of what the Germans are doing. Reports continue however, of large German forces moving west. some with boats and bridge build- ing material.
 Ii is believed in London that the next attempt of the Germans to get through to the French coast will be made south of the Franco Belgian border. perhaps in the vicinity of Arras.
 Following the report from Petrograd of damage inflicted on the German fleet by the Russians in September. comes the announcement through Paris that thu German cruiser Hertha has been sunk near Libau There also are rumors thai the German battleship Kaiser Wilhelm del Crosse has been torpedoed in the Baltic Both these reports lack confirmation.
 The British admiralty, it is believed has solved the mystery of the sowing o mines off the north coast of Ireland The British ships have arrested two trawlers, one a Norwegian and the othei Danish, which made their headquarters at Fleetwood. on the English coast o the Irish sea, on charge of having laid the mines which proved so disastrous to British and neutral shipping. It has been suspected that these mines were laid by vessels flying neutral flags. but V was hardly thought they were making British port their headquarters. German Report Berlin, November 2S.-Informaton giver out today by the official press bureau foi- lows:
 Military critics of the Berlin newspa- pers consider that the success of the Austrians on November 25 and of Gen eral Mackensen on the following day have made still more favorable the posi-,