The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1915-11-15
Notes From
War Fields

Bcrlip Nov, " rareless FAY
vile. -.s4 ghAnfstan is preparing tt
war against the British possessions II
India" according to kilograms res
ceived yesterday by the Overseas News
Agency from Constantinople. Fight
ing on the Afghanistan- India frontier y
the Turkish advices add, already has
begun in several places"
Paris, Nov. 15.-The following off1-
cial communication was issued by the
war Office Saturday night:
I'm Artois, in the Labyrinth, the
Germans, by a sudden attack this
morning, succeeded in penetrating,
near the road from Lille, one of our
first line trenches. Our counter at
tacks Immediately drove them out. The
enemy left all his wounded on the
ground.
Around Loos and Souchez there
merely has been cannonading.
ITO the north Of the Aisne we con-
centrated what appeared to be very
effective fire on the German organiza-
tions on the plateau of Nouvron.
"A somewhat intense artillery action
was continued in Champagne in the
region of the Butte du Mesnil and on
the heights OF the Meuse, in the Che
valieres wood"
The Belgian official communication
reads:
"The enemy artillery has cannonad-
ed our positions to the north and south
OF Dixmude, together with Capelle,
Oostkerke and Caeskerke. Our bat
teries vigorously bombarded the enc
my positions at Leke and Saint Pierre
Capelle."
Petrograd, via London, Nov. 15.--
Emperor Nicholas and the young heir
to the Russian throne, Grand Duke
Alexis Nikolaievitch, last week made a
tour of inspection which included the
ports of Reval and Riga and the mill
tary districts of Dvinsk and Vitebsk.
The emperor and his son arrived at
Reval Wednesday morning. They Wis
tied the naval fortress, examined the
works and reviewed the garrison. At
ter lunch the emperor and the grand
duke visited the harbor and boarded
the transport Europe. on which were
drawn up the crew Of Russian sub
marine and the crew Of British un-
boat. The emperor person
ally decorated the two submarine COM
manders with the cross of the Order
of st. George, fourth class Later the
imperial visitors boarded the Russian
and British submarines and examined
them in detail and then went to in
spect the works in the town. The
workmen welcomed them with enthusi-
astic cheering. The emperor and grand
duke later inspected the naval hospi-
tai.
Emperor Nicholas and the crown
prince went to Riga on Thursday. Here
the imperial train crossed to the left
bank of the Dvina river and his ma
jesty was received by General Radko
commanding the fortified
district of Riga, with whom the emper-
or and the grand duke drove to town
In automobiles and review troops de-
tached from the corps defending Riga-
The ruler thanked the troops for their
heroic services.
The emperor and son left Riga Fri
day and reviewed a division Of troops
ed the military district of Dvinsk and
reviewed troops, to whom the emperor
expressed warm thanks for their hero
lc efforts and wished them final vic
tory.
Berlin, Nov. Is. .(By wireless to Say
Teutonic armies commanded
by Generals Koevess and Gallwitz,
after sanguinary fighting, have again
thrown back the Serbians along their
whole front, says the report issued
Sunday at the German headquarters
Serbians to the number OF 1.773 were
taken prisoners.
German troops also have penetrated
the Russian lines near Czartorysk, in
Volhynia, and have taken prisoner
1915 Russians, according to the an
The text Of the state
ment follows:
sBaIkan theatres: The armies Of