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IWtfiHMi DUtewJp rtd on the Yaer altndit
cntlr) ccnfthtti to cannonacjirig, shleh
I 4nwe8,im. In violence, the German
and Allied Armies on IM Atari and In the
AVyoie-nr (Showing greater- activity.
'33io pjllolftlconiWppiie'. Igstfil today
v Inspptt an attempt of iht Oerinans to
ft cros' "the AUne hear 'Vftlllyi In the
1 AnM'Mie German trenches were blown
Up bV mines planted by the Freheh.
Trher communlO.ua follows;
"At Nleupbrt. before Dlxmude mid In
the rt'Blon pt Ypioi, the cannonade ha
taken on greater violence than udurliift
preceding tlnye. On Vie canal, lo tie
south of Dxmude, the action of our ar
tlilry,jJiccked tho works which the Ger
man were exrectln? to oppose Uio Inun
dations.,, 'the enemy; ha been fpfced to
eyncutto part of Ilia, trendies hleh were
rfcacheil"by the water
"Two ntlacHs bv German Infantry, one
to tho oulh of Blxschootc the other to
tlio south of Ypres, have been repulsed.
F0r our part we have made marked prog'
tees between tlixschoote and the canal
and between Armentlrres and La ttaasee.
Tjie artillery battle Is partlculaily nerce
In that region.
"Qrj the Atshe Gorman farcei that n
temptttf to cross" the flvdr near Vallly
have been thiown back or destroyed. Our
positions 61 the Hulil bnhk above Vrttlh
have- been violently cannonaded. Similar
ly ln-UliBKloti of llhdtni, sonto shells
have already fallen on that town.
'ilmthj-r-Argonne region there lion been
no Infantry engagement. W'c have blown
up a number of German trenches with a
mine.
"On the heights of the Mcurc. to the
RQUth of Verdun, no have advanced at
fcA..aaat aM,...a 1 . .Van Hnllll1 .. I t! ,
BDVCrtll ,,llll 111 UIU , llri'Ull u, l"V
Mlhlel wc have capluied somo of tho
KAISER SHIFTS MORE MEN
, TO EAST PRUSSIAN FRONT
LONDON. Nov. IT.
A news agency dispatch from Amater-
dam say-8 that thodsandn of German boI-
dlcrs from the western, battle front are j
passing through Cologne on the way to
Koenlgsbcrg and the Hast Trus-dan front.
Three hundred British prisoners nnd
200 wounded from Langemarck have ar
rived at Cologne. From Atx-ln-Cnap-pelo
It Is reported that S000 Infantry
men -passed through there on tho way to
Brussels arid Thleli. Two -of tho famous
42-centimeter Ge.rn.an siege guns have
GERMANS GAINED
GROUND AT YPRES,
BRITISH ADMISSION
TovVn Still Held, Despite
Gallant Charges of Prus
sian Guards Praise for
Courage of Kaiser's Men.
LONDON, Nov. 17.
An official narrative describing the opcr
, atlons of the British troops In France on
,.. .. ... .., .- . .. ....
iovBinucr ii, i. iinu JJ was issued uy
tho Jjovcrnment Press Bureau today. It
admits that the Germans have gained
croutjd about Ypres, but says that they
liavj failed to capture that town.
Thfl narrathe, written by an officer
attached to the stuff of General French,
also? admits hat the British suffered
heavy losses, but adds:.
Ve have the satisfaction of knowing
wq have foiled the enemy In what
appears to he his main object and have
Inflfcud greater losics'than those suf-
Thd German bombardment-of the Allies'
llne Just .befgro thefr supreme attack
Jralh,st Ypres waa the most terrillc of
the war, the narrative says The account
relates how detachments of Germans
worked thlr way to the rear of tho
British, whore they were cut to pieces.
"The dogged perseverance of the Ger
mans claims our whole hearted admira
tion," says the writer,
Tho statement, In part, says:
"The 11th was a day or desperate flght
Ins throughout. Immediately after day
break the Germans began their attack
against, our trenches to the. north and
south o" Uie ellll)Ypes road. They di
rected 'What was probably the most furi
ous -artillery fire they had yet employed
against our lines. The cannonade was
followed by an Infantry Assault In force
by the 1st and 4th Brigades of the Guard
Corps that had been ordered to make a
supreme effort to capture Ypres. Tho
task had proved too severe for the prdl
nary Infantry troops of the line, so pick
ed soldiers wero brought up.
"Tha ittacklug' forces met a frontal
and flank Ore from artillery, rifles and
machine guns, and their casualties before
they reached our lines were enormous.
"Despite our splendid resistance, the
enemy succeeded In breaking: through our
line In three places near the Meiitn
Ypres road and penetrated some distance
Into the woods behind our trenches. But
there they were counter-attacked and
usaln'were epflladed by machine-gun Are.
The Germans were, driven back lo the
line et our trenches, a portion of which
they succeeded In holding despite our ef-
Srti to. Mpel them Their losses can be
ugea from tho fact the number of dead
left In the woods behind our lines alone
amounted to 700
"Tne simultaneous effort of the Ger
mans to the south of the road failed en
tirely. The attacking Infantry was
masted In the woods close to our line.
Our euns opened upon them. The In
vader failed to push their assault home,
nnd tbe fighting was parried on at close
quarter" for the most part It was of
the most despentts and confused 4
fcCrlpUan. Scattered bodies' of the enemy
whej penetrated to the woods In the rear
of pilr linear were eatfght. where they
could neither advance nor retreat and all
welTUlHtJ or captured"
' .
U, S. CRUISER TO AID ALIENS
ennesfceeaA Arrival at Bolivia Ex
pected to Iieaaen Persecution,
ATRBN8, Nov. 17.
Tjw ApwtMUJ prtfr T!Ree has
MjM (fee J Pf- Ai ,M'
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Am tfet Jurat gunner are
EVENING
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ouIUIpr hotircs of the village. These are
the barracks of the garrison of Ht
Mlhlcl That village conslltutei Ihe only
point of aupport still held by the Gei
mnns on the left bank of tile Meuse In
that region.
"On the rest of the front there Is
nothing Important to repdrt."
Tho Inclement weather has brought out
a now phase of courage otnong the
French, Jlrltlsh, Holgtnrts and Germans.
They are bearing without complaint the
conditions which are causing terrible suf
fering. A French omcer. Who has Just leturned
from Northern France, declares thnl th
gallantry of the German soldiers lighting
on the NlouporNDIxmudc-Ypres-Armcn-t
eiea linn will go down as one of the
bright spots In this dark conflict.
PnUSStAN FIGHTING BPiltlT.
"I om proud to fight against such one
mles," declared this omcer. "The Ger
mans lllnch from nothing. There Is n
story among a batch of German prlsonurs
taken In the fighting around Dlxmude
about a German lieutenant who i
called before hu sunorlor ofllcer. The'
latter asked Iho lieutenant If ho would
undertake an attack ogalnst a strong
tirlllnh nnnltlon north of Yores.
" 'General " replied the lieutenant, I
I would attempt to storm hell If you gave
the order to do It.'
' "Tint story may not be ttue, but It
1 shows the I'russlan flnbtlng spirit.
Tlieio wnd heavy lighting around
Ypros ngriin on Monday, tho Germans
continuing their vain eltortH to drive
In k tho folld wedge, which the tlrltlsh
Imvii puihcil Into their lines theie. The
German canUaltles In West Flnndora
s.ikc l.int I'lldnv morning are estimated
st 1IM.C00, most of the men falling In the
Mgorotis nssaults against tho Allies at
Yprej.
passod through Alx-la-Chappele en route
for DWmude.
Tho German authorities are said to have
prohibited the sinking of a To Doum In
llelglan churches on King Albert's birth
day. j It lo reported from Copenhagen that
i the Germans have been quietly engaged
during tho last few weeks In creating
powerful defensive works along tho fron
tier of Schlcswlg-Holstcln. No one Is
permitted to enter Germany except by
..... ,, riK1,.i nii ,i10 rnaAH .,A Vfin
persons bearing passports nro held up.
CRACOW IN FLAMES
AS RUSSIAN SHELLS
RAIN ON DEFENSES
Czar's first Army Trains
Siege Guns on Northern
Redoubts, While Second
Hastens to Join in Invest
ment. VENICE, Nov. 17.
A portion of the city of Cracow Is In
flames and the Inhabitants have fled panic
stricken beforo the advancing Russian
army.
Advices by way of Trieste say the In
vestment of Cracow began Saturday. The
Russian force advancing upon the Aus
trian stronghold from the north opened
tho bombardment no soon as their big
guns were brought up from Jllechow.
The northern section of the city was soon
In flames.
Violent assaults upon nil defences aro
now being made by the Russians. Tho
force advancing from the east, which lino
now passed Tarnow, Is moving mpldly
and tho capture of Cracow Is expected
momentarily.
A dispatch from Petrograd declares that
the Russian army which has been advanc
ing north of tho Vistula, has Invested the
city on the north nnd Is commencing an
actual bombardment.
Tho same dispatch tells of a sortie from
the Invested fortress of Przcmysl by the
Austrlun troops, which resulted in almost
complete annihilation of tho Austrian!
bv tho Russian forces surrounding tha
fgarrlson.
A Rome dispatch says:
"The northern portion of the city Is
burning. The panic-stricken Inhabitants
hae fled. The fall of the city Is con
sidered Imminent owing to the suddenness
and violence of the Russian attack. Only
the military remain there. The Russians
ar attacking the city from the north
east and Investment will soon be com
plete. One hundred thousand Austrian
soldlera are shut up In Cracow."
AIRMEN MAKE FIRST WAR
FLIGHT OVER SOUTH AFRICA
DeWet's Rebels Reported Short of
Ammunition.
LUEJiEDITZ-nucHT. German Southwejt
Africa. Nov. 17.
The aeroplane has made its appearance
in flgrtlng In southern Africa for the first
time.
The British whtf Invaded German South
west Africa reported today that the Ger
mans are using an aeroplane for saAitlnj
purposes, and that It U flying over tle
British camp at Intervals. Shots were
tired at the machine without effect. Two
men were seen In the aeroplane, but they
neither fired nor dropped bombs.
PRETORIA, Nov. 17.
Rebellious Boers, who hae Just been
captured In Orange Free State, declare
that the folldwers of General Christian
Po Wet are pearly out ot ammunition.
It Is believed that the end of the Boer
uprising is In sight There Is no confirma
tion of reports that General De Wet has
been woqnded In the bead.
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RUSSIAN WARSHIPS
DRIVE BACK TURKS
IN BLACK SEA RAID
Campaign Duplicate of
Flanders Battles Sul
tan's Reserves Annihilated
Near Khamur Petrograd
Office Uneasy.
PETXtOanAD, Nov. 17.-omclal reports
of the fighting In the Caucasus state that
the struggle between the nusslan and
Turkish troops Is practically a duplication
of the battle In Flanders, nusslan war
nhlps In the Dlack Sea are aiding tho
land forces and have Inflicted heavy
losses In the Turkish ranks
Trday'a official state. ..out deilaies.
On the Hlnck Sei the Turkish of
fensive on the coast toad near T-.1n.ati
has failed Attacked on their lear
flanks by flro from our warships, the
Turks suffered heavy losses. Their re
serves wero annihilated. Our troops
npeiatlng In the Klytchgaduk Pass
near Khamur completely defeated the
Otto.11.1t1 forces and numerous bands
Of Kuide.
While the War OrTlco maintains that
the KtisMnn armies are successful every
where against the Germans, the situa
tion on the Caucasus front, where the
Turk have appaietttly been ".cry success
ful. Is causing great anxiety. The strength
of the Ottoman forces In that region, the
military experts declare, shows that
Turkey nns preparing for nar for many
wocka before It entered tho fray.
The Ottomin army In Asia Minor ap
parently Is woll organized and equipped
and thus fur has revealed none of the de
fects that It displayed when taken to
Huiopean Turkey to participate In tho
Italkan war.
Admission that tho Ttu-islans had been
driven from their positions nt Koprukenl.
which they hnd won with heavy expense
of men caused alarm here. The War
Office asserts that the Russian retirement
was made In good order and that as soon
as reinforcements arrive nt the front to
offset the numerical strength of the
Turks the advance upon Hrzorum will bo
resumed
In tho meantime, however, the Kopru
kenl positions nre being fortified by tho
Turkish soldiers and the Hussions will
have a more difficult task on the second
Invasion thun they fneed on tho first.
The Ministry of Finance today promul
gated a number of trade orders. The
export of copper, brass, steel and lead,
except to France, England and Servla Is
forbidden. The exportation of sugar
through Archangel without duty. A mili
tary lax on cotton of $1.33 per pood (36.07
pounds), Is Imposed.
BRITISH LOSE 1O0O
TAKING TURK FORTRESS
Sultan's Forces Beaten in Raid on
Persian Gulf.
LONDON, Nov. 17.
It Is officially announced that since tho
occupation of F.io, nt tho head of tho
l'errlan Gulf, by a British-Indian force
on November 8, two actions have been
fought with the Turkish forces, who "on
both occnslohs have been severely
handled and defeated after stubborn re
sistance." The announcement continues:
"Tho British lost 1000 men killed and
wounded In taking the stronghold of Fao
"The first of these attacks occurred
early In the morning of November 11,
when the Turk mado a determined as
sault on the British outposts. On No
vember H, further reinforcements arrived
from Indln, and on tho following day tho
Indians commanded by General Delamln,
soi tied and attacked tho Turks, occupy
ing a post about four miles distant, as
sisted by the Moops Esplegle and Odin
"The enemy's camp was captured and
irnny prisoners and guns were taken. The
BrltlBh casualties wore two officers
Wounded, eight men killed and 51
wounded.
AUSTRIANS CAPTURE 8000
SERBS IN NINE DAYS' FIGHT
Public Enthusiastic in Subscribing' to
Vienna War Loan.
VIENNA, Nov. 17.
The capture of S000 Servians by Aus
trian troops Is announced In an official
report from Field Marshal Potlorek. His
dispatch to the War Office was as fol
lows: "After severe fighting for nine days
against a stubborn resistance put up by
an enemy numerically stronger, tho
brave troops of the 5th and 6th Austrian
Corps have reached Kulnbara and driven
the enemy to flight.
"More than SO00 prisoners. 42 cannon,
31 machine guns and great quantities of
war supplies were enptured."
The first day's subscriptions to the
Austrian war loan wero highly favorable.
The general public Is responding to the
Government's needs and Is showing Its
confidence in ultimate victory over the
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WAR MOVES SHOW BRITAIN'S
ANXIETY AT NAVAL POLICY
Reported Loss of Dreadnought Audacious 700 Miles From
Critical North Sea Points Causes Lapse of
Confidence in Admiralty's Strategy.
By J. W. T. MASON
NEW YOTtK, Nov. IT. Tho sinking of
the British guperdreadnought Audacious
Is tho deepest mystery of tho war, not
because of tho attempts to ebneeal the
disaster, but because the catastrophe oc- ,
.. r 11.. I.I.L ahh1 ?ra n,ll. nnn,
furrcu uiL uio mail vutov iw ,n.. .... .,
from the ciltlcal naval centre In the
North Sea, .
Kyo witnesses who relnte tho story of
tho destruction of the Audacious assert
thero was a. fleet of large warships In
the Immediate vicinity, It being suggested
thev Included four superdrcadtioughts
; and five dreadnought cruisers. These are
the clas-j of vessels on which Great Brit
ain must rely for safety If tho German
fleot venluies out for battle. It would re
quire about 3i) hourV steaming for a bat
tle licet to sliced from tho Irish coast lo
tho Dogger bank If Its presence were
needed In a sudden battle with the Ger
mans. Should tho German high Bcas Meet
ever sail Into the North Sea, the battlo
would ba over In less than a day.
Tho possibility that the Germans ever
could catch the British capital ships
divided bus been thought, up to the pres
ent, to bo too remote for practical con
sideration. And ct this unbelievable
division of Brltnln's sea strength seems
to have been ordered by the British Ad
miralty for target practice. Had the
Germans solrcd the opportunity there
might hac been n aufllclent preponder
ance of German strength In tho North
Sea to Iibvo guatnntccd lctory. When
an enemy Is lying In wait at your front
door to annlhllato you It li curlo-s strat
egy to order a detachment of your most
powerful defcitdeis to Btroll n day and a
half s Journey to tho rear and shoot at
targetB Tho Audacious, too, waa ona of
tho Kunnerv record holders In the Brit
ish fleet a ship which for that reason
would have been required to lead the
fight ngalnst tho Germans.
This Incxpllcablo target practice off the
Irish coast Is probably the chief reason
why tho British Admiralty has tried to
conceal the low of the Audacious Ad
mission of tho fact would bo a public
announcement that auperdreaanougim
. nero belllB aciached from their North Sea
b , ",h ,Ucal pel1od 0, Brtlsh
h.,,rv
hlstorv.
Nothing could orouso greater uneasiness
among Englishmen than the kuowlcdgo
that such tactics wero being authorized.
On tho surface, tho Incident suggests that
tho present heads of tho British Ad
miralty have n contemptuous disregard
for tho possibility that tho Germans will
challengo Kngland on tho seas In a
stand-up fight. If the loss of tho Auda
cious li officially announced In Great
Ilrltain public opinion will probably de
mand that no such risks be taken In tho
future.
Tho circumstances, ns far as they arc
CZAR SENDS URGENT APPEAL
HERE FOR ARMY SURGEONS
Russian Soldiers in Dire Need of
Medical Attention, Message States.
An appeal for surgeons and physicians
to serve In the Russian army was re
ceived today at the headquarters of tho
Emergency Aid Committee, 142S Walnut
street. Tills Is tho first tlmo tho Czar
has called upon Phlladelphlana for aid,
nnd the mossago Is said to have come
from high officials.
Tho lack of medical supplies and sur
geons to care for the Russian wounded,
tho letter said, was distressing. Many
men, whose lives might havo been saved
had they been given medical treatment In
time, died, tt Is Impossible for the com
paratively small staff of surgeons to care
for all of the wounded and tho hospital
supplies aro fast being depleted
Dr. Joseph A. Blake, head of the Ameri
can Ambulance Hoipltal. addressed a per
sonal letter to Mrs. GcoTgo W. Pepper
and Dr J. William White, asking them
to uso their Influence with the Aid Com
mittee to obtain medical supplies. He
asked for a general lino of hospital sup
nllns but laid particular stress upon tho
urgent need of warm woolen blankets and
rubber sheets for beds. ii.hp
Mrs Edgar K. Rowland Is collecting
cigarettes and tobacco for tho men on
the nring lino In Europe. The men In the
cities, she said, can get something to
nmoke but those on the firing lino cannot.
She has P accd a box In the hall leading
to the committee rooms, asking passersby
to drop a cigaretto or package of tc
bacco In
IT WAS "EGGS," NOT RUSSIANS
Telegrapher's Error Started Report of
Troops in England.
LONDON, Nov. 17. Rumors of Russian
troops crossing England early In the
war grew out of the carelessness of a tele
graph operator He omitted the word
"eggs" 1n a message from a Scottish
dealer to a London buyer, which, as re
ceived, read: "Fifty thousand Russian
(esgs) nnlvlng tonight."
ITALY CAIiXS WAR COUNCIL
ROME, Now 17. Baron Sonnlne, Minis
ter of Foreign Affairs, has requested the
Italian Ambassadors In the European
capitals to come to confer with him re
garding Italy's International policy.
d
approved tor
mi U
tmtn'tmmmtijrfiiw
at present known, emphasize tho prime
objection to a rigid war censorship. It
permits Incompetents to contlnuo In un
checked control of a natlon'e destinies.
By KICHARD C. KLEQIN
VnW YOltK. Nov. i.-The loss of the
British dreadnought Audacious only em
phasizes what t have told hero of the
extreme scctecy maintained by the British
War Office nnd Admiralty, ably assisted
by the sleepless censor.
Tho fact that the Audacious was sunk
must liae been known In Berlin three
hours nftcr the event: In 12 hours every
naal attache In every Embassy In Eu
rope knew It, most probably. But tho
passengers on the rescuing Olympic were
nnorn to secrecy to get oft that boat they
would have snorn to anything so the
all-Important news was slow to leak out.
Being nshoic, tho Olympic's former pas
scngxrs aie talking now.
.Up to this tlmo nearly 2 per cent, of
Great Britain's men-o'-nar nnd merchant
men have been destroyed by Germany's
small, fast cruisers, submarines and float-
king mines.
This great low, In less than four
months' time, is the more shocking to
Great Britain because It strikes at her
chlcfest purposo In this war.
Kor I have heard In Petrograd, Paris
and Antwerp not loud, but deep and bit
ter complaints that England's war cry
Is not "Annlhllato Gcrmnny s armies
or "Destroy Germany's navy," "but "Cap
ture Germany's foreign trodo and her
colonics "
In a word, tho other allies avow that
the Britishers' commercial Bplrlt, their
ahopkccplng Impulse, 'hangs over them like
a fog over London and dampens their
martial ardor.
But business and commerce aside. It
must violently alarm all England when
a guard ship patrollng tho estuary of
tho Thames, supposedly protecting- hun
dreds of merchant vessels, In torpedoed
and sunk ns the Niger was the other day
when not another British warship was
visible through a patent extension tele
scope. At Kiel three weeks ago a number of
Gorman naval officers with whom 1 be
came woll acquainted told mo that while
ecry man In tho German navy was burn
ing with anxiety to get a shot at tho
English, tho plans of their naval staff
were holding them back until tho moment
when a sudden, unexpected nnd decisive
blow could bo struck that would Influence
the situation so strongly as to enable
Germany to dlctnto a settlement on terms
favorable to herself, for the belief pos
sesses all Germany that England will be
tho first to cry enough when tho first
drop of English blood Is split on English
sol).
GERMAN ADVANCE CHECKED
IN POLAND, PETROGRAD SAYS
Offensive on Vistula Called Tempo
rary Advantage.
PETROGRAD, Nov. 17.
Official admission that tho Gorman
forces operating from Thorn had made
a sudden Invasion through the valley of
the Vistula nnd reached the region of
Plock caused considerable uneasiness
here until the Army Messenger an
nounced today that this offensive move
ment had been decisively checked. It
stated that the Germans had suffered
heavily In losses nnd had been compelled
to abandon their alms upon the fortress
of Novo-Georglevsk, northwest of War
saw. "The Germnn efforts to dlvort tho at
tention of the Russian armies have
failed completely," says the Army Mes
senger. "As a result of our advanco
Into East Prussia tho Germans tried to
assume a double offensive. Ono was from
Thorn to Induce our troops to withdraw
from East Prussia and the other was
from Cracow.
"Both of these efforts failed. The two
offensive movemonts were decisively
checked and tho Germans were agajn
forced to fall back upon their bases.
"The Russian nrmles havo succeeded
In maintaining their freedom of move
ments and In every way havo demon
strated their superiority over the enemy."
An official report from tile General
Staff announces the occupation of Pos
sessern, a town on the Marggrnbowa
Angerburg Railroad, only nine miles
northeast of the East Prussian fortress
of Loetzen.
The capture of this town Indicates
progress in the Russian campaign In the
vicinity of the Mazur Lakes.
70,000 Canadians In Rattle
COPENHAGEN, Nov. 17.-A dispatch
from Berlin states that there arc at pres
ent 70,000 Canadian troops under arms,
and within a year a force of 150,000 Cana
dians will have reached the battlefield In
France and Belgium.
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GERMANS, VICTORS
ON VISTULA, PLAN
MOVE ON WARSAW
Russians Defeated at Plock
Arc Pushed Back Toward
Lodi Berlin Reports
Success at East Prussian
Points.
nnitMN, Nov. 17.
Advance on Warsaw has not been
abandoned as a part of the German
strategy In Poland. The army along the
Vistula has decisively defeated Itus
slan force of 120,000 near Plock, -which Is
dh the direct river line to Warsaw. Twen
ty-three thousand prisoners and a score
of machine guns were captured
Tho general staff has made the follow
Ing announcement:
"The fighting In tho cast continues.
Yesterday our troops, operating In East
Prussia, repulsed the enemy In tho region
south ot Stallupochncn. Troops irom
West Prtssla successfully reshted tho ad-
ance of Itutslan forces at Soldau, and
after a successful battlo at J,lpno orovo
them bade In the direction of Plock.
"Strong Russian forces aro advancing
along the right bank of tho Vistula. River.
In this fighting no mado 600 prisoners
and captured ten machine guns up to
yesterday.
"A decision has been arrlcd at In the
battlo nhlch has been going on for tho
last few days In continuation of our
successes at Wlozlausk, In Russian Po
land on tho Vistula. SO miles northwest
of Plock, where several Russian army
corps In opposition to us were driven
back beyond Kutno.
"Austrian ofDclal bulletins given out
hero today say that tho Austrian gar
rison at Przemysl Ib showing great energy
The Austrlans, It Is asserted, havo made
a successful sortie to the north of tho
fortress."
BRITAIN FEARS $1,000,000
MEAT CARGO IS LOST
Believed Seized by Germans In Trip
From South America.
LONDON, Nov. 17.
Fears nre felt for tho safety of the
nrltlsh steamship V Corrcntlnn, which
has not been heard of Blnce she left
Buenos Aires for Liverpool on October 6,
carrying a cargo of meat worth $1,000,000.
Although tho liner was armed for de
fense, It Is feared that she has fallen In
with a German warship and has either
been sunk or taken as a prize
SPEEDY GERMAN RAIDER
MAKES DASH FOR OPEN
Tho Berlin Believed Trying to Take
Up Emden's Task.
LONPON, Nov. 17.
A report was current In marlno under
writer circles today to the effect that a
speedy German cruiser Is trying to run
tho British blockade and escape from
the North Sea t6 Join tho commerco
raiders In outsldo waters.
This was based on dispatches from
Chrlstlanla. reporting that the German
auxiliary cruiser Berlin had been slghtetf
off Trondhjem, Norway.
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-,T,i m nccc wnnTH SEA
TO STOP GERMAN SUPPLI&
Fear That Action May Drive Holland
Into Alliance With Kaiser.
LONDON, Kov 11
A delicate situation was caused thts
afternoon by the announcement by rrc
mler Asqult... In the "0fm'
that Ihe Government had deeded to d
claro all tho Ndrth Sea a miliary ea
This wll! be n severe blow lo neu Ifl
countrlM like Denmark and "a"d'A;
the British Government 'le?'afcn'
such action was necessary to prevent
Germany from getting suppHM-
Some protests had been received I from
neutral countries, but thesfl were Ignored
In taklntf tbe step. , . ,...
In this connection It U MJ?i,Xon
Britain's action may have a bad ?"
Holland, whoso friendship for OmMbv
has been suspected for some time. Jj
he shutting off of her commerce should,
tesult In her joining Germany, no one
ould be greatly surprised.
The Premier also announced that 0U
and copper would hereafter bo refrardert
arcontraband of war. Thli settles .
question that has been In dispute for ranttf
tlmubleets ot countries at war with CnKj
land when ound on neutral esscls art
liable to VcUure a, prisoners ot war. tti.
Premier announced
FUNERAL OF LORD ROBERTS
AT ST. PAUL'S THURSDAY;
England Will Fay Tribute to Noted
War Chief.
LONDON, Nov. 17.-The funeral of4
Lord Roberts will bo public and will bo
held at St. Paul's Thursday, It wis an-,
nounced todoy. Interment also will bOj
at St. Paul's. ,..'
Lord Kitchener, Secretary for war,,
Winston Churchill, First Lord of thoj
Admiralty, and other Cabinet Ministers,
as welt na members of both houses ot,
will attend tne ninerai w ,
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