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ALLIES REGAIN
--AS GERMAN
pflb$rl from rune One
XjLUcmptcd a new driving move-
on uie north from the Suwalki
Province. In Poland the Germans are
Allies maintain lines
IN BELGIUM,
n
TAIUS, Nov. 3.
!Tho advantage which the Germans
RSlned by obtaining a foothold nt ter-
;.rtnc low of life on the left bnnk of tho
k(3frer Ttlver has been nbnndoned. nceord-
KSinfr to an official announcement Issued
"litre this afternoon. It nsserta the Her
, ,ruans have withdrawn and that the allied
roopB have regained the crossings !
SI Vser.
t"fhe omclal communique follows:
Hun our left wing tlio enemy ap
pears to have nbnndoned comnlctelv
IT,,,the left bank of the Ysrr before
uixmuae nna the reconnaissances or
"the allied troops press along the em-
-DanKmcnts in the flooded regions and
rthave reoccupled the crossings of tho
Vser without great illlllculty.
'' To the south of Dlxmude and
toward Qhcluvelt our ndvanco had
;L,been particularly appreciable. In the
f',.rffton to tho north of the t,ys, de-
manR with considerable effective
forces, our front was everywhere
..maintained or re-established at the
end of the day. New Herman attacks
'on tho suburbs of Arras, on Llhons
: f and on Le-Qucsnay-en-Santerre have
been repulsed.
At the centre. In the region of the
"Alsne to tho east of the Algle forest.
we havo made some progress. To th-
' nst of Vallly, at last reports, those
tif our forces who found themselves
clinging to the slopes of the plateaus
t- to tho north of the villages of Cha-
-'Vonnc and Sotiplr havo fallen back on
i .the valley. Farther to the east we
havo maintained our positions In
' Amont-de-Hourgetcomln.
"On tho right bnnk of the river there
was n violent cannonade during the
o.. course of the day. Uctwoen Hheinm
. una the Meuse, new efforts on the part
'.vof the Germans In the forest of tho
E ti rArgonne have been checked. We have
"continued to advance northwest of
1 l'out-a-Mousson.
Ja;. On our right wing some minor ac
I PERLIN REPORTS
! 20 MILES TOWARD CALAIS
, BERLIN, Nov. 3.
Steady German gains In the cnmpulsn
having Cnlali"as Its objective were an
nounced he'e today.
' It Is rntlclpntcd that the heavy at
tacks. .ow being made by fresh German
....? ..Ill . b, .. nl h .t llllnv.. .vn-.ta
tU!'3 Will UlUUipil wuu iiiiumi; cajs. .
RtKdlct tho war In Belgium will be won
nv finrmnnv. I
f '.- I
r uerman troops concentxaiea tor mo
Culals campaign," says a statement Is
tiled at midnight, "have driven the enemy
b'ack 20 miles In the vicinity of Ypres.
Tho resistance of the Allies appears to
be weakening and they arc making des
perate efforts to refill their depleted
ranks.
' rriv55-" attack on the positions about i
li'""v i been repulsed by our troops.
7i; irnthused by the Immediate pros-
y nibllant,".' ' .""i .'"?.""". ' '"i"1.-
afcsorttn,cs ' imminent,
that W0 eastern theatro. tho situation
tory biownMnnd Is unchanged. On the
"Tteports of b-ont our troops nre mak
nre as thick aih opposed hy forces nu
out confirmatnger."
or any sort
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headfi
ER VICTORY COST BRITISH
HEAVIEST TOLL OF CONFLICT
LONDON, Nov. 3.
,, "Every effort Is being made to rush new
? troops to the battle front In France and
Belgium. If was admitted at the War
fit Office today that the British troops suf-
Pj'ered heavy losses In tho battlo of the
:ser, probably heavier than those of the
R French or Belgians. The Bclalan trooDS
ip nre said to have lost between 12.000 and
38,000 men.
: The great losses of the British are said
to be due to the fact that the Germans
concentrated their artillery fire on the
English troops whenever possible. This
I? theory la borne out by the following dls-
t patch from a correspondent at Calais:
..'The British army has encountered an
historic ordeal In checking the German
attempt to advance on Calais. But the
Kmplro should know that the victory at
Ypres has been purchased at a price
i higher than previously recorded In Brit
ish .history.
i iae cream u uur urniy buiibtcu nuu
the gap must be quickly filled If the Ger
man repulse Is to be turned to good account-
Every time we advance the Ger-
rVjans seem to slacken their fire on our
Allies ana concentrate ineir enure bhw
tlon to our troops.
I "It is believed that the British had
half a million Germans opposed to them
in the Ypres fighting."
' rrhn nmA rnrresnnndent save about 20
. men on the British naval flotilla that co
bnerated with the Allies off the coast
TWere killed and 50 wounded.
P ,' A , .UI.,.1 -... ....t l...A1 hi. ht
Jl an UUlCini IUIWIIH3IIW ,ai:. "J -
ess bureau roaay n is asserieu mo
Tea In France have been on the of-
enalve against the Germans since Oc
BRITAIN RELEASES SHIPS
HELD AT GIBHAUAK
ISO Explains Kroonland "Was "De
tained" Not "Seized."
SHINQTON. Nov. 3,-Great Britain
pay released the Italian ships Iteglna
ilU and San Giovanni, which, with
3Cr American-owned cargoes, had been
alned at uwraitar, wnitner iney nau
ta.kn after seliure by Britten war-
Tne Information reached tne state
sent from Ambassador rage, at
-who had It from Sir Edward
no British Foreign Minister.
MMLutiaihip Kroonland, loaded with
EEttT .-. -. lll..Mn.llHv nil
H Wivr HIM MiUHUIinuna w.
feeing held In Gibraltar, however,
htorasce before a prize court. The
tiand and the two Italian steamers
fre tKjuiid. for neutral ports In Italy-
r cargoa in the main were the same,
tfee releane ol the latter la accepted
Msuri- Utt the Krooataa soon
m tmltta to procd.
t wtUstt OovenuHMt alaa stated that
was nt salted, but merely
3MENER PAYS SECRET
VISIT TO FRENCH CAPITAL
r-
fir &arary Confers Vflth
Ifraudl UMt BJgi Heads.
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THE YSER
LINE RETREATS
still in retreat in three directions.
The main line of withdrawal is to the
southwest of Warsaw and toward the
bases in Silesia.
PARIS REPORTS
tions fnvorablo to our arms have taken
place along the Settle.
SouthWest of Lille and along tho Msne.
the Germans are still keeping up brisk
attacks In order to divert attention from
their activities In tho northern sphere.
Tho German General Staff logleallv fig
ured that, so long as the Invaders keep
up a stirt demonstration along the centre,
the French will not send any troops from
that region to reinforce the army of the
north.
Great activity Is reported on the part of
the extreme left of tho German centre In
the region of Verdun. Additional troops
are being brought up and the German
commnndant Is plainly endeavoring to
break through the heavy curtnln of
French Infantry screening the Verdun
fortifications, and which, up to the pres
ent time, has frustrated every effort on
tho rmrt of the Germans to gain ground.
Tho French forces In this vicinity havo
been heavily reinforced.
In Alsace-Lorraine nnd the Vosges the
progress of tho eampalgn has boon seri
ously Interfered with by a heavy fall of
snow Despite this fnct, It Is officially
declared thru tho French continues to
mnko mntcrlnl progress.
Because of tho largo number of wound
ed arriving here from tho battle ground
In tho north ninny of tho pllghtly wound
ed, who havo been In tho military nnd
emergency hospitals, have been trans
ferred to the south to make room. Tho
wounded now nrrlvlng nro far more seri
ously hurt than were the average In tho
early stages of the war.
Most of thoso who were Injured by
shrapnel are In a serious condition nnd
there Is a growing percentage of tetanus
cones. This Is due In the lack of anti
tetanus serum nnd to tho fnct that the
emergency hospital corps nttnehes at the
front nre overtaxed.
Hundreds of,t.bose wounded are nlso
suffering frqvn bayonet wounds, mostly
In the mdy. Tho German troops who
have been operating In northern Franco
anr! Belgium havo been far more efficient
!n the use of tho bayonet than those en
gaged In tho earlier battles.
GAIN OF
Llcutennnt Gencrnl Karl F. L. J. von
Meyer, of the Hanover troops, was killed
In battle on October 28. He was struck
hy a fragment of a shell and died In an
hour.
A French aeroplane, disguised hy a
cross painted on the body as thoso of
the Tnubo type and carrying a German
flag, was brought to earth by a well
directed shot near Ducren, IS miles from
Alx-ln-Chnpelle. Monday afternoon, ac
cording to a dispatch from Kssen. The
avlotor wus killed nnd tho observer
wounded.
Prisoners taken nlong the Yser show
the effects of the hardships they havo
been undergoing. Many of them are suf
fering from rheumatism and severe in
fluenza, caused by their Immersion In
flooded trenches. The flooding of the
country caused hardships to tho Bel
gians. French nnd British ns well as to
the Germans, for some advances were
made through Inundated sections where
the soldiers had to wade through water
above their knees. The Belgian army in
this region is said to have been reduced
to 10.000 men. At tho outbreak of the
war It numbered between f'0,000 and 100,000.
tober 20. The Germans on the Immediate
British battle front are declared to bo
only partly trained men, who are suffer
ing greatly from lack of food.
The declaration was Included In a story
by an eyewitness which covered events
up to October 20. It Is stated that, al
though tho German troops arc not fully
trained, yet all are comparatively fresh
and they flght with tho utmost deter
mination, although prisoners sny all are
heartily sick of tho war.
"Success. It Is now certain, will favor
that side possessing the most endurance
and capable of flinging fresh forces into
the fray from time to time as they are
badly needed," the report snys.
The transfer of the British troops from
the I'arla front to the sencoost positions
is declared to have been accomplished
virtually without a hitch. The work was
carried on at night and noiselessly, nt
some points trenches only 100 yards from
the enemy being evacuated without the
Germans knowing It.
Losses are declared to have been enor
mous. On October 21 the Germans vigor
ously attacked the entire battle line, but
were repulsed. The slaughter was great
est In the vicinity of Arountleres, where
6000 dead were left on the Meld.
The report pays tribute to the humanity
of the Saxon troops of the German
army. It asserts recaptured British pris
oners all testified to their good treatment
by Saxons, who placed prisoners In cel
lars for protection from British shells.
German officers are severely criticised.
The advance, it Is asserted, shows lack
of training and faults of leadership
"whl.ih the almost superhuman bravery
of the soldiers cannot counterbalance."
kirk. He returned immediately after,
ward to England.
On Monday President Polncare, Kins
Albert of Belgium and M. MUIerand, the
French Minister of War, reviewed the
reserve French and Belgian troops at
Fumes, Belgium, Bouth of Nlcuport,
Shells were falling about the railroad sta
tion In Furnes as the leaders of the two
allied nations stood near the Hotel de
Vllle and their troops marched by, sing
ing tho national airs of the two coun
tries. The French President paid a high
tribute to the valor of the Belgians and
In the afternoon called on Queen Eliza
beth at the place where she has taken
up her residence to be near her husband
while he Is at the front.
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RUSSIANS IN NEW
DRIVE ADVANCE ON
EAST PRUSSIA LINE
Routed Germans Leaving
Suwalki Are Hard Pressed.
Retreat Continues in Po
land Przemysl Sortie
Fails.
PnTItOanAD, Nov. s.
Tho German orfonnlve, continuing from
Hast Prussia, ngalnst Northern Poland,
has met with fresh repulses. Tho Ger
mans nro reported In a rout In tho Su
walki province. The Czar's troops nto
resuming their advance toward East
Prussia. Some of tho forces nro within
tho border. The retreating Germans nro
hard pressed by their vigorous pursuers
The Army Mersencer statei that the
left xilng of tho Germany nrmy Hint at
tempted to capture Wnrsnw has been
driven back ncross tho Itusslan frontier
Into I'osen.
"The spirits of the Germnn soldiers
arc greatly depressed," It snys. "Somo
wreckage of the German Invasion of
Poland has been driven ncross the fron
tier Into Posen. It prescntR a pitiable
comparison with what was months ago
styled tho left wing or the northern nrmy
for the occupation of Warsaw.
"The column that passes through Klelce
Is now heading for Cracow. It 1ms aban
doned nil roar guard notion, so hurried
Is Its retrcnt. The other column on tho
Czestochonn road is rather steadier, seek
ing to delay pursuit on the hanks of tho
Wnrta near Novoindomsk.
"On the Suwalki front, the Russians
havo securely established themselves In
side the East Prussian frontier. They
have taken possession of tho Kaiser's
game preserves at Ilomlnton."
In an official statement Issued today It
is announced that tho reduction of tho
strong fortress of Przemysl Is proceed
ing. During recent attempted sorties It
Is stated more thnn 4000 prisoners wt?ro
taken. These prisoners say that the sup
ply of food Is running short nrd that
many of tho big guns of the fortiss
hnvo been put out of commission through
excessive use.
KARLSRUHE, RAIDER
OF ATLANTIC, EVADES
SCORE OF PURSUERS
German "Phantom Cruiser,"
Terror of Enemy's Ship
ping, Has Destroyed 17
Vessels to Date.
PARA, Nov. 3.
With the capture of the Van Dyck off
tho Brazilian coast the German cruiser
Karlsruhe has taken and destroyed 17
vessels of the enemy.
Despite the fact that 20 British and
French warships arc reported searching
for tho Karlsruhe, she has so far man
aged to elude her pursuers, and since the
beginning of the war has been a decided
menace to British and French shipping
to the West Indies and South America.
Two hundred nnd one passengers nnd
the crew of 210, also 19 passengers nnd
crews of the British steamships Hurstdale
and Glanton, also captured, with baggage
and stores, were landed her by the Ger
man steamship Asuncion today.
American passengers on board the Van
Dyck fear for the steamship Vcstrls,
which Is following closely over the samo
course. The Van Dyck was sunk after
the transfer of passengers.
OLYMPIC ESCAPES MINE
Iilncr, After Detention, Lands
Passengers at Belfast.
LONDON, Nov. 3.
The White Star liner Olympic, which
the Admiralty declares escaped destruc
tion by a floating mine simply through
"sheer luck," today landed her pas
sengers nnd malls at Belfast.
Sho has been held at Lough Swllly,
County Donegal, pending decision as to
where her passengers were to bo lnnded.
While there no communication was per
mitted with the shore and only one pas
senger. Charles M. Schwab, was allowed
to land.
Reports have been freely circulated
that tho Olympic actually fouled a mine,
but that It failed to explode.
SERVIA BREAKS WITH TURKS,
MINISTER READY TO LEAVE
Bulgaria's Mobilization May Mean
Early Entry Into War.
LONDON, Nov. 3.
A dispatch from Rome declares that
Servla has broken with Turkey and that
the Servian Minister la preparing to leave
Constantinople.
Bulgaria has ordered the mobilization
of her second line of troops, despite an
nouncement that It Intends to remain
neutral, says another dispatch from
Rome. The Bulgarian first line troops
havo been mobilized for some time.
NEW GERMAN ARMY 580,000
Composed of 1015 Recruits and Vol
unteers of All Ages.
LONDON, Nov. 3. The Standard's
Paris correspondent wires under Sunday's
date:
"Information reaching here shows that
the recently raised new German army
has a total strength of CSO.CO0 men, and
Is made up almost entirely by the call
ing out of the recruits of 1915. The re
mainder are volunteers of all ages.
"This army has been divided Into 12
corps and will be used as follows; Six
corps for service In Belgium and France,
two to form a reserve force to be sta
tioned around Strassburg, and the other
(our to be employed In a, special effort
to take Yerdun."
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PARTITION OF TURKEY
NOW AIAl OP ALLIES
Amends Mu9t Be Adequate or War la
Inevitable.
I.ONDON, Nov. 3.
Turkey Is making efforts throush neu
tral Towers to have the Allies accept Its
apnbgy and prevent war. Tho latest at
tompt, however, will fall, It appears. The
allied Towers aro absolutely agreed that
the Turkish menace must ho scotched.
To the overt'ires already made, HnKlnnd,
which by common consent Is now acting
as spokesman, has responded that only
complete complianco with tho original
ultlmntum will prevent serious reprisals.
This ultimatum Included:
Dismissal of all Germans from the mili
tary and naval service.
Withdrawal of all Turkish warships
from the Black Sea; dismantling the
cruisers Qoeben and Dreslau, and their
Interment until the end of the war.
Complete and public apology by the
Turkish Government for the hostile acts
of Its warships; promise of adequate In
demnity and assurances that violations
of neutrality heretofore complained of
would not be repeated In the future.
DEMANDS TOO IIKAW. ,
There Is not the sllchtPfit belief hero
that Turkey will yield to this extent.
ItR npolog previously tendered and de
clined Is described or a half-hearted af
fair. It represented tho beliefs of tho
penco porty In tho Turkish cabinet nnd
tho Turkish Ambaasndors at Bordeaux
and London. Tho latter officials rcnllzo
thnt the Allies nro determined, If the
war finally ends with them victor, that
Turkey shall bo dismembered for all time
nnd that there shall he no more Turkey
In Europe. It was because they em
phasized this view to tho Tortc that tho
apology wns tendered.
While the decisive war measures wait
on tho further diplomatic changes It Is
understood hero that both ltussla nnd
England nlrendy have acted to carry
tho lighting directly to tho Turks.
The Anglo-French licet Is patrolling
Turkish wnters and will provent tho
transport of troops. It will probably
shell the forts nt tho Dardanelles nnd
ccrtoln exposed Turkish positions.
Meanwhile the Egyptian army, which Is
on n war strength, already has moved
to head off threatened Invasion, ltussla
has sent troops to Caucasia, where they
will be able to check any attempt tin the
part of tho Turks to stir up troublo
among tho Moslem population there.
BALKAN SITUATION.
Mcnnwhlto there Is much speculation
hero ns to the Intentions of Italy and
tho Balkan States. It is understood that
Greece Is ready to strike nt Turkey, but
thnl It hopes to lino up both Rumania
and Bulgaria on Its side. Turkish, Ger
man nnd Austrlnn representatives, on tho
one hand, aro appealing to Bulgaria to
sldo with Germany, while Russian nnd
England nro aiding the Greek represen
tatives, Italy seems to hold the key to tho sit
uation. If Italy decides to enter tho wnr
on the side of the Allies, nnd high of
ficials say that such decision already has
been reached and that Its participation
will not bo delayed more thnn a fort
night at the outside, most of the Balkuu
States will follow Its lead.
Many Turks are being arrested In
Egypt following the proclamation of mar
tial law. Tho natives aro reported quiet.
RUSSIANS INVADE
TURKISH TERRITOR Y
Continued from I'nce One
grot over the rupturo of tho good rela
tions between tho two Powers which has
been caused by the hostile act of tho Itus
slan fleet. You can assure tho Imperial
Itusslan Government thnt the Sublime
I'orte will not fnll to seek an opportune
solution to this question and will take
all measures to prevent a repetition of
Mich Incident.
"You can declare to M. Sazonoff that
the Ottoman Government has decided to
forbid the Turkish fleet entering tho
Black Sea. We hope In turn, that tho
Russian fleet will not cruUe near our
coast.
"In the Interest of both countries, I
firmly hope that tho Imperial Russian
Government will show In this affair the
samo spirit of conciliation."
RUSSIA'S REFUSAL.
In his reply to Fnrcddln Bey, Foreign
Minister Sazonoff declared that tho Rus
sian fleet had not opened hostilities and
atEerted that the time for diplomatic
negotiations had passed. Tho immediate
expulsion of German army and navy of
ficers from Turkey would have opened
the way to pourparlers, ho said, which
could hnvo provided satisfaction for all
whe had suffered by tho "treacherous
aggression" on the Russian ports.
Turkey having fnlled to expel the Ger
man offlcors, it becamo necessary, tho
Foreign Minister concluded, to hand the
Ottoman envoy his passports.
CZAR'S SHU'S GATHER.
Tho entire Black Sen fleet was reported
today to have been concentrated at an
agreed rendezvous whero It an alts tho
attack of the Turkish fleet. Although
the great battle cruiser Goeben gives
the Turks nn apparent advantage there
Is a disposition here to believe that the
Goeben Is much overrated. Her turrets
aro said to catch and Interfere with the
proper tiring of her guns and a small
projectile from the Sebastopol forts Is
said to have damaged one of them ma
terially. It Is understood that only a
small proportion of her original German
crew remnln aboard, as moat of the men
were distributed among other Turkish
wurshlps. The Turks, it Is said, cannot
handle the big warship to advantnge and
high naval officials here Insist that in the
navn) battles to come Russia must easily
win.
SWISS MAKE PEACE MOVE
i
President to Approach Neutral
Powers.
BERNE, Switzerland, Nov. 3.
Following the united demand for action
on the part of tti Socialist members of
Parliament, the President, Dr. Arthur
Hoffman, today announced that he would
Immediately undertake to reach an
agreement with all neutral Powers.
Ho villi propose Joint) action and Inter
vention In the interest of peace.
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BRITONS OH FRENCH
BATTLE FRONT SOON
WILL BE 1,500,000
"Kitchener's Army" of a
Million Preparing for
Early Service 4,000,000
at Odds, According to
French Estimate.
PARIS, Nov. 3.
Field Marshal Sir John French now has
300,000 Urltlsh soldiers under his command
on tho flrlns line, and by December 1 It
Is expected thnt his army will consist of
nt least GOO.OOO well-trained soldiers.
llesldes the men on tho firing line there
nro nlso auxiliary troops doing: service nt
tlio trnnsport nnd supply base, which Is
near a port on the UiiKllsh Channel, nenr
tho HelRlan frontier and In Uelglum it
selr. and they act as a comploto unit In
conlunctlon with the French troops under
commnnd of General Joffre.
Virtually all tho British soldiers doInK
servloo on the Continent now have seen
a great deal of service, and many of them
nre hardened veterans of 10 or 12 years'
active servlco In Great Britain's little
wars In various parts of the world. When
tho present war broke out many soldiers
who hail seen servlco hut who hnd re
tired ro-entlsted nnd filled up tho paps.
In n general way It Is possible to stato
how ninny men nre engaged nlong tho
entlro 300-tnlle Belgian-French front.
Olltclnls attached to tho French Wnr
Ofllcc say that the Germans hnve 1,750,000
men In Belgium, Frnnco nnd nlong tho
Germnn frontier In Switzerland.
Tho French nnd British In the samo ro-
glons have, according to the same au
thorities, 600,000 men more thnn tho Ger
mans, or nbout 2,210,000.
Lnrgo bodies of territories nro ex
pected to nirlve on the Continent before
December 1, nnd they will bo put In
Field llnrshnl French's commnnd. They
Include British nnd native troops from
India, part of the garrisons at Malta and
Glhrnltnr and Australian, Canadian and
New Zealnnd detachments.
It is not thought that the nrmy of
1.000,000 men which Is being formed In
England will bo ready for servlco until
the spring, ns Lord Kitchener has no In
tention of using them until they nro
highly trained. In splto of the military
estlmnto of the time when these troops
will ho rendy for service. It Is said now
thnt th'o first men who responded to tho
cull are so Intelligent nnd their training
Is progressing so rapidly that they may
bo ready sevcrnl months beforo It was
thought probable.
Among them nre nenrly 100,000 trained
soldiers, somo of whom have served In
the army for upward of ten yenrs. Tho
presence of these men will hnvo an ad
mirable effect upon tho men recruited
from civil life. Then there Is nnother
large group, whose members havo served
for varied periods In the mllltln.
Men not physically capable are being
weeded out of tho new nrmy rapidly. The
recruits put In a grent denl of time shoot
ing nt tnrgcts, nnd tho rifle nblllty of the
men is Improving rnpldly.
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BAYONET AT HEART
OF TEUTON ADVANCE
Still Capable of Deadly
Thrust, Correspondent De
clares, as Royal Leaders
Fail to Break Formation.
LONDON. Nov. 3.
"The British wedge, which tho Crown
Frlnco of Ruprecht of Bavaria and the
Grand Duke Albrecht of Wurttembcrg,
tried to break between them, still puts
forward a veritable bayonet thrust at
tho heart of tho German line nt Ypres
and has finally wrecked the German raid
toward Calais," says a correspondent of
tho Dally Malt at Calais. He continues:
"Tho last three weeks the Germans,
who had ndvanced 15 miles to the west
from Ostend, havo been beaten back five
miles, with losses estimated from 35,000
to 50.000.
"According to a naval officer, the losses
to the flotilla during the bombardment
old not exceed a score of killed and about
50 men wounded.
"Ono of the supreme battles of the war
was waged on Sunday, when the Ger- i
mans concentrated; their rorces In a
mighty attempt to capturo Ypres. Under
cover of a furious cannonade they hurled
vast masses of troops against tho Allies'
lines."
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WAR OPERATIONS OF DAY
SHOW BLOW TO GERMANS
March to Coast Most Costly Defeat of
Expert Russia's Private Interests at
in War on Turkey.
By WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS
TAItlS, Nov. 3. The Germans arc being
hard pressed nt a score of points In the
long battle line, and the military experts
at headquarters here declare that their
offensive has materially lost force. At
every point the Allies are pushing their
advance. Slow progress Is being mado
because of the determined resistance of
iho enemy, now mado up moro than in
half of Becotid.ltne troops, but it is In
sisted that there Is no longer any doubt
of tho final result.
The German attempt to advance to tho
sen Is characterized as the most costly
defeat of tho war. Tho German losses
havo been enormous nnd today's ofTlclal
report emphnsltos thnt tho flooding of
tho territory contlsuous to the Yser
was tho last straw. The Germans had
crrssed tho river nnd moved threo miles
beyond before the Belgians, who aro ex
perts at thlR sort of work, cut the dykos.
Many Germans actually wcro drowned;
theli artillery was mired and their am
munition put out of business, and then
tho combined British and French artil
lery cut loose on tho trapped columns.
The number slaughtered will never be
known. It li admitted that it was very
large, enormous, somo of tho reports say.
and the slaughter utterly wrecked tho
morale of the nrmy, which up to that
time had deemed to bo winning through
In Its dash agnlnst tho coast cities. Im
mediately following the Allies Instituted
a general offensive, and they have now
driven the enemy back at some points,
notably near Gheluvolt, moro thnn live
miles.
The Allies aro pushing forward toward
Menln, nnd If they enn tnko that Im
portant rnllrond centre they again will
he In position seriously to threaten the
Germnn lines of communication.
By J. W. T. MASON
NEW YOHK, Nov. 3,-nussla will havo
tho dominant say In defining the attitude
of the allied Powers toward tho Turkish
Grand Vizier's offer of npoioglcs for tho
acts of wnr of tho Turkish licet. This
h so, not because Russia and Russian
dignity havo been exclusive sufferers of
tho Black Sea bombardment, but because
It Is possible for I'etrograd to mnko use
of the Incident to realize theV long-deferred
Slav ambition to occupy Constan
tinople. Russia alone among tho Allies hns
urgent national reasons for desiring
Turkey's entrance Into the wnr, In order
thnt the Turkish Empire may bo pnrtl
tloned after the war ends. The other
Allies cannot oppose Russia's desires now,
nor would It be politic for them to urge
their own views concerning Turkey's In
tegrity nt this Juncture.
Tho question Is ono for tho I'etrograd
Government to decide practically for It
self. For Slnv diplomacy, or the diplomacy
of nny modern Power, tho Issue Is ex
tremely difficult. It takes this form: Do
Russia's national Interests outweigh the
arguments which require that It divert
none of Its offcnslvo strength from carry
ing forward its part of the allied plan
of campaign.
Commercially Russia's full futuro ex
pansion Is bound up with tho acquisition
of Turkish open ports. Do the mornl
obligations which Russia owes Its allies
outweigh the duty Russian statesmen owe
to tho development of Slav trading In
terests? This question Is now paramount
nt Petrograd. With It is associated tho
fact that It was primarily France's rec
ognition of Its honorable duty which
plunged the Allies into the war to suc
cor Russia.
Ought Russia, therefore, to employ tho
undoubted powtr it now possesses to di
vert part of its offensive for use ngalnst
Turkey; that is, to further Its own ex
clusive Interests?
Tho npology of Turkey's Grand Vlzlcr
probably Is not representative of the at
titude of tho Turkish Government. Tn
this case there really Is no Turkish Gov
ernment. Instead, there aro two cliques
at Constantinople, one favoring Germnny
and the other believing war against tho
Allies will end In Turkey's ruin. The
Grand Vizier's apology doubtless Is no
more than a public Intlmntlon that if
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the Allies will overlook the Black Sea
outbreak every effort' will be made by
the conservative Turks to hold In check
tho pro-German propagandists.
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By o. LONDON EXPERT
LONDON, Nov. 3.
it Is questionable whether tho kind of
fighting in which the Germans are now
engaged Is suitable to their troops.
Even In 180, despite greatly superior
forces, the Germans found frontal at
tacks difficult. They made a specialty
of llnnk attacks and succeeded again and
again.
There now Is no opportunity for the
favorite German tactics and everywhern
they aro faced by a dreaded parallel
battle and aro not making much out of It.
Their losses during the last three months
arc believed to be at the rato of 200,000
a month, excluding prisoners, nnd tho
collisions with the main Russian forces
only began a fortnight ago.
Even If tho allied line were driven back
Into France, ench part has prepared posi
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recommence nnd the German troops would
havo to renew their attacks and contlnuo
their losses against even moro solid field
works and obstacles than those now In
their front.
Pursuits In modern wnr aro tho most
difficult of nil operations, and what tho
Germans have to face In France Is a
succession of costly attacks which will, In
time, wenr them out.
They aro gambling for success by em
ploying these new formations so early
In the wnr and hoping against hope
that victory may shine upon them soon,
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has been gained nnd, though Fmnce Is
now honored by tho chief nttentlon of
Germany, onco moro there Is no German
gain to compensate for tho reckless and
continuous expenditure of life.
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