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Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 129, 27 November 1914, Page 7

RUSSAIN SUCCESS.

CROWN PRINCE'S ARMY IN RETREAT RUSSIANS CROSS THE CARPATHIANS LOSS OF BRITISH BATTLESHIP ONLY TWELVE LIVES SAVED GREAT BATTLE EXPECTED IN FLANDERS NEW MOVEMENT BY GERMANS

Whatever satisfaction is felt at the Russian victories in the east is shadowed to some extent by the news of the loss . of the battleship Bulwark, which has been blown up in Sheerness harbour through an explosion in one of her magazines. The loss of life has been heavy, only twelve escaping out of a crew totalling 1 180. The' occurrence is the first of this nature in the history of the British Navy since the introduction of smokeless powder. The Times states that Germany is beginning a neW ' movement in Handera, and that another formidable battle can be expected immediately, perhaps accompanied by ¦ menacing activity in other directions. An attack at Missy, on the Aisne, is reported to have completely failed, the Germans losing heavily. From Bottlogne comes a report that the Germans on" the'' Allies'" left are retrea'ting'towafds""'' Bruges, and from Paris that between Nieuport and Dixmude there „ is (only(( only ( filvflic}c)iit of £he enemy J^O/ make j^'t * J offensive movement by the ! Allies inadvisable. ' Tlie ! bulk' ' ' of the enemy has been transferred' to Lille. There are fur* iher details of the great stand made at Ypres, and also of German callousness, in one instance a company of French prisoners being herded in a corner and shot. There have been great happenings in the east, and it is declared that the German offensive has been broken. In the Polish area, especially near Lodz, there have been large captures of prisoners. The trophies of war include the Kaiser's carriage and his blue cloak. The offensive has been carried on with great vigour, and the Daily Mail declares that, if Kussian strategy succeeds it will be the biggest news of the whole war. The Crown Prince's army, which was in the Czenstochowa region, is declared to be retreating in disorder, abandoning arms and ammunition. Beyond the Carpathians the Eussians have enveloped a large force of Austrians near Mezo Laborcz pass, the crossing place of the railways from Galicia to Hungary. Southward the main line leads to Budapest. The Austrian forces in Galicia are described as being in extraordinary confusion and disorder. Entire detachments were without food for days.'