THE RUSSIAN ADVANCE.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIX, Issue 11113, 1 December 1914, Page 5

THE RUSSIAN ADVANCE.

ENORMOUS GERMAN LOSSES. AUSTRIANS' DEFEATED AND PURSUED. United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph. —Copyright. Petrograd, Nov.. 30. Official—Between the Vistula and the Warta the Germans continue to maintain their fortified position on x the Strykow-Zigerz-Stihadek-Ziouus-ka-Yolia line Fighting is very stubborn in the Strykow-Zigerz district, where we captured cannon and machine guns, and several hundred prisoners We engaged the enemy on the Gwlo-Belawy-Sabota front,, the Germans counter-ittack-ing on the left hank of the Vistula. Prisoueis describe the German losses as enormous. Many battalions have lost all their officers. The Austrians eastward 1 of Cracow were defeated and pursued. We captured 1300 in the Carpathians. The Russians in several districts in the vicinity of the Mazurian lakes and the Angerap river drove back the Greriuuus to fortified positions.

TRANSFORMATION OF HELIGOLAND. A HUGS FORTIFIED FORTRESS, Loudon, Nov. 530. The Times’ correspondent describes a visit to Heligoland gained through a gentleman he entertained years ago. The island has been completely changed since.the war. The beautiful little bathing place has been converted into a huge fortress tremendously fortified. Civilians have been compelled to leave, and only naval men remain. The streets are all busy. The Germans are continuously improving the fortifications. Many houses and trees have been removed to give an uninterrupted view of the sea. Doubled sentries are watching unceasingly to prevent surprise. The only women ou-the island are five irv ?es.—x lines .and Sydney Sun Special Services. THE DOUGLAS RIOT. London; Nov, 530., At the.inquiry into_ ’i c Douglas riot, evidence was the signal for the insurrection was u blooded hand -cut out of .-'per and posted in a window. j >n-,o wore 53300 prisoners in !:he c-u.. p, - ut | guards were unable !•■> Lien; bayonets, owing to oeing natd pressed by tire crowd cl rioter-i. The coroner, reading Jhs menu, which was the. same as tiuu L of the guards, opined that it was K voij - generous diet.

[success AT DISTRESSING COST Loudon, Nov.-30. A Press Bureau narrative by an observer with the Indians describes the recapture of trenches, the possession of which was involved in the general scheme of defence. Two attacks in the daytime on the 33rd were foiled. When an army corps In reserve arrived, the British and Indian regiments*at 10.30 at night, began the final assault, and recovered the trenches at six in the morning after nearly 34 .hours’ bloody struggle. We captured three officers and 07 men, but the losses were distressing. A GENEROUS OPPONENT. THE MAN FOR THE DAY. London, Nov. 30. ■'During thq debate on Mr Lloyd George’s financial statement, Mr Bouar Law declared that though he was not one of Mr Lloyd George’s most ardent admirers, he felt when the war broke out that the conditions were so abnormal that they required treatment free of red tape. He preferred a man in the Treasury with courage, even if combined with rashness, rather than one afraid to do anything.—Times and Sydney Sun Cables. IF THE GERMANS FAIL. London, Nov. SO. A colonel captund by the Belgians declared that if the Germans fail to break through to the coast before December 39th, they will retreat to their second line of defence in Belgium. KILLED IN ACTION, London, Nov. 30. Captain MacDougall, abiede camp to the Governor in New Zealand in 1913, was killed at the front. - THE KHEDIVE SHOT. Paris, Nov. 29. j It is stated that the Khedive on | July 27th was shot through both s cheeks in Constantinople by a j Young Egyptian, who was subseI ijueutlv mysteriously killed. 1 ” 1 . | THE GOOD HOPE DISASTER. 3 Loudon, Nov. 29. | The captain of the French barque | Valentine states that ho was at i Santiago while a prisoner on a GerIman warship. He heard the sailors say they saw many British sailors; swimming after the Good Hope foundered. They could easily have tietn saved, —Times and Sydney Sun cable?.

THE HERO OF DARGAI. A PLUCKY PIPER. London, Nov. 30. Piper Findlater, the hero of_ Dargai, has rejoined the Gordon Highlanders for service at the front, after seventeen years’ farming, THE BANNED SPORT, s Loudon, Nov. 80. The Football Association claims . that a hundred thousand footballers have enlisted, which exceeds the aggregate recruits of all other sports.— Times and Sydney Sun cables, THE KAISER’S SON. INJURED BY A FRENCH SHELL Amsterdam, Nov. 30. French newspapers state that the accident to the Kaiser’s son August, was due to a French shell shattering his motor car in the vicinity of Oraonne. The Germans, eager for vengeance, opened a general attack on the French line, resulting in the less of several German trenches, ENEMY WITHDRAWING FROM BELGIUM. GOING TOWARDS POLAND, Amsterdam, Nov. 30. Reuter’s Paris correspondent says it is estimated that the Germans have withdrawn four Jarmy corps from Belguim and sent them towards Poland. They have been replaced by old and young volunteers and Landstuna. THE KAISER AT THE FRONT. Amsterdam, Nov. 30. Official. -A Berlin message states that the Kaiser is now at the eas tern front. LOYAL NATIVES. Suva, Nov. 30. Natives in the Ba province of Fiji have promised £SOO to the war-fund, and offered a contingent of a thousand men. The Ral province has promised £IOO and offered five hundred men. The local fund now exceeds £7OOO. SOME EFFECTIVE WORK. London, Nov. 30, The Daily Chronicle’s Calais correspondent says that although the week was comparatively uneventful hundreds were killed in skirmishes and minor operations which the official reports ignore. Amongst these, the British razed the largest forest at Ypres, which afforded excellent cover to the Germans attacking our trenches. The task demanded unflinching valour, but volunteers exceeded requirements. After hard fighting, cleverly confined to the forest itself, the Germans were expelled from carefully constructed entrenchments, losing a thousand killed daily throughout the week. The German guns largely assisted in demolishing the forest. THE GERMAN LOSSES. 100,000 IN TEN DAYS. Ijondon, Nov. 30. The Daily News’ Petrograd correspondent says that the German killed in the ten days’ battle be"tween B ;ura and Lodz are estimated at one hundred thousand, GHENT BOMBARDED BY AEROPLANES. Amsterdam, Nov. 30. Five Allied areoplanes bombarded the military stores at Ghent with much advantage Observers declare that latterly the Allies’ airmen have dominated the air in Belgium. ALLIED LINE IMPREGNABLE. London, Nov. 30. The latest telegrams indicate that the Allied line is now believed to be impregnable. THE AUSTRIAN PRISONERS. Petrograd, Nov. 30. It is estimated that tbe Austrians taken prisoners since the 9th iast. in tbe Raba and Cracow district number 58,000. THE RUSSIAN TRAP. ENEMY PRESSED ON ALL SIDES Petrograd. Nov. 30. The Novoe Vremya’ says the enemy are pressed on all sides striving to force their way to Strykow through a steadily narrowing corridor of’ Brezin, prevents thei escape. The wall of the corridor has moved westward, and along ,it and between Brezin and Glovno tbe Cossacks are attacking the German flank. Despite the enemy’s high valour and tactical skill, their efforts in this region are destined to be futile. Entire battalions half-frozen and starving separated from units in the Lodz district willingly surrendered. THE GERMANS BREAK THROUGH, London, Nov. 30. The Daily Mail’s Petrograd correspondent reports that the surrounded Germans, except the captured division, broke through a side of the Russian trap but are atiil imperilled. A CRITICAL TIME. PASSED OVER QUIETLY. Received Nov. 31, 9 a.m. - London, Nov. 30. Captain Stewart Richardson has died of nis wounds.

News from Teheran, in Persia, shows that the festival of Moharram passed without the slightest hostility towards the Russians. The holy war proclamation from Constantinople is ignored. The festival was also tranquil in India.