LULL IN EASTERN THEATRE

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 253, 28 November 1914, Page 9

LULL IN EASTERN THEATRE

GERMAN REINFORCEMENTS POUR INTO FIGHTING LINE RUSSIA'S CROWNING VICTORY ENEMY'S SUBMARINE SINKS STEAMERS LOYALISTS IN AFRICA INFLICT DEFEAT ON REBELS Tlie latest cables announce that the enemy's, artillery fire in West Flanders has slackened considerably. Infantry attacks near the Yser Biver have been easily repulsed by the Allies. Further confirmation is to hand of the smashing of the Austro- ' German forces in the eastern theatre. Lord kitchener states that the enemy's losses in the Vistula-Warta battle have been the most severe yet sustained. Another defeat for the rebels in South Africa is announced . Tlie Austrians are making desperate efforts to defeat the Servians, . half a million men being engaged. ••■'«■ - ;'■•■■; ■ Opinion in Egypt is altogether on the side of the Allies, as opposed to the Turks, and the forces of the latter are said to be untrained and undisciplined. ; . : :>■.■■:..■;■..■ . :.;.•„••..- -■ ■ > : Further details are available of the.mysterious destruction of H.M.S. Bulwark m Sheerness. Harbour. v \ A'German submarine is reported to have sunk two British steamers, o the crews of whicVhave been safely landed.

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