The Archive · 1914

Decisive Successes of the Russians

GERMANS' HURRIED RETIREMENT

Petrograd, Nov. 4.

The Russian forces are phant and are obtaining decisive successes along their whole line The German, troops are cee retreating. the East Prussian front the Russians have captured Bakalarjevo, with large quantities, of munitions, while the burried naval engagement off Valpaaiso. The Admiralty has no official oonfirmation.

According to German reports the Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, Leipzig, Dresden and Nuremberg conosn. trated near Valparaiso and fought portion of Admiral Cradock's squadron on Sunday last: H.M.8. Monmouth was sunk and the Good Hope severely damaged, while the Glasgow and the auxiliary creaser Otranto broke off the action and escaped.

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