The Archive · 1914

Fancy Sketches from East and West

Ostaslatischer Lloyd."

Berlin, Nov. 23.

The Foreign Office publishes the following report:

Headquarters, Nov. 26.

The situation on the western theatre of war is unchanged. The attacks of strong French forces in the region of St. Hilaire Souain, between Reims and Ste. Ménéhould, have lamentably collapsed with great loss for the enemy. We have made pi near Apromont, a fort southwest of St, Mihiel.

The situation is unchanged near the East Prussian front In the action of General von Maokensen's troops near Lodz and Lowics the first, the second and parte of the fifth Russian armies have suffered heavy losses. Besides killed and wounded, the Russians have lost about forty thousand unwounded prisoners, seventy guns, one hundred and sixty ammunition carriages and one hundred and fifty-six machine guns, while ninety guns have been disabled. Our young troops have behaved splendidly in these engagements despite Breat sacrifices. Nothwithstanding these successes no decision has yet been arrived at, because further strong forces of the enemy are advancing from the east and the south. Their attacks were repulsed yesterday everywhere, but the definite decision of the fighting is still out 7 Berlin, Nov. 28.

The "Deutscher Ueberseedienst" reports Military critics are discussing in the morning papers the situation of the eastern theatre of war. They state that the Austrian successes of the 25th instant and the success of

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