TIIE MORNING OREGONTAN, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER G, 1914. ATTACKS 1Y Artillery From Antwerp, Infan try From Near Ypres, Are Thrown at Allies on West. BITTER BATTLE DEVELOPS British Observer Says Enemy, in Spite of Previous Iosses, Con tinues Offensive Move ment Without Ceasing. GROW IN INTENSI LONDON, Nov. 5. The following: de scriptive account which has been com municated by an eye-witness present with the general headquarters con tinues and supplements the narrative published November 3 of the move ments of the British force and of the French armies in immediate touch with it: ' "November 1, in spite of the great losses which they suffered on their at tacks last week, the Germans have continued their offensive toward the west almost continuously during the five days from October 26 to 30. Oppo site us it has gradually grown in inten sity and in extent of application as ' more men and guns have been brought up and pushed into the fight and it 1, has developed in the most bitterly con--' tested battle which has been fought in ' the western theater of the war. German Artillery Reinforced. "The German artillery has to a large extent been Increased by that trans f ferred from around Antwerp. As re ft gards infantry, it is possible that some 4 of the aditional troops now appearing on our front have been made available by relaxation of the pressure against our allies to the north of Ypres, caused by the desperate and successful resls- tance made by the latter, by the ha rassing nature of the artillery fire brought to bear by our ships against the strip of country along the coast and by the flooding of the area along the River Tser. "A detached post, which was attack ed in force in the night, drove back its ; assailants, who left 66 dead behind. . Allies' Position Readjusted. "Near our left the Germans developed a strong attack on the section of our line to the east of Ypres. Though sup ported by a great mass of artillery, ' this was checked, but it had two re sults. One was that our position was readjusted and the other was that our extreme left alone advanced in con y! junction with some of our allies. " "On Tuesday, the 27th, the Germans rather focused their principal attention on our right center and right and most desperate fighting took place for the possession of Neuvechappele. In spite of repeated counter-attacks on our right the enemy during the day man aged to hold onto the northern part of the village, which he had gained the day before. "Toward evening we had gradually j regained part of the place by step-by-j step fighting, when fresh hostile rein forcements were brought up and the entire village was captured by the , enemy. Village Fighting; Murderous. ' (; "They made several assaults against . our whole front south of the Lys, but with the exception of their success at Neuvechappele won no advantage. The combat for that place, as is usually the case with village fighting, was of a most murderous description. It is believed that the enemy's losses in this quarter of the field generally were great. Officers who were observing their advance report the effect of our rifle and gunfire on the Germans was stupendous, and that they had to throw corpses of their own men out of their trenches as they came on in or der to obtain cover. "Four successive attacks were made each by different regiments and in this way the whole of one division was en gaged piecemeal in about the same lo cality. The last of these regiments has now been practically disposed of, and according to prisoners their con , dition is deplorable. , "North of the river our center was subjected to a heavy shell fire from pieces of various sizes. Our guns were Dy no means idle, and one of our Da- trols found 11 Germans dead and one rendered unconscious by fumes in a farm on which they had observed one of our lyddite shells detonate." i Indiana Distinguish Themselves. "Towards pur left the readjustment of our line, commenced on Monday, was j: completed and some redistribution of v strength was effected on the extreme left. The ground gained at Neuve chappele was again the scene of desper. ate fighting on Wednesday, the 28th, Some of. our Indian troops greatly dis tinguished themselves by a well-conducted counter attack by which they drove the Germans out of the greater part of the place with the bayonet. On emerging from the village, however, they were exposed to a concentrated fire of machine guns and had to remain content with what they had gained "On the left during the morning the enemy made attacks under cover of the usual bombardment, but each was repulsed with great slaughter. One of our trenches was carried and then, re covered after a loss - of 200 dead had been inflicted on the enemy. "On our center, north of the Lys, nothing of particular moment occurred. On the extreme left our advance was not pressed and the enemy remained in possession of Becelaere. A night attack by them was repulsed. The next day the centers of pressure were for the foremost part on our two flanks, south of the Lys. Effect of Trench Mortar Kelt. "On our right the Germans delivered en assault which failed in front of one battalion. They are estimated to have left between 600 and 700 dead, while not far off a trench into which they had penetrated was captured by us at an expense of 70 killed and 14 pris oners. "In the center little took place worthy of special record. A few Ger mans came in and surrendered volun tarlly. In this quarter we experienced for the first time in the Northern field f the war the action of the trench , mortar. It has a range of some 500 or 600 yards and throws a bomb loaded with high explosive weighing up to 200 pounds, and fired from an extreme elevation from the bottom of a pit in me trench. "About midnight our line was at tacked in two places. One of these ef forts did not mature, as the ground over which the German infantry had to advance was well swept by our guns. In this case the asasult was carried out against one of our brigades by a force of some 12 battalions. Assault Near Ypres Repulsed. "With self-restraint our m.n ti1f their fire until the attackers got quite close and then drove them back with a loss of 200 killed. The enemy pene trated into a portion of one of our trenches but were driven out again. losing so men Killed or captured. "The really important feature in this day's operations occurred north of the ADMIRAL OF BRITISH FLEET WORSTED IN BATTLE WITH GER MANS OFF CHILEAN COAST. i,m: ) i- i 7 MBBBnanw SIR CHRISTOPHER CRADOCK. Lys and consisted of an onslaught in great force made in the morning in the direction of Ypres. After a heavy cannonade the assault was driven back and a portion of our front line was forced back. By night the lost ground was recovered and in some places more than recovered, with the exception of one part to which the enemy clung. our losses were heavy, but not so severe as those of the enemy, who at one spot BUfTered enormously from the concentrated fire of our massed ma chine guns." XREN'CHES LOST AXD RETAKEN French War Office Reports Slight Advance by Allies. PARIS, Nov. 6. The following of ficial communication was Issued at the War Office tonight: There is no information on the op erations at the north of the Lys. in a violent offensive movement by the Germans north of Arras we lost a few trenches, which, later, were re taken. "In the Argonne (region of St. Hu bert) all the German attacks have been successfully repulsed. Concerning the remainder, of the battlefront, there is -nothing of im portance to report. xne usual earner report saia: s "On our left wing the allied forces have made slight progress to the east of Nieuport, on the right bank of the Yser. From Dixmude to the Lys, the German attacks were renewed yester day, but at a number of points with lessened energy, particularly with re gard to the actions of their infantry. , "The French-British lines have at I no point drawn back and our troops, i undertaking the offensive, have made notable progress in several directions. "Between the region of La Bassee and the Somme, the day was notable. particularly for an artillery contest. "In the region or the toye. we nave maintained our occupation of Le Quea- no-en-Santerre and advanced percept ibly in the directiou of Andechy. "On the center, between the Ulse ana the Moselle, there has been a recrudes cence of the- activity of the Germans, manifested particularly by their ar tillery fire. "Summing up- it may be saia tnat the attacks of the enemy at various points on our front have been repulsed. in some instances alter an engagement which lasted all day long." ' SOV BELGIAN ADVANCE HARASSED Vigorous Resistance hy Germans Met Along Entire Line. HAVRE. Nov. 6. via Paris The Bel gian government issues the following statement: "The Belsrian. advanced detachments. which progressed as far as Lombaertzy toward the Yser between Saint George Caoelle and Tervaete, could only ad vance with great difficulty, owing to poor roads and inundated country. They were also harassed constantly by the infantry and machine gun fire of the enemy. "The enemy still occupies at. teorge Capelle and the farms located on the left bank of the Yser, in the neighbor hood of Schoorbakke, and Tervaete and Stuyvekenskerke were reoccupied by marines. - "To the south of Dixmude the Ger mans made an attack last night in the direction of the Bixchoote bridge. They failed in the attempt and were forced to evacuate completely the village of Bixschoote to the south of .andootde. "The enemy continues to attack with the greatest violence along the front of the allies, between Hollebecke and Messines. All positions have been held, and at certain points the allies have progressed notably, toward Hollebecke and Wytschaete. "In the region of Armentieres and to the south of the Lys the situation re mains the Bame as heretofore." ALLIES ARE BEATEN BACK Germans Say They Hold Fast Be tween Nieuport and Inundations. BERLIN, Nov. 5, via London. The German general headquarters Issued the following-statement today: "The Belgians, assisted by British and French troops, yesterday made a fierce attack by way of Nieuport be tween the sea and the inundations, but they were easily repulsed. . "Near Ypres, southeast of Lille and south of Berry-au-Bac, in the Argonne region and In the Vosges, our attacks are progressing. In the Eastern thea ter of war there have been no material events." Aviators Fall 10 Feet. SAN DIEGO, Nov. 5. In a fall of 100 feet today Captain L. E. Goodler, Jr., Aviator Corps, U. S. A., and Glenn Martin, aviator, were so badly injured they were rushed to a hospital for treatment. The accident occurred near the Army aviation camp on North Island, across the bay from San Diego. The machine was one Martin was demonstrating for the Government officers. It is -said at the hospltatl that although the In juries are serious both men will re cover. 1 QTh ;J ' O FATE IS 111 DOUBT Admiral Cradock and Flag ship Not Accounted For. OTHER VESSELS MISSING Whereabouts of Two Germans After Battle Off Coast of Chile Also Mystery of Sea Description of Fight Is Given. (Continued From First Page.) the Scharnhorst and Gneisenau si multaneously let go their 12 eight-inch guns, which they concentrated on the Good Hope. The firing continued for several minutes - without damage. , The Ger man shots' fell short and the Good Hope had such a roll that she could not reply. The smaller cruisers were far- out of range. Slowly the sea fighters drew in nearer, and when the two units were only 6000 yards apart the Good Hope fired her two nine-inch guns. She was still unable to use hex six-inch guns, which on the gun deck were so near the water line that as the vessel rolled they were almost awash. A terrible broadside from the Scharnhorst and Gneisenau crippled the British flagship and her engines stopped. Monmouth Hastens to Rescue. The Monmouth, recognizing the dis tress' of her companion, made a dash to cover the Good Hope, but by that time the, distance separating the two squadrons had. been reduced to 5000 yards and the Germans were able to bring all their ships into action and to use all the guns of the five vessels. These were directed, first against the Monmouth, Glasgow and Otranto. The Otranto, badly damaged, escaped In the gathering darkness and soon afterward was followed by the Glasgow, which also had been put out of action, but continued apparently seaworthy. The five German ships continued their attack on the Monmouth and Good Hope until in a few minutes the Monmouth sank. By this time only 4500 yards separated the fighters. - Geod Hope Withdraws Aflame. The Good Hope, badly damaged,-hung on until an explosion occurred on board her. She withdrew to the westward at 7:30 o'clock. As she disappeared flames were seen on board her. Whether her crew was able to stop the fire or whether the explosion finally sunk her is not known. The flames died down and she was not seen again. The Numbers searched until day break for the wounded ship, when the German officers concluded that she had been lost with all her crew. The only trace found of the Britishers was in the wireless message in which the Glasgow called unsuccessfuly for the flagship. It was impossible to save any of the crew of the Monmouth, as the Germans could not put over their small boats in the face of the gale and the Mon mouth could not have lowered her boats. Contrary to the first reports, the Glasgow did not reach Coronel or Tal cahuano, nor did the Otranto find a Chilean port. The German fleet, with the exception of the Leipzic and Brem. en, after putting in here, sailed again yesterday. If they had any word of the Leipzic and Bremen they did not make it known. The transport Prlnz Eitel anchored in the bay last night. NEWS ABOUT FIVE IS LACKING Santiago Has Not Heard From Three Britons, Two Germans. SANTIAGO, Chile, Nov. 5. News was still lacking here tonight concerning the whereabouts of five missing ves sels which were among those partici pating in the naval engagement off the Chilean coast last Sunday night. These ships are the British cruiser Good Hope, which the Germans believe wag sent to the bottom; the British cruiser Glasgow, the British transport zio and Bremen. . German General "Wounded. GENEVA, via Paris, Nov. 6. Lieu-tenant-General Bertholdt von Deimling. the German commander, has been slightly - wounded in the thigh by shrapnel on the firing line, according to the Wolff Agency. He continues in command of his troops, however. Ml an Annie Cannon, a member of the staff of Harvard University observatory, bas been admitted to membership to the Koyal astnwaBuoai Meiv at Mnaisna. ALL GER1II FRONT RETREATING IN EAST Austrians After Stubborn Re sistance Are Routed, Re ports Petrograd. RUSSIANS CROSSING SAN One Corps Is Unshed From Belgium t to Reinforce Army Resisting Gen eral Forward Movement of Czar's Force In East Prussia. LONDON. Nov. 6. A Petrograd dis patch contains the following official communication from Russian general headquarters: "We continue to progress on the East Prussian front. The Germans are fall ing back along the whole front, only keeping a fortified position in the re gion of Werkboliwo. "On the left bank of the Vistula the Russian army is continuing its vigor ous offensive, pursuing the retreating enemy. The crossing of the San by our troops continues with success. The Austrians are retreating. General Advance Indicated. Further details received from the East indicate, in the opinion of Eng lish observers, that the forward move ment of the Russians has become gen eral. Even the Russian left wing, which has been held stubbornly by the Aus trians for weeks, has joined in the ad vance. This is admitted by a conserva tively worded report given out in Vi enna, which declares that the Austri ans, having maintained their position on the Lysa Gora Mountain, where the Teutonic allies, pivoted in order to let the rest of the army complete its wheeling movement to a new line, are now retiring. At the same time Aus tria sets forth certain minor successes along the line from the River San to Jaroslau. Petrograd, however, makes the posi tive assertion that the Austrian move ment is a retreat amounting to a rout. A significant phase of the Eastern cam paign is Indicated by a report from Rotterdam that the ninth German army corps has been transferred from Bel gium to East Prussia. An official Petrograd dispatch says: "The losses sustained by the Ger mans on the East Prussia front are considerable. Of certain companies only 80 men remain. Discord .Is Reported. "Austrian deserters, of whom the number is steadily increasing, state that discord reigns between the Aus trians and the Germans. They also de clare that the Germans Buffered enor mous losses." Another Petrograd report says that the new position of-the German army front along the River Warthe, over 75 miles west of the Vistula River, which they reached at- the time of the at tempted attack on Warsaw, Indicated the tremendous retreat of General von Klndenberg's entire army in Poland during the last two weeks. This re treat is regarded as especially import ant, since such noted industrial centers as Lodz, Piotrkow, Radom and Kielce were recaptured, by the Russians. The strategic point at Sandomlr, which is at the junction of the San and Vistula rivers, has also been retaken. On the East Prussian frontier the Germans have met with no success in assuming the aggressive and at some points the Russians have even crossed into German territory. In this region. however, the German retreat was not marked by serious losses. RUSSIANS INSPIRE CONFIDENCE Arrangements Provide for Million Wounded Soldiers. LONDON. Nov. 6. Professor Bernard Bares, the British government's repre sentative with tne iussian neauquar ters in the field, sends the following reDort: "Trustwortny eye witnesses speaK with great enthusiasm of the conduct of the Russian troops on the Upper Vis tula River, where more serious fighting is to be expected. "Here again the German heavy artil lery commands respect, but the Rus sian field guns and howitzers are served with remarkable precision and alert ness and meet with great success. The complete confidence of the Russian in fantry and effectiveness of the Russian artillery are striking and general fea tures. "The men are always training In bay onet work, which the enemy often avoids. The Russian cavalry by dif ferent accounts has shown great dash and has been handled with speed and skill. In raids beyond the river on the enemy's communications Russian cav airy divisions have several times dis turbed German forces, taking many prisoners. Large numbers of strag glers have been taken by the Russians; "A Hungarian division put up good resistance for three days, but then col lapsed. . "The population of Southern Poland is in a state of profound distress and the Russians are organizing extensive relief work. "The Germans compel captured offi cers to work with the men and spit at them and drive them about bare to the waist. "In East Prussia the German com munications are very good. Under ground telephones are frequently dis covered. Large forces are In close contact here and the Russian counter stroke has much impressed the enemy. "The Polish population shows the greatest alacrity in assisting the Rus sian troops, both In the country and in the towns. The Russians' advance is. now much more complete in Southern Poland and Is better lined up with the forces in Galicia. "All this advance tends to secure the Russian position on the northern fron tier, where any German initiative be comes more hazardous. "The ordinary fresh yearly Russian contingents mean an Increase of a half million, men. "The arrangements for the wounded provides, if necessary, for over 1.000, 000." , Loss by Capture Denied. BERLIN, Nov. 5 (By wireless.) It Is declared officially in Berlin today that the Russian troops on the eastern front have not recently been successful in taking prisoners. Nor have any Ger man wounded fallen into their hands. Furthermore, the authorities have no knowledge of the loss of any CJerman machine guns to the Russians. ROUTED TURKS ARE HUNTED (Continued From First Pa-ge.) death of two Frenchmen and serious damage o the ship not having been followed by the dismissal of the Ger man naval military missions, the meas ure whereby Turkey could disclaim re sponsibility, the government of this re public is obliged to state that as a re sult of the action of the 'Ottoman gov- ernment a state of war exists between France and Turkey." The Temps has received a report that American marines have been landed at Beirut, Syria, for the protection . of American interests.. LONDON, Nov. 5. Great Britain to day formally announced that a state of war exists between this government and Turkey. The British government also an nounced that the Island of Cyprus had been annexed. The island, while un der the suzerainty of the Sultan of Turkey, has been occupied and admin istered by Great Britain. The Turkish Ambassador. Tewfik Pasha, left today for Constantinople. A report from Alexandria. Egypt. says that Turkish authorities tried to prevent the departure from Beirut of the British and other foreign officials. The American Consul successfully in tervened in their behalf. The dispatch further adds that the presence at Beirut of the United States cruiser is having a salutary effect. 3TARIXE LANDING UNREPORTED Act Possibly Made With Consent of Authorities, Says Washington. WASHINGTON, Nov. 5. Neither the Navy nor the State Department tonight had received any word of the reported landing of American marines at Beirut, Syria. Officials were inclined to be slow -in crediting the report, though tney admitted that it was entirely cos slble that the armored cruiser North Carolina, now in Beirut harbor, had sent a detachment of marines ashore at the request of the American Consul there. It was pointed out that if the ma rines had been landed the North Caro Una's commander in all probability had acted under an understanding with the local authorities to furnish a guard for tne American consulate, where mission aries and other foreigners might gather for safety in event of uprisings. TURKS DESTROY COSSACK BODY Strong Position Across Russian Frontier Reported Occupied. BERLIN (via The Hague and Lon don). Nov. 5. The Constaintinople cor respondent of the Frankfurter Zeitung has sent the following dispatch to his paper: "The Turks attacked and destroyed a Cossack batallion on the Russo-Turkish frontier near Ordulia and then crossed the frontier, taking up a strong posi tion in Russian territory." Turko-German Transports Sunk. LONDON. Nov. 6. A dlSDatch to the Dally Telegraph from Odessa by way of Moscow says 12 Turkish and Ger man transports carrying coal have been sunk near Uzunguldak, on the coast of Anatolia. AMERICANS MAY SUFFER TtRKS ARE LIKELY TO REGARD ALL AS ENGLISHMEN. Business at Standstill, Country Vir tually In Elands of Germans and Many Are Ready to Leave. GENEVA. Nov. E. via Paris. A tele gram has been received here from an American business man in Constanti nople sayfng that Americans in the lurKish capltd.1 are in danger, for the reason tnat the Turks cannot distin guish between Englishmen and Amer icans. This American says all business in Turkey is at a standstill, that the coun try is virtually in the hands of the Germans and that all American busi ness men are ready to leave. According to advices reaching Gene va from Munich, 14 German naval offi cers and 60 sailors, all in uniforms, have left Munich for , Turkey. They are traveling by way of Vienna. According to reliable information in Geneva, German agents are abroad in Switzerland , and Italy endeavoring to buy lead, copper, leather, canned goods and motors for aeroplanes and sub marines. They are offering high prices. The Swiss and Italian authorities, which already have prohibited exporta tion of some of these articles, are tak ing further measures in this same di rection. MISSIONARIES THOUGHT SAFE Washington Has No News Indicating Danger to Subjects in Turkey. WASHINGTON. Nov. 5. Unofficial advices received here Indicate that American missionaries in Turkey do not fear anti-Christian outbursts. They long regarded war' as inevitable and prepared to meet the emergency. Amer ican Ambassador Morgenthau has not indicated to State Department officials that it would be necessary for mission aries in the interior to go to coast towns, although the had been advised to do so by their societies. In the absence of advices to the con trary officials here believe Americans are in no danger. Ample funds are said to be available for Americans. Two Parties Lose Legal Status. PROVIDENCE, R. 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