BRILLIANT COUNTER ATTACK

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2312, 20 November 1914, Page 5

BRILLIANT COUNTER ATTACK

ENEMY REPULSED WITH HEAVY ■ ■ : WSSES : ' _i. , . PENDING BATTLE IN ■ POLAND'. DECISIVE STROKE EXPECTED 6 IIMTED MM lAYAL LAUNCH liffl 01' ' BY' TUIUSH' ED'RTS BRITAIN'S GREAT WAR. LOAN

(There is a comparative scarcity of war news to-day. In ( the Franco-Belgian theatre the Germans have made fruitless attacks on yarious positions along the whole line, and directed a particularly heavy onslaught on the British, front, where tho fighting has been most severe. The attack'of the Germans was met by a brilliant attack by the British, the .enemy being repulsed with heavy loss. According to the correspondent of the Paris "Temps," the German offensive has been completely crushed, and their troops are exhaasted. He predicts a joyful Christmas for the Allies—particularly for Russia in the Eastern - theatre, where preparations are being made to deal with a German offensive movement ■operating from Thorn. Berlin accounts credit the German Army with a "'great victory" over the Russians, ' but • reports from that' quarter should be treated with caution. German ..cruisers . and tlieir supporting torpedo-boats have ' bombarded the Russian Baltic port of Libau, and,'dono -..considerable damage. In the Black Sea tho Russian Fleet has bombarded the Trebizond forts and barracks. ,The rebel hunt ,;'n Sduth Africa continues with unpleasant"results for the rebels; one rebel leader, von Rensburg, has repented of his folly and surrendered himsolf. ,An effective pursuit of the rebel-commandoes undor Beyers and Wolmarajiß resulted in the capture -of 1000 prisoners, the enemy losing also four . killed and 150 wounded. Britain's great war loan is popular with the public, and with the aid of the banks, who are taking up a large part of it, the flotation is expected to •be completed withoiit difficulty. A note of warning is sounded by Mr. Lloyd' George, the British Chancellor, who urges that the most should be made of the boom created in industrial circles by tho demands of war, for, he says, a difficult crisis may, occur afterwards; hence the increased taxation at present to provide for the future. ,