HOW SHE WENT DOWN

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2350, 5 January 1915, Page 5

HOW SHE WENT DOWN

; OFFICER'S TffilttP NffiATIVE ■ SPLENDID DISCIPLINE OF . BRITISH SAILORS AUSTRMNS ROUTED GERMANS REPULSED IN POLAND ■ ; in France ; 'A number of 'interesting 'developments are reported to-day, ■' Him-. > Gary is faced by imminent invasion., Reports which speak of its being, already entered by the Russians, appear to have overshot the mark, .but an official message from Petrograd shows that the Russians have ' captured tho etrategio railways almost from end to end of Galicia and • leading' into' Hungary,, aid that tho other than tho6e retreating in Western Galicia,' have everywhere been driven back into .' the Carpathians. The part of Hungitfy immediately menaced is the eastern province of Transylvania, whioh-hes across tho/ mountains from Bukowina, and is entered- from-tile latter territory by easy passos. " Russian expert© consider that the Battle of tlie. Four Rivers, in v : Poland, is practically at an end,, aid it is stated that the Germans are now only continuing' their attacks to gain time. The 'Russians thus claim a victory in • a . battle .which ' has raged practically . from end to end of Poland. In the Western'theatre the Allies are .firmly holding the ground!, recently gained, in ■Belgium, and haf e made some progress in the Aisne- region and in Al- ' sace. A' critical position is opened u!p by tho action of the Germans in ' dispatching, an Army Corps to Riva, on the Italian frontier, oatensibljr ' for the purpose of- stopping Austrian desertions. The explanation, it is stated; - is considered insufficient.- Turkey is reported to be moving an army, led by Germans, against.Egypt, but the report is unofficial and,, .unconfirmed. The "Times" correspondent at }Yaßhington states that sensationalism inconnection with the American Note has received a temporary quietus. Meantime the Danish authorities have' detected and foiled an -attempt to smuggle an American shipment of copper and brass through Denmark.to Germany. One message indicates that in- . creasing irritation is felt in Italy' at tihe restrictions/imposed on neutral trading. Stirring stories are told of the manner in lVhicK the officers and-men:of the Formidable met their fate,