THE EASTERN THEATRE

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 70, 21 November 1914, Page 5

THE EASTERN THEATRE

DESPERATE FIGHTING ON THE FRONTIER. BATTLE SURGES TO AND FRO. CEASELESS ALTERATIONS IN THE LINES. GERMANS DEFEATED IN EASTERN PRUSSIA. Press Association.--'" .•vu:ht. PETROGRAD, Nov. 20. (Official).—The battles in progress on the iVstula-Warta front and no the Czernstoehowa-Craeow line ore extremely desperate, presenting generally ceaseless alterations in the offensive and defensive. The German trenches eastward of Agerburg (in East Prussia) are defended by triple vertical lines of wire entanglements. Wo carried portions of these anad a passage between Lakes Buvelno and Yaklo, capturing ten guns and six machine-guns, and several hundred prisoners. RUSSIA'S MODEL ARMY. NO DRUNKENNESS, NO MISBEHAVIOUR. A COLOSSAL ENGINE. LONDON, Nov. 20. A correspondent who has spent three weeks with the Russian army, says the has the most vivid impression of the soberness and good behavour of the troops. He has not seen a drunken or disorderly soldier. Russia has under weigh a huge engine, moving with colossal momentum. —Times and Sydney Sun cables. SERVIAN VICTORIES. LONDON, Nov. 20. Nish announces that the Servian «r tillery successfully bombarded the Austrians at Orehadr-. The enemy eventually fled in panic. Two columns of the enemy were defeatd at Obrenowatz, and fled in disorder. The Servian cavalry routed the Ausat Cube. —Times and Sydney Sun Special Services. GERMANS STRONGLY REINFORCED. BATTLE ALONG LARGE FRONT IN PROGRESS. (Rec. 8.40 a.m.) PETROGRAD, Nov. 20. Hindenberg continues to pour troops between the iVstula and the Warta. He has greatly strengthened the advance lines and also the other end of the line around Lenezyea and Orloff. The brant of the fighting lies in swampy regions on a forty mile front from Lodz to the Vistula. GERMANS UNABLE TO MAKE HEADWAY. (Rec. 9 a.m.) PETROGRAD, Nov. 20. (Official). The Germans between the Vistula and the Warta are unable to make any headway.