Show turkish gunners bred atoot al our hag lag the matter Is being investigated one hundred twelfth day of the european war november 18 the american lag flag has baa been fired upon by turkey A report to the navy department at washington today from capt decker of the cruiser cruder tennessee gave official confirmation fir mation to earlier dispatches dispatch La from athens and the greek island of chios in the aegean sea to the effect that turk kish keh gunners at smyrna had opened fire when the tenn basee was approaching that port french official statement was optimistic in tone stating that bertran attacks wherever made had bad boon beon repulsed and that the allies had batni gained d ground at a few points along the bel rlyn beast tho fighting apa been loft chiefly to the artillery nar A few nilos north of the french border there was a fierce encounter with bayonets during which the Zou aves according to the french war office won Dos possession session of a forest which lad had been contested bitterly for several days on the two main battle fronts from the coast to the swiss border and along the eastern boundary of germany renewed efforts weri being made today to bring a decided turn in the progress qs of the war in belgium the germans have begun another ef cf their fearful in a region which is io becoming more and more restricted the allies have succeeded in fling a further area so BO that heavy infantry fighting is almost impossible from the sea coast nearly to cypres ypres A now bombardment of belgian cons coas towns by british warships la said to have inflicted heavy damage on the german post thors and to have destroyed large arge quantities of ammini tion ion and stores the Amer american lern cruder tennessee whose commander was deported last night to have threatened to enter the port of smyrna by foice after a launch from the warship had been fired on by the Turk Turks shaa has been sent from the scene on orders ardors of the Ame american ambassador ador henry november 17 accounts of the fighting jn in belgium official and otherwise dwell upon the frightful hardships which the men in the he water soaked trenches are called ailed upon to endure and the great reat less of life regarding this his latter phase official reports have little to spy ard pl though hough private accounts of the extent of the must be e accepted with reserve it Is evident that both the garmann and their toes foes have suffered greatly one such report comes from a british correspondent who asti estimates mates the german casual ties lies in the last four days at if similar reports from the east are to be credited the slaughter laughter in that territory Is no less terrible A letter writ ten by a galician Gall clan priest describes a grave more than four miles long in it says the letter Austri lare ars the dead rom one days daya fighting were buried aried russia russa admits the truth of gracent turkish statements thai ur the invaders from the north ohad been driven back the russian advance guard it Is announced officially has been forced to halt its march on Erz erum the turkish town near the eastern end of the black sea I 1 british claims to victory in fighting with turks at pao fao a town on the persian gulf are disputed at constantinople where it is officially announced that the english were repulsed with a loss of 1000 1000 men the latest austrian announcement no concerning the in servia is that the advance on servian territory to I 1 being continued with succors and that prisoners were taken in one battle gen christian de wet one of the rebel leaders in british south africa is reported to have been wounded in the head hla his followers it je ie said lack arms and are dispirited pi november 10 storms and floods the enormous loss of life and the strain of incessant fighting apparently have taxed to the limit of human endurance the opposing forays forces which are facing 1 each 04 her in the death struggle in belgium and northern prance france another lull has come in the great battle battin which presumably la Is but the prelude to one more de sprat effort reports frore the front indicate that as auli by infantry and cavalry have been abandoned abandon cd for the moment except for minor engagements and that only the artil lery la Is continuing operations with vigor undiminished meanwhile the fighting continues on many other fields the russian russan invasion of turkish territory from has ha been halted the great campaign of the russian blanp against the austro german armies proc proceeds reds with varying fortunes in different localities with c hief chief interest now cen terene 0 on n the new german offensive movement against the russian renter center xv X v mb r 19 15 the russians apparently art ar concentrating their efforts on the capture of cracow chacow and przemysla in an effort to crush completely tho the austrian army before making their main ad nance ance on german territory converging forces are marching on cracow chacow the siege of which Is believed in petrograd Petro grad to be near the austrian garrison at a to an official austrian statement made a successful eor or tio from the invested fortress prom the ohp samp same source it Is reported that the germans are arc massing sing their forces at strategic points in the eastern provinces of posen and silesia preparing fer the expected advance Bri brians lans problem of dealing with the moslems was brought up squarely by the german statement that the khedive of egypt had departed from constantinople stantin ople where here he had bad ben beer sence the beginning of the war to assure command of the turkish forces operating against ta agypt nov alvr 14 of greater Import importance anCA to great britain than any of the days passing pas alne events was the question of the attitude in the Conil aued on oa page pace 7 1 1 |