Week
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contributor: Blakemore, William
issued: 2017-03-21
issued: 1914-11-28
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note: The Week A British Columbia Newspaper and Review The Official Organ of the Victoria Real Estate Exchange Vol. XII, No. £ X Of Victoria, B. C, Canada, November 28tht J9J4 5c. a copy, $2.00 a year Progress of the War IN A WAR so gigantic, covering such an enormous area, and with incidents occurring daily, each one of which is more gigantic and momentous than many. a campaign, it is not easy to segregate the more important items and to appraise their strategic value. Nevertheless, it is impossible not to regard the victory of the Russian arms in Poland as by far the most crushing and significant defeat which the Germans have sustained since the war began. It has taken nearly a week to learn the true nature of that defeat. Berlin first admitted a check, then a retreat. It has not since spoken, but Petrograd, which said nothing of a victory, and only spoke of a satisfactory result of the tremendous conflict, now claims a decisive victory with Von Hindenburg's army in disorderly retreat, leaving behind its artillery, stores and munitions of war. Petrograd also claims that not fewer than fifty thousand prisoners have been taken, and that the victory is decisive. Its effect is incaluable. It must lead to the speedy investment and fall of Cracow, after which the road will be open to Breslau, the most populous and important City in Silesia. Not that the way will be undisputed, but that the havoc wrought among the German- troops by the all-conquering Russian armies renders their successful march on Berlin a certainty. During the first week of the war, this paper ventured to point out that the part of the Allies would be to hold the lines in France and Belgium, while Russia forged its way to Berlin. There is no longer any doubt that the prediction will be verified. Meanwhile, if Berlin is not reached within six months, Kitchener's army of one million men and General Joffre's reinforcements of a like number will have commenced their triumphial march from the West, and then, if n…
note: Publisher changes in chronological order: publisher not identified (1904-1906) ; The Week Publishing Co., Ltd. Offices (1906-1907) ; "The Week" Publishing Company, Limited (1907-1918) ; publisher not identified (1918-1920)
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Victoria (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0373780
language: English
lat: 48.428333
long: -123.364722
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Victoria : "The Week" Publishing Company, Limited
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
type: Text