During the last week two rivers have again formed the main scenes of action in the far-extended theatre of war—­one the Yser, in Belgium, where the advance of the Germans on Calais has been “stone-walled” by the Allies; and the other on the Vistula, in Poland, where the Russians, by sheer force of numbers and superior strategy, made very considerate progress in their march on Berlin; so that, on the whole, the horoscope remained most favourable to the Allies and the ultimate attainment of their Common object.

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The illustrated war news, Nov. 18, 1914—­9

[Illustration:  The victorious Russian cavalry in action:  A charge by the gallant force which crossed the Carpathians into Hungary.]

In the recent victorious operations of the Russian Army the cavalry have taken a conspicuous part.  The Headquarters announcement from Petrograd of November 10 said:  “To the east of Neidenburg near the station of Muschaken (in East Prussia, about two miles from the frontier), Russian cavalry defeated a German detachment which was guarding the railway, captured transport, and blew up two bridges over the railway.  On the 8th inst. our cavalry forced one of the enemy’s cavalry divisions, which was supported by a battalion of rifles, to retreat towards Kalisz (near the border of German Poland).”  The above drawing shows an engagement in Hungary between an Austro-Hungarian force and a body of Russian cavalry who had crossed the Carpathians from Galicia.

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10—­The illustrated war news, Nov. 18, 1914.

[Illustration:  In captured Dixmude:  The church of st. Jean after bombardment.]

[Illustration:  Wrecked by German shell-fire:  The church of st. Jean, Dixmude.]

Dixmude, after a comparative lull since it was first bombarded by the Germans, recently became once more the objective of a fierce attack and fell into the enemy’s hands.  The afternoon communique issued in Paris on November 11 said:  “At the end of the day (i.e., the 10th) the Germans had succeeded in taking possession of Dixmude.  We are still holding on to the outskirts of this village, on the canal from Nieuport to Ypres, which has been strongly occupied.  The struggle has been very fierce at these points.”  The late French communique issued the same night said:  “The enemy throughout the day continued his effort of yesterday without achieving any fresh results....  He made vain attempts to debouch from Dixmude on the left bank of the Yser.”—­[Photo. by Newspaper Illustrations.]