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GUNS SHELL
FRENCH LINES ON AISNE
'6 closing- in upon
lack supplies, and
four or more Japanese warships are
also reported in pursuit of the Kaiser's
ships. '
BATTLE OF THE RAILWAYS IN POLAND
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LINES ON AISNE
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heirnlan centre, It Is omclally re-
din Wst Flanders and north ot
, iimi mvaaers- artillery has also
k active.
'heri was no German Infantry attack
Belgium freslcrday, but attack nnd
Uerattack are reported from the Ar-
4 oRlclat communique follows:
fa Belgium tho day of November M
rAahinrkcd by rather heavy cannon
des, Tho German (nfnntry made no
attack.
I The enemy eontlhues to show a ery
(marked activity to the north of Arras.
ft. tha rtBlon ot tht A'n thro has
I Been a continuous cannonade along
I th6 front,
L Jn tho Argonne the fighting contln
1 tied -without causing any modification
t In the general situation
V In the Woevre and In the Vossea
jthere la nothing to report.
I KINCF OEOnOE VISITS TTtOOPS.
Tho visit of King fjeorgo to tho British
roopa In France Is having a very cn
fraglng crfect. Tlie spirits of the Eng
fSraldtcrs have been raised by tho
Sfico of their monarch so near tho
l-J line, and In the base hospitals
King further endeared himself by
ting kind words to tho nounded.
J aeorgo has expressed to Field
sal Sir John French his warm op
tion of the gallantry shown by his
'H action. The English King de
" 'all
claretl that It was one of tha proudest
momenta of his life when he could
mingle with men who fought so bravely
for their native land.
King George had a rough passage across
tho channel, but looked well and nt after
nis arrival within the lines. He was met
by his eldest son. the Irlnco of Wales,
and together they visited a number of
hospitals. Part of tho time the throb of
mo far away cannonade sounded dullv
In tho distance as tho King paid ht.i
round of visits.
The last time that an Kncllsh Klnc
appeared upon tho Held of battle was
In tho war of the Austrian succession In
1713, wlifn King aeorgo II commanded
tho Bugll-.li, Hanoverian and Hessian
troops at the battle of Deltlngen against
tho French Thli visit Is In strango con
trast With the Visit of Klntr Oeorsn II
The former monarch appeared upon a field
where hid armies were lighting against
tho Frenchi King George V comes ns an
ally of tha ltcnch.
DUEI OF ARMORED Tit A INS
A telegram from Fumes sas that Ger
man nnd British armored trains fought a
spectacular duel near Ypres. Tho Brit
ish artillery had the advantage In range
and tho German train was smashed
From a. Dutch source it la reported that
some of tho German soldiers at the front
have mutinied.
It Is leportcd that tho Germans have
begun to retire from before Dlemude, but
this report lacks confirmation.
'litere has been an outbreak of Uphold
fever In Belgium It Ins spread from
Iho Gcrpnan camp to the civilian popula
tion Tho weather In northern Tranco and
west Flanders remains cold, but at other
points in France It Is much warmer.
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THOUSAND RUSSIANS SLAIN
IN CROSSING CARPATHIANS
Austrian War Office Reports Check
to Invasion of Hungary.
VIENNA, Dec. .
One thousand Busslans haVo Men
killed and wounded And 1500 taken pris
oners In a battle at Homonna, Hun
gary, It was ortlclally mnounced todsj,
"The Bueslan troopa at Hotnonna
were- surrounded by the Austrian and
decisively beaten," the War Ofllco alale-
ment says.
(Homonna Is on the western side of
tho Carpathians. The Russian troops nt
that point had penetrated a mountain
pass).
The War Office further states that the
enemy has been beaten nt Suvobor,
where 12M rtien were captured and II
machine guns were taken.
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ALLIED WARSHIPS
CLOSE IN0H FOES
IN SOUTH ATLANTIC
British and Japanese Fleet
Off South America; Ger
mans Nearby Great Bat
Believed Imminent.
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The German invasion of Russia swept 125 miles across Poland to the line of Warsaw and the Vistula
i VJ?,?,? A, A at0Ve.) on October 24. The Russian counter attack drove the Germans
nearly 100 m les back to the line shown above B B B on November 10. Now the armies of 5,000,000
men are righting on the middle line C C C.
:AND katsf.r t nriTrTn
DEADLY GRIP IN POLAND
in LONDON. Dec. 1
icGcrman official statements
'Vindication that the Gcr-
ia'olnnd arc Intact nnd that
nl now locked In a terrific
P'tlngt over what virtually
jfront of too miles.
Fcjreo points of contact from
fcaposlttons south or Plock,
:z and Lpdz and southeast
oljhe armies hao gradually
i n tho great force during the
' J';ver, and the developments"
? clearly Indicate that
y tiv X tha reports were overly
tlmlstlc. f of prv
Seneral L 5erburg"s army, which
-JMiConuT ,"jely of conscripts of
tot year'vVr1.,Iua now been reinforced.
With tho r"".r at the eastern front. It
belleved U supreme effort Is about to
made to hurl the Hussion offensive
ejt upon Warsaw. Eery confidence Is
yhere that the Russians now hold tho
Vantage, but Jt la realized that the
v't Jn t-aaUrr Iheatre Is far from
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a decision When the big battle Is flnallv
fought nnd the result and details are
learned It Is believed It will prove to be
tho most sanguinary conflict ot the war
Its Influence upon tho entlro situation
will a'so be of the greatest Importance
Some military experts believe that the
Germans aro now marking time In the
west, awaiting the outcome of General
von HIndenburg'n conflict with the Rus
sians. Defeat In the east, it Is be
lieved, would be followed by tho Imme
diate retirement of the Germans to their
second line of defenses in Belgium The
Kaiser would then hfl rnmnintpi- n ii.a
defensive on both fronts.
Tho departure of the King for the
front and hla visit to the troops Is be
lieved to foreshadow an early offensive
movement by the Allies It Is realized
that such a movement will not bo at
tempted until Generals Joffre and French
aro convinced that the strength of the
Germans has reached a low ebb In their
vain efforts to reach the coast. The
German nttack has now lost a greater
part of Its force and, with fresh Trench
and British troops constant!! arriving.
V'"B ,or lne -allies to strike Is be
lieved to be rapidly approaching.
DEATH GRAPPLE IN POLAND
BOUND TO BE E)ECISIVE
"Buttle of Railroads" Cannot be Fight to Draw, Says
t Expert Armies so Placed That Great Victory Will
Fall to One of Vast Forces.
SH TROOPS SWEEP BRITISH AVIATORS DROP
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fARD; NOW NEAR BATUM
is Blocked in Effort to Land
Troops, Is Jteport
"ONSTANTINOPLE. Dec 1.
Jan troops marching through
c Valley toward Batum ate ad-
jucceasfully, according to the
jmrnunlcatlofos from field head.
'"re then about seven miles
. nlatum. An attempt on the
Pf isslans ta disembark troops
' Tiart of the Tchonik River has
M trate).
,ifl, AT POLISH FRONT,
EERS ARMY, BERLIN SAYS
an Advantage Beported In
Bnd-scale Fighting- at Xodz.
BERLIN, Dec. 1.
ourney of Emperor 'William to the
t front has caused a feeling of
n throughout the country. It Is
--thjit the presence of the Kaiser
I llurahal von HIndenburgs head
4k irl'llcatea that all Is going well
!fftur against Russia and that the
p troops In the eastern arena will
ftjeijprts from the eastern front to-
fjr mo position ot ine uerman
: continues to Improve They have
ded In Intrenching themselves of.
(fy and tha Russian offensive con
to hammer at the German line
Success,
I of General -von Hlndenburg
jsil Mackensen hava been rein
Md wjrd of the Oerman offensive
been resumed Is expected mo-
BOMBS IN GHENT RAID
German Generals in Flanders Calling
for BInforcements
THE HAGUE, Dec. I
Seven German soldiers were wounded
In Ghent during bomb. dropping opera
tions by two British aviators jesterday,
according to a telegram received here
today.
The same message declared that the
German generals on the firing line in
Flanders are continually calling for more
men. Tvo hundred and fifty thousand
reinforcements left Ghent for the Tser
on Monday
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fANS RETIRE 15 MIL
t DIXMUDE. IS REPORT
fecrfce In Belgium Suspended,
Japapers Suppressed,
t&M, Dec J The Germans
frw tl)e front at DIxmudo a
15 kilometres, according to the
ifitot the Vas Dias.
h to th Telsraaf from Bros
Lthat the Germans are refusing
MMMrU for travelers In any
1 train service In Belgium
t and all newspapers have
tied, even those published. In
Sa prsbijbla reason for the
rt la iwiiavea to o tnat the
re. keeping ncret all measures
totg taitn in cennsctlon with
, oh t& wmw front
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RUSSIANS AT CRACOW TURN
DEFENDERS' WING ON SOUTH
Investment of City Begun by Heavy
Bombardment.
PETROGRAD. Dec. 1.
Success at Cracow Is reported by the
official Army Messenger, which states:
"All of our operations in Oallcla aro
ending successfully for us. Wo continue
to push the Austrian army In the direc
tion of Cracow. In spite of the Intense
cold, which Is delaying our offensive, we
are advancing victoriously.
"Several of our contingents already are
abreast of Cracow, the defenders of which
ara being turned on the south side The
morale of our troops Is excellent "
A correspondent writes that the Rus
sians are bombarding the farts with
their heavy siege guns and that one of
the suburbs of the city is reported to be
In flames.
By HILAIBE BEIXOC
PARIS, Dec 1 The. great battlo In Rus
sian Toland Is a railroad battle. If ever
there has been one In history.
AVhtch of the two elements will provall
the Russian superiority numbers, at least
3,000,000 men, or the Austro-Gcrman su
periority in mobility, which Is equivalent
to more than their 2,000.000 men-is' still
undecided after five weeks' continuous
fighting
CAN BE NO DRAWN BATTLE.
I have nlroadj said there cannot be
a drnwn battle hero as there has been In
Trance, owing to the nature of the coun
tij and the numbers engaged The de
cisive area ot the whole European war Is
now in South Poland
The battle there, since the third week
ot October, haB had three distinct phases.
First, tlia great advance of tho Ger
man nrmle3 In force to tho front of War
saw, and -their attempt to take the Polish
capital and to cross the, ,.m(dil!o Vistula
nivcr at mo points marKcd A A A A on
the above map.
Setond, the repulse of the German In
vaders on the whole Vistula front from
Warsaw to Sandmolr. The German left
Hank was obviously turned at or north
of Warsaw and the entire army com
pelled to retreat. A glance at tho map,
showing the railroad communications, will
show w hy and how The .Russians bent
back the German left flank and when the
Germans lost control of the WarBaw-Lodz
railroad they lost their communication of
ammunition and supplies.
GERMAN RETREAT MASTERLY.
They had no choice except to tetreat.
Her colleagues, the Austrians.. south of
Sondnmir and along the River San, were
compelled to fall back, too. The Ger
man retreat wa In good order, managed
with great skill, but apparently the or
der for the Austrians to retire as a
wholp from the Vistula and the Sa;n to
gether was either not given, or, If plv?n,
not obeyed, because a week later the
Russians, having obtained possession ot
the railway from Ivangorod through
Klelce and Radon, cut off tho rear guard
of the retreating Austrian army nt Klelce,
capturing several thousand prisoners and
many machine guns. Part ot the Aus
trian army was compelled to cross the
Vistula River southward In the direc
tion of the arrows O C C, while the main
army, probably 800,000 men, used the rail
way fiom Klelce back to the German
frontier.
AUSTRIAN'S HELD ON TOO LONG.
It was precisely because the Austrians
had hung on to Sandomlr too long that
the capture of this place by the Rus
sians became of such importance. Ihe
Russian advance towards Cracow, the
gateway to Germany's prosperous Indus
trial section of Silesia, was then pressed
with great vigor On November 15, the
entire Austro-Gcrman battle line had
been pushed back to some such front as
Is Indicated upon the map by the broken
line marked B B B, stretching from the
nelghboihood of Ploeschen on the Ger
man frontier to tho Carpathian Moun
tains. Tho German advance across Poland.
about 123 niik3. and the Austro-German
retreat, nearly ICO miles from the line of
the Vistula and Wursaw, was accom
plished in three weeks.
But It had left dangerously far to the
eastward along the river San the remain
der of the Austrian forces which should
havo kept In line with this retreat. With
the effect of that too prolonged delay
along the San (River I will deal In a mo
ment. The Russian official reports do not
claim the capture of many prisoners or
guns, so tho German retreat must have
been orderly nnd Inexpensive, that Is to
say, managea with success.
AUSTRIANS DISOBEYED ORDERS.
But the failure of the Austrians to obey
orders or to co-operate properly with
their German allies, exposed Cracow to
nttack It is all Important to the Ger
mans to keep tho Russian Invasion out of
ftilesla. It Is equally Important for the
Russians to achieve that Invasion, be
cause the occupation of Silesia by tho Invaders-
will mean the first serious moral
blow Inflicted upon the security of prop
erty and the Industrial life of modern
Germany. It will strangle a province
essentlil to the economic support of mod
ern Germany.
That la why the Russians massed the
weight of their troops against the Ger
man right wing, weakened by lack of
proper Austrian support. But tho Rus
sians" main bodies wero marching on the
all-Important point shaded In the mnp,
Silesia, the Germans brought heavy rein
forcements from tho west by the main
railroad through Katish They 'attacked
with great vigor when tho railroad landed
their troops.
Why did tho Germans do this' Tlrst,
to relieve tho pressure ngalnst Cracow,
and second, because of tho strategic pol
icy which modern Germanv Invnrlablv
pursues In war. Even whcio she has In
ferior numbers, Germany always at
tempts to turn an enemy's flank rather
than to pierce bis centre It Is a part of
that powerful routine the following of
which has been In history usually the
strength, but In certain fatal moments,
the. ruin of Trussla
With fewer men than Rutsla on the
whole battle line, German sent her best
troops In such numbers along the Kallsz
Zdunskawola-Lodz Railroad that she
compelled tho Russian centre to fall
back, and with It tho right wing ns far
north as Thorn
The Russians were driven as far back
a Lodz beforo they could concentrate
sufficient troops along tho Warsaw Rail
road to stop the German advance.
ALLIED FLEET SIGHTED
OFF LOWER CALIFORNIA
Japanese and British Warships Pa
trol Pacific Coast,
SAN PRANCISCO, Dec. I.-Three Japa
nese warships, one British warsljlp nnd
two .Tnpanoso colliers were sighted off
Magdalena Ray, Lower California, Mon
da, by the American freighter Artec,
now In port here from Iqulque, Chill.
Tho British light cruiser Newcastle, a
clster ship of tho Glasgow, and tho Japa
nese cruiser Idsumo, both of which have
long been patrolling tho Pacific coast,
wero recognized, but another Jnpnneso
cruiser nnd a .Inpanese battleship were
unfamiliar to tho Aztec's officers
Frobably these vessels wero tho battle
ship lflzen and the cruiser Asama, which
coaled nnd left Honolulu as soon na'tjic
German gunboat Geler was Interned there
Tho understanding In the Jnpnneso 'col
ciiy In the Islands was Hint tho'lllzcn
nnd Asama wero bound for tho feouth
American west coast.
WAR NAMES FOR BABE
Chiefs of Allies Insplro Proud Par
ents at Christening.
PARIS, Dec 1.
The first "war name" conferred upon a
French baby Is "Raymound Georgo Albert
Nicholas Joffro Pourtalcs " The Infant
Bon of Countess Pourtalcs was so chris
tened today.
President Poincare, King Georgo V,
King Albert of Belgium, Czar Nicholas
and General Joseph Joffro nro commem
orated In the Infant's name.
MONTEVIDEO, Dec. 1
A squadron of German war vessels Is
at the mouth of tho River Plnta, and a
battls with n British or Japanese equad
roh 14, expected momentarily.
Apparently the Geimnns, under Admiral
von Spe, who defeated tho British squad
ron off Jhe Chilian coast tn ffovembcr 1,
sending Hear Admiral Christopher Crnd
ock and ils flagship, tho dbod Hope, and
the cruiser Monmouth to tho bottom, hava
escaped frmn tho pursuing Japanese In
the Pacific and havo passed ttuough tho
Straits of Magellan and reached the South
Atlantic.
A powerful British fleet was sighted sev
eral dajn ai(o off the Brazilian coast,
steaming southward, and it was known
that It had boen sent to form part of a
trap with tho Jnpancso for tho Ocrmnn
squadron.
That tho Gorman vessels nro lying off
this port nnd that thcli supplies are al
most depleted was confirmed today by the
British Btcnmshlp Voltaire, bound for New
York. Tho Voltaire Intercepted wireless
messages being exchanged by four Ger
man warships off tho Uruguayan coast
These messages, tho Voltalro offlccis
said, spoko of supplies required Fear
ing to proceed farther along the const,
tlm Voltalro put In at Rio Janeiro unit
wilt remain In Rio until, she Is assured
that danger Is past.
This wok! from the Voltaire caused the.
British and French consuls hero and
nt Buenos Ayres to hold In port nil mer
chant vessels fljlng their flags
There Is strong reason to bellovo that a
Japanese squadron Is pursuing tho Ger
mans nnd that with tho British they will
pnrticlpnto in tho great sea battle now
expected. Tho French merchantman AN
gcrlne, which has arrived nt Rio de
Janeiro, reports having passed four large
war vessels, which she believed to bo
Japanese The Algerlne gained tho Im
pression that tho Japanese were In pur
suit of a fugitivo German squadron
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PETROGRAD, pec J.
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