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joint on In Dander. Tin French ore
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aa they continue to push their offensive
. against the) Kaiser's troopt.
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afternoon states that bstween the coast
and the Icrs the Allies ha.v already
oiptured several trenches at th point
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aArano they strengthen the captured
josttlorts to hold thorn against any
MTinUr-attaoXs by th Germans.
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' Vaeh fcdraao In. th rsglon of Vr-
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& artinnrT fiuala wars liveliest yes-
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tjntl of Troy-to-TiU, in the Alan and
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Tfca Stench army In AJjuce U preailnx
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naeordtntt to dUpatobia' reoefred liara.
Aldad by torrlflq. cannpnoda from tha
)l.aruna that Cknaral Joffra haa aant Into
that raglen, 'tha rnvador','tnfantry 4 con-alkntly-
bauunerlnr at the German llnea
and la tainlnr .froand at aoveral Im
portant point, in aplta of desperate rs
alatanee, A dUpatch from Btale, SwelUerland,
aaya tha. tha artillery Mrs la ao terrlflo
that houiea'rn that town ore ahaken night
and lay. Thann,' haa; been- converted into
a French otronihold, and tha advance ia
thTatnInr other Important atratrelo
point In Alsatian tarrlt'dryj
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WAR TREND FINDS BRITISH
NAVAL STRATEGY DEFECTIVE
German Cruisers' Swoop on Yorkshire Coast and Escape
to Safety Evidence of Admiralty's Unprcparedness
for Crisis, Expert Declares.
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TO CHECK FOE
Continued- from rare On
In the region of Vennelles, which
town wasf Evacuated by the German
two veeJis'arQ.
Austria's sweep pi -yestern Galicia
ha pushed ie Rusii invaders near
er the IjlfyejjfjSan. JBochnia, 25 miles
east of juia.'cow has-been recaptured)
and the 'AUstrlin. army is now within
60 milesof. 3cmysIN fioth. Russians
and Germans' have hurried reinforce
ments tp the Cracow front', where
battle' is. 'ragingr ovcr a widespread
area. - " ' '
Developnients in the Turkish in
1 vasion of Egypt are shown by an
Alexandria, dispatch? saying the Turks
are iriasatnK material' to bridge the
canaL Qario. isj.eported the proposed
new Islam capital. , . ,
MSTRIANS RETA'KE BOCHNIA;
W0VEAST IN GALICIA
-&reat Battle Sages Over Wide Front
' , Wear Cracow.
.,vra?w Dec. 17.
The recapture o Bochnta, 25 mllea eaat
af Craow, And the adranca of the Aus,
IHan troopa moTlne eaatward in Qallcla
io rJUitn W mllea of the besieged fortreaa
of ?nerayal, la announced today In an
metal abatement fVora 'tha "War Offlce.
Itnialan raslatanee a stubborn In retire
want wl hea.vy flfhtlnK continues east
f Craooir.
Ttuaalan Teinforcementa are pourlnr to
he 0tnth for tha battle whloU haa already
beeun nr Cracow and In western da
llcla. On tho German aide the atrategic
rallwaya are conveylne thousands of
troopa. irhieh w)ll Jcrtn the Austrlari armlea
In tha affort to free Cracow from Invest
ment. Bvarythliur polnta to an engage
want of are&t flo)ence. in which more
than a million men will be engaged on
both aidea, ,
Nw from the dxenstochowa-Cracow
ttonVU meagre;-khd Uttle is known ex.
eept that the. flthtlac haa already started
and that It la axttm?lpg- over a wide front
Tha Russian llnea In central Poland have
not been weakened to strengthen the
forces In the aouth, the men for the new
taalc being- drawn from a large force of
reserve which the Orand Duke Nicholas
haa bean concentrating behind Wir
U U belfered that the plan of the Itus
alan commander la to strike tho Austrian
armlea before the German can loin ih,m
kajid then to deal with tho Kaiser's m'n
M-, .separately. Th Austrian corps which
tfiSs". le? lrom wervja ana sent through
Vl'JDukla Paa. In. .''.tha Qmaihim. .
Sa' pressure on Hungary, are
55i4;'Te,n last ana mo nussuns are retlr
.17 n before- thepv byt .this la all in accord.
- atica with ha prearrange,d taotica. accprd
intr to Ilujalan military authorities.
RUSH WORK ON BRITISH SHIP
By j yt. .T. MABON
UJiW ioittt., pf. 17.-Onceiore the
naval laurel for; personal efficiency passes
tp tho Germans. .The escape of the raid
ing squadron after bombarding the York
ahlre coast Is the severest blow British
naval prestige has suffered. Tho effect
of tha raid on'- the-war Itself Is negligible,
hOt the' demonstration of Individual
prowess obliterates for Germany the bit
terness of the Falkland defeat.
It seems Inconceivable that the British
Admiralty had not taken Jnto consider
ation a raid In fore straight across the
North Sea from the German naval bases.
Yet., If plana were drawn to Intercept the
raiders, the British were caught napping.
Tha humiliation for England Is all the
greater because three battle cruisers took
part In the costal dash.
These vessels form an Important part
of Germany's first line sea strength. Had
they 'been destroyed the loss to the
Kaiser's navy would have been of mjst
serious Importance It haa been the
Orvont prayer of all England from the
outbreak of the war that part or all of
tho German first line strength would
vsnture Into the' open sea away from the
shelter of' the land fortifications. Now
tiiat they have omo forth It la revealed
that tha' British navy was unprepared
for these conditions.
The British Admiralty haa always
been ready to declare It could not pro
tect tho entire English coast against
occasional Isolated raids. Nevertheless
Englishmen have never taken seriously
the possibility of a bombardment such oa
occurred yeatorday and the escape of all
the enemy's ships. How the. Germans
got away doubtless will constitute matter
for rigid naval inquiry.
Several possible reasons present them-'
selves. A mist Is mentioned as assisting
their disappearance. Perhaps It contrib
uted more than any other one cause.
Possibly, oo, tho Oermati warships suc
ceeded In "Jamming" the wireless so that
hotlflcntlon ot-'the presence pf the Ger
mans could not be sent to the British
flccls nt sea. The strength of the Ger
man squadron-may also have been an Im
portant reason for Ihe Mcape. Only
Urltljh, first-line alilps could hnvo hoped
to engage the raiding bnttto cruisers
Without disastrous possibilities for them
selves. It Is believed none of the Brit
ish patrollng Hlilps In the North Sea Is a
capital vessel. Thcso are supposedly
kept In seoret places, safe from subma
rine attacks, waiting for an emergency
Of the entire German battle fleet which
may wish to contest the control of the
seas.
Under these conditions the only ships
capable of sufficient speed and gun power
to force an Issue with the German raid
ers have been too far from the scene.
Probably each of these three factors
played a part In the escnpo of tho Ger
mans. Nevertheless It Is Impossible to
evade the conclusion that British nnvnl
strategy has been defective In not taking
Into adequate consideration a raid under
conditions such as prevailed yesterday.
. The facility with which the Germans
broke through the cordon of British war
ships suggests that a raiding squadrpn
might make Us way to the North Atlan
tic and demoralize British shipping. As
a concluding effort to do all possible
damage to Great Britain, tho plali might
be nttempted. But Its success Is Improb
able. The raid on the Yorkshire coast uhs
made under conditions permitting quick
return home. A voyage Into tho Atlantic
would nako this Impossible and would,
In effect, commit tho strategic ofTcnae of
separating the Oermnn navnl strength.
1-Vrthermore, a German fleet would have
difficulty reaching the Atlantic because of
British mine fields blocking the Northern
and Southern exits from tho North 8eu,
Only a desperate resolve to harm to the
utmost Germany's chief onemy and com
plete tho final total of damage before
peaco comes would Justify the hazard of
an Atlantic venture,
CZAR FALLS BACK
AS GERMANS DASH .
ANEW ON WARSAW
Wedge Drives With Terrific
Eorce to Point Tweniy-fiYe-
Miles From Polish
Capital.
VON SPEE'S DEFEAT
DDETO MISJUDGING
ENEMY'S STRENGTH
German Ships Fought Brave
ly Against Odds in Battle
Off Falkland Islands.
. One British Ship Damaged
BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 17.
The n'rat complete story of the battle
off the 'Falkland Islands between the
British .and' German fleets was brought
here today from Punta Arenas by the
steamship Orlia.
At the; same time from Punta Arenas
comes -a story-that the' captain of the
cruiser Dresden', which escaped during
the ngljfhfh'as.. stated that a miscalcula
tion aa to;the fctrenglh". of the: British
led. Admiral. you..'Spee to give" battle,
which' resulted-lh the destruction of his
squadron:, . , . ,.
The British, fleet. Including the battle
cruisers Invincible and Inflexible and
the crl,serS Kent, Cornwall, Carnarvon;
.Bristol and Glasgow, put In at the Falk
land for coal that they might continue
their search for the German fleet, the
Orlsa story states, At the Falklands
they found the Canopus guarding the
porta. There were thus eight British
warships" assembled when on the morn
ing of the Sth smoke from the German
fleet was sighted. '
Evidently Admiral von Spee concluded
that the British fleet was composed only
of light cruisers,-for he steamed directly
upon .the squadron of Vice Admiral Sir
fFrflderiok. Sturdee. The German fleet
came wtmn tnree miles ot ine uriuan
before" the 'full, strength of the latter ap
peared to be discovered.
The'"Scljarnb!orst; ' flying Admiral von
Spee's flag.' the' Gnelsenau and the Ielp--
zlg rounded . Into attle line. The Ntirn
.berg and 'Dresden remained In the rear
out of range; and as tha two larger ves
sels closed In with the British they en
deavored to escape.
The Leipzig was the first German vessel
to go down. The Glasgow sank her
quickly, The Brjtlsh vessel? then con
centrated their fire on the flagship
Scharnhorst. It was not until an hour
after 'the sinking ot the Leipzig, how
ever, that the Scharnhorst was accounted
fojv On Are, ""but with her guns still in
action, the' Scharnhorst refused to sur
render. j.Th,e, British ships redoubled their
terrible lire, and the flagship finally dived
to the bottom, bow first, carrying the
German fleet commander with her.
With the Scharnhorst disposed of, the
British turned their attention to the
Gneisenau, The fight lasted for two
hours. On fire, her guns silenced' and re
duced to a mass of ruins, the Gneisenau
went down.
Tho Nurnberg was sunk 80 miles from
the scene of the main engagement after
being run down by one of tho British
cruisers. ' The cruiser Carnarvon gnvo
chase to the Dresden, but was outdis
tanced. Tha colliers which had been serving the
German fleet were left exposed and un
protected by the sinking of Admiral von
Spee's ships, but they refused to sur
render, A few shots froln each of the
British ships sent them to' tho bottom.
According to the latest story rcjichlng
here, the British cruiser Cornwall was
damaged below the water line, but the
Injury was not serious. The other vessels
escaped entirely uninjured. The British
losses are declared to havo been eight
kilted and four wounded. Of the crows
of the four German vessels sunk only
91 men. were saved, It' is stated.
Unconfirmed reports continue to be re
ceived here that the Dresden has been
sunk. The latest declares the Glasgow
has succeeded In running the German
cruiser down.
SERBS JOIN MONTENEGRINS
IN BOSNIAN INVASION
80,000 Austrians Held as Prisoners
In Servla.
N1SH, Dec. 17.
'Official announcement wns made today
'tiiat Servian, troops pursuing the Ausr
trlans across the Drlna River had efi;
fected a Junctures with t,he Montenegrin!
troops and captured Vlshegrad. Bosnia
The total. number of Austrian prlsr
oners now held by the Servians is placed
at" 80,000 In an official statement heri
today.
KAISEtt MUCH IMPROVED
BERLIN, Dec. 17. The Kaiser's health
Is not causing, any alarm In Berlin. He
caught the grlppti Jn Poland, but It Is
learned from a confidential source that he
haa sufficiently Improved and expects to
return to the west front In two or three
days.
1'ETnpGRAD, Dec. 17.
The German drive nga'lnst Warsaw was
renewed yesterday with terrific force,
compelling tho Russians to fall uncle n
short distance.
Only n battle, which probably will be
ihe bloodiest of tho entire eastern cam
paign, can scttto the Issue In central
Poland.
This Is the belief here today, based upon
official and unofficial reports received
from the battle front. To combat the
fresh German forces, which have been
brought up along tho south hank of the
Vistula In the llow-l.owlcz region, the
Russian army defending this tine lias
been reinforced by upwards of "50.000 men.
It Is admitted that Upon ttie extreme
Russian left In southern Poland and Ga
licia Btubborn fighting Isjn progress. The
Germans arc reported to bo weakening
their lino In tho Czenstochowa region by
hurrying troops to eastern Galicia to
aid thn Austrians.
Tho struggle now going on before War
saw Is believed to bo Hearing Its crucial
point, It Is not believed -that the Ocrmnns
can continue to hold their prcsont posi
tions unless they nre able to clear the
regions to both north nnd south, which
aro continually harassed by Russian cav-
nlry. Tho fighting is progressing over n
lTglOII doVnatntl'd bV (Wn mnntlm r rnn,
fllct, offering virtually nothing In the way
of provisions and providing little shelter
uatiuuni- uuin nnu snow.
The Germans liavq dispatched large
forces of their troops In Silesia, which
wore intended to reinforcu Cracow, or to
offer a defense before Breslau If tho Rus
sians succeeded In taking the Gntlaian
city, to tho Carpathians, where nn Im
portant movement Is taking placo.
Russian forces of great strength have
swept through the Carpathian passes Into
Hungary nnd nre now In conflict with an
Austrian army there. The advance In
force has progressed to a point which
threatens the railway line running to' the
cast from Budapest. The Austrian army
corps opposing the advance have been
been mado uu from tho third reserve.
Strengthened by veterans from the Serv
ian campaign.
The Gorman, army has begun a rapid
concentration at the extreme left of
their Lowlcz-Ilow line, virtually .on tho
banks of the Vistula. They have thrown
a bridge across tho rfver Southeast of
Plock, preparatory to crossing tho Vis
tula to tho rear of the Russian. line run
ning between Plock and a line south of
Mlawa.
HOLLAND EOAD CLOSED
AMSTERDAM, Dec. .-Thc road from
listen, In Holland, to Lobcth, In Ger
many, was closed today by tho Germans.
Nobody Is- now permitted, to crpss the
frontier from the Netherlands Into
Germany.
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To give you a complete account of ever-y detail of Sunday's
activities, the Evening Ledger will have reporters and
camera men covering every phase of the revival. The
Evening Ledger will give you every event, every sermon,
everything identified with the movement, even to the pub
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