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Evening ledger-Philadelphia-, Saturday, December i'o, nu.
GERMANS BATTLE
FURIOUSLY TO HOLD
BACK FOE AT YPRES
i -'French Continue to Gain in
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lynve wpon l-iinea in ntm
ders 'British Fleet Shells
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PAIU8. Dec. 19.
The French are continuing Uielr nd
Tftnco In the region south oC Tprea, It Is
rifllclally announced In ft ntatemont lsucd
hre this afternoon. The operations In
that district are over swampy ground,
which makes troop movements very dIN
flcult. 8outh of La Bassee. tho French
have advanced mora than half a mite
nd. have also made progress at other
points, reaching the second line of dcr
rhan defenses at -Albert.
The repetition of announcements as to
short gains mado by French troops
hcrw that the Germans aro making des
perate resistance ngatnst the continued
offensive of the Allies. It is raid that
ths fighting In Flanders and northern
France Is tho fiercest that has taken
place during the campaign.
, Moving northeast from Arraa In force
the French and British troops today hold
grounds representing' the moBt Important
gain they have made slnco Arraa was oo
eupied following tho battle of the Alsno
Tor the first time in two months posl
tlorw cost of Arras are in possession of
tho Allies. Fighting is rented in prog
ress today in tho outlying district of
St lAorent and Blangy. This represents
an advance of two and one-half miles
for tho Allied troops. Important advances
also are reported from Armentieres.
British warships havo bombarded Mld
dlekerke, on tho North Sea, Inflicting se
vere damage upon tho German position
there. A successful aerial reconnolssanco
has teen niado over Ostend by the Allies'
artlal scouts, who report the arrival of
fresh German forces at that point The
Germans are working night and day to
strengthen their positions around Mid
dleklrko and Ostend to stem tho advance
of the Franco-Belgian forces, which
pushed to Iiombeartzydo early this week.
The invaders have mounted soma of their
12-centtmeter howitzers at Ostend.
Mlddlokerke lies four miles west of
Ostend and two and a half miles east of
Westende, which waafbombarded several
days ngo by English men-o'-wnr.
It is reported from West Flanders that
the Germans have transported 70,000 fresh
troops to Antwerp and havo strengthened
their lines along the Belgian coast with
30,000 reinforcements.
Itoulcrs N again unotllclally reported to
havo been occupied by tho Allies, but this
Is not borne out by official dispatches
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DEPOSED KHEDIVE O?
is a son of teniae! Pacha, who was
Khedive of Egypt from 1805 I 1879, and
Is an uncle of Abbas Itllml.
The British Acting High Commissioner
for Egypt, Milne Cheeham, has ad
dressed tho following to the new Sultan:
"By reason of your age and experience,
you have been chosen as the prince of
the family of Mehemet All most worthy
to occupy the Khedlval position, with the
title of Sultan of Egypt.
"I give J on assurance that Great
Britain will accept the fullest responsi
bility for tho defense of the territories
under you against all aggression. All
Ugyptlan eubjectn will be entitled to re
ceive the protection of the British Gov
ernment. There will disappear ma re
strictions heretofore placed by tho Otto
mans on the numbers and organization
of the Egyptian army."
DEPOSED KHEDIVE
EGYPT
The British Government an
nounces the appointment of Prince
Hussein Kemal to nucceed Abbas
Hilmi. who is held to be too
friendly with Turkey.
BRITAIN NAMES NEW KHEDIVE
Uncle Succeeds Abbas HUm.1 ns Sul
tan of Province.
LONDON", Dec. 19. Prlnco llussem
Kcmal has been appointed to succeed the
Khedlvo of llKt Abbis llllml, nnd will
take tho tltlo of Sultnn. The new Sultan
RHEIMS SHELLED TO AVENGE
WOUNDING OF KAISER'S SON
Prince August Wllhelm Reported
Hit by French Shell,
TAIUS, Dec. i
tlhclms Is being bombarded again be
cause the Germans are nnscrcd at a
rrench coup by which Prince August
Wllhelm, fourth son of "to Kaiser, was
wounded Such Is tho stoiy which reached.
hero today. i
A Trench army observer rccentiv noted
a vhst amount of preparation for Jsome
sort of n ceremony behind tho German
lines, and was convinced that the Prlnco
was to Inspect tho troops
The observer gnvo the range to a Krtnch
battery and tho guns wcro soncil so
cleverly that an automobile whlcn car
ried tho Prince was struck by a shell
FRESH RUSSIAN LEGIONS
HALT DRIVE ON WARSAW
Heavy losses Compel Cessation of
German Advance.
PETnOGIlAD, Dec, 19,
Heavy reinforcements rushed to tho
Poland front have strengthened the Rus
sian lines there, and every attempt made
by the Germans to pierce the line of
defense established west of Warsaw has
been repulsed.
The heavy losses suffered by the 'Ger
mans have compelled them to abandon
the ndvance which they nttempted along
tho 36-mlle line from Kazunpolskl to
Sklernlewlcc, but they maintain their aa
sults at Tcrcsln on the Sochaczew-War-saw
railroad line.
Fighting with the aid of searchlights,
the Germans made live attacks Thursday
night nt Tcresln. Flerco hand to hand
conflicts developed there, but nfter they
had lasted for seven houra tin, nr.
mans were finally repulsed. It Is estl
mated that In these flvo attacks the Gcr
mans lost 6000 men.
CORNWALLIS-WEST BUSY
RECRUITING IN ENGLAND
Itcport of Husband's Execution False,
Mrs. "Pat" Campbell Hears.
DETIIOIT, Mich., Deo. 19 Tho Informa
tion was received here today by Mrs.
Patrick Campbell, the actress, that her
huiband, George Cornwallls West, is
nctlvclj engaged In recruiting work In
England, nnd that there Is no foundation
to tho report that ho had been shot for
treason.
Some dajs ago a letter was received
by a Salt Lnko City man from his wlfo
In London that West had boi-n dotocted
In the net of rifling private papers of Earl
Kitchener, tried for treason and executed.
New Sultan of Egypt Installed
CAIIIO, Dee. lo Prince Hussein, a
cousin of the deposed Khedive, was offi
cially Installed today as Sultnn of Egypt,
the new British protectorate.
RUSSIAN LINES RETREATING,
STATEMENT FROM VIENNA
Czar Forced to Withdraw Along En
tire Battlefront. ,
VlEMNA, Dec 19.
The beaten nusstan rorees ore In flight
along the entire battlefront of 250 miles,
extending from Krosno, in Gallcla, to the
mouth of the Bsura IUver, In Poland,
west of "Warsaw.
Plotrkow and Przedborg, In southern
Poland, have been stormed and severe
fighting continues In this region.
Plotrkow Is one of tlioT0i
towns of southern Polariftit J, i
canltat of the Government or Mown:
Plotrkow, Which Includes the eltfctj
jjoaz nnu waenoiuunuwn, uoin c&ptjr
Oy ilia urcrumiiB riuunuw g jj
southwest of Lodz. Przedborz l ti
on tho Blvor Plllca, 25 miles soulh
or i'loirnow mm v umen east of
oradowsk.
Tho uaucinn campaign is procwajj
ravoraoiy lor Ausino. j.ne uusaian a
moving on Cracow has fallen hack i
stantly.
Along tho lower Donajeo River Autjj
uerman lorccn mo engaging the
guard of the foe.
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FORCES AT FOE
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portant city of Piotrkow and made
marked advances, while their arms arc
reported as victorious in the Car
pathians. Further ground has been gained by
the French in the desperate fighting
south of Ypres, according to this af-
ternoons communique issued by the
Paris War Office, the advance at La
Bassee amounting to more than half
a mile. At Arras the Allies' advance
now amounts to 2'i miles.
British warships are again bombard
ing the coast, the German positions
at Middlekcrkc having suffered se
verely. GERMANY CAIiXS MEN UP TO 45
ROTTERDAM, Dee. 19. Germany has
called 'up the untrained men of ths land-
nturm born between 1869 and 1878.
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