Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1914-12-17
AFTER FIERCE FIGHTING LITTLE
sLAv ARMY REoccuPIEs
CAPITAL CITY, SAYS
NisH DISPATCH.
DUAL MONARCHY TROOPS
DRIVEN ACROSS ERlNA
Extended Retirement and Heavy Losses
Are Announced In Official Statement
by Austrian War ofice--Ger.
mana Say Hungary Unable
TO RepuIse Russians.

20 Repulse Russians.
London, Dec. 1.-THE seryians aft
err d fierce battle have re-oceupied
Belgrade. according to Nish dispatch
90 the Reuter- Telegram company.
The Austrlans occupied Belgrade De.
ccmber q, having heBieged ii since
July 20, bombArding from batteries
near Zemlin and fromsnonitors on the
Danube, A large portion of the city
was said TO have been destroyed by
tiie fire of the Austrians.
London, Dec. 1.-THE most striking
feature OF the official news Ii the ad.
mission by the Austrian government
OF the defeat of the Austrian army In
sesvia and apparently Of the abandon.
ment OF It's third attempt to invade the
territory Of It's small slay neighbor
While attributing the failure to the
enemys superior force, ~ all govern.
ment bulletins explain failures, the
Austrian war Office announces plainly
an extended retirement ard heavy
losses
q Take New Measures.
New decisions and measures con.
seauently viii be taken to repei the
enemy" says the Austrian statement.
Apparently that means the Austrian
army directed against seryia VIII as
sumo defensive line.
Against les repulae. Austria balances
the occupation of Belgrade az an asset
to the good.
The Seryiana claim to be pressing
home their victory with more captures
OF prisoners aud To have driven part
Of the invading army across the Drina
river. Moreover they express con.
ildence that they are about To retake
the capital and exrel the Invaders
from serylan territory.
HunnaFiana Reslst Russian Advance.
The progress OF the war In northern
Hungary IA less definite Sundays
German wireless report, with candor
squnl to that Of tho Austrian bulletin,
spoke Of the severe resistance which
the German and Austrian arms are en-.
eountering In south Poland and In Ga.
iicia, adding that Ii was evident that
Austrian forces In the I'arpathians are
not numerically strong enough 10 clear
The Russians out OF Hungarian terri.
tory.
But the Austrihns claim that thay
are driving down the northern slopes
af the Carpaihians the Russian lnyad.
era who were last week i'm occupation
of several towns south OF that noun.
tain range
Much Suffering In Poland.
Poland Ia fast becoming another Bel
glnm In point Of suffering. while the
opposing armies drive each other back
and forth, occupy and reoeenpy cities
and villages, and inliict upon the I'll.
habitantg commandments similar ID
those suffered In Belgium and north.
ern France
More than 500 Polish towns have
been ruined, according TO various nc.
suttnis from the correspondents. Zach
army accuses the other OF footing aud
cruelty, The flight OF the civilians
from LODI was one Of the moat tragic
episodes OF the war, while one core.
spondent Retuxea the fate Of kallsz as
repetition OF Isousaine, with the
slaughter Of 400 civilians and the sack.
Ing Of the city.
French Are Successful.
Reports received from the front and
made public Iii tho official statements
issued from the war office during the
Hay. told of d notable success OF the
French arms over the kaisar'a forces
In the forest III Lapretre. The battle
has been raging In that section 0f
eastern France for several days, with
The French steadily advancing ID spite
of the determined resistance OF the
Germans,
The French threw the full force OF
their columns against the Germans,
driving them to the north. and com.
peliing them 70 esaouate positions OF
great strategieal values.
The aggressive campaign OF the
French on the forest of LaPretre
forms d vital portion of the general
plan OF two closely related parposne-
one the Isolation of the German army
corps al 81. Mihiel and the other the
gain of vantage points for the con.
hnuation OF the march toward Nets.
The Vosges region. particularly In
the vicinity of Senonea, where the
French have established themselves
In great force, was again the scene or
attacks. FIRST by one side, then the 9th.
or. The sum Of this iightina has been