Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-12-04
FALL OF CRACOW LAY OPEN
ROADS TO BERLIN
AND VIENNA.
RUSSIAN CENTER AssAILED
Interest Centers on Struggle Be-
tween Germans and Rus.
slams.

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battle in the west, which has assumed
the proportions of a heavy cannon
ade in widely separated points and
only occasional infantry attacks the
| interest now centers almost entirely
in the struggle between the Russian
and German posts in the east.
| AT last the Russians have appeared
within firing distance Of Cracow.
Their steady advance from Przemysl
| has been without single real check.
They reported mounting heavy bat.
teries around Wielczke, which they
occupied yesterday, from which the
outer forts of Cracow can be reached.
The fall of Cracow would lay open
the roads to Vienna Breslau and Ber-
lin.
1t is apparent that new. battle has
developed southwest of LOdz where
the Germans have formed new line
and with fresh troops are again try
ing to penetrate the Russian CENTER
The first Australian and New Zea-
land continents have landed in Egypt
| for operations against the Turks.
| Portuguese reinf0rcements have
reached Angola to take the offensive
against the Germans on the African
borders. ~
Trouble at Zeist. -1@
| Additional troops have been sent
to Zeist, Holland, to strengthen the
guard at the Belgian concentration
camp, where rioting broke out yester-
day, according to All, Amsterdam dis
patch. The Dutch troops fired on tue
Belgians, killing six and woundtng
niue. The trouble is attributed to me
discomfort Of the interned Belgians
at not being allowed to receive visits
from members OF, their families. The
unrest continues. 3,
n stilrsNeutrs. N, \; II. II
The big political event Of today was
the announcement by the premier Of
Italy that nothing had interviewed TO
prompt Italy to alter her policy OF
neutrality. 2 =
krupps Bombarded. III
| A Berlin dispatch says: "The Krupp
factory at Essen, Germany. was bonn
barded yesterday by an aeronaut. 1t
is said that bombs were dropped from
the aeroplane on the buildings devOt,
ed to the manufacture of cannon. The
arman escaped uninjured. The ex-
tent of the damage has not yet been
ascertained .-,.s
Stranded in Galicia.
London, Dec. "a Reuters dis
patch from Petrograd says that pitt
full appeal was received by the muni-
cipal authorities from Lemberg, urg-
ing that relief be extended to the
Russian widows and orphans and 9th
er destitutes stranded in Galicia.
About 10000 Russians, the appeal
says, were arrested by the Austrians.
The Russian army rescued 1000 OF
these. The remainder were taken to
the interior Of Hungary and nothing
has been heard of them since their
departure. The appeal says that
since the beginning of the war 1000
men have been executed in Galicia.
Swinton's Views.
There has been lull recently in the
active operations in France and Bel
GUM, says Colonel Swinto an eye
witness with the British expeditions
airy force, in reviewing the operations
of the six weeks prec ding November
26th.
No progress has been made by eth
er side. He explains the movement
from the River Aisne to the Belgian
frontier was to prolong the left flank
of the French army and says thai In
attempting this the British force was
compelled to assume the responsible
ity for a very extended section OF the
front.
He points out that the British held
only one-twelfth of the line, SO the
greater share of the common task OF
opposing the enemy fell and still falls
to the French, while the Belgians
played almost a vital part.
The British front is now consider
ably shortened and reinforced while
the lull in activity has enabled the
commanders to readjust their forces
and strengthen positions and bring
up reserves. There has. therefore,
"been a great general Improvement
in the conditions under which we are
carrying on the fight" he says, and
adds that the fact that the situation
is relieved is no reason for assuming
that the enemy have abandoned their
intentions of pressing through to the
sea. He says that the German losses
are tremendous. as also are those Of
the Allies. sA