Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-12-17
4 GENERAL SURVEY OF
The WAR

ports h that the most violent ofno1t ~
made By the German armies In the
north was A. fruitiess ~ their many
lesser attacks Ia ths past -FOUR wssks.
n they hold Dixmuds. IL tovn y =
no profit TO thom. for - unDen4ing
nne of the allies holds the ieft Rank q
the User and bars the way 10 Dsnktrk
and Calais ~ staunchiy - he west
nank and center blocks III roads y
Paris. No real bsissf h sntartakned
that the Germans are rsaAy = admit
defeat BY ! retreat to esatyai Belgium,
but the question ID asked. Hew loag
can they endure. without any proAt,
such terrible lesses ~ theU have ~
Gently suffsreds
Tho finest OF German troapa. tAe
Prussian guard. have been thrown
back for days in successien Nv the
British and Preach defending Yr~ea,
which seems 70 be hsal inpvsgna4eg
BY the slliss.
Aliiss Creeping Forward.
The latest ofical Asvs no. ~
west flank seems 70 shsw Inst - -
lies are creeping forward 1Som -
Lys to the Otss, tAkiAs Advantage u
misty weAthsr to advances tAelr
trenches until now tAsy Ars from ~
70 $40 yards from the baxbsd wire -
tangismsnt dsfsnding Ne 0esEaa
Inca.
II u oficially reported tAat ~ aniss
have had the better u NJ nghllng
along the Aisno. whore rsoentfy 0ey
captured Tracy lie Val, naAs psoeve4s
at several points northeast - Gs1ssons
and repulseA the Germans 1t Cah-
vonns, souptr and Bssvy Az Bas. u
appears that General Joffrs h hAdfng
the men 70 press an attack On The Cor
man center, an attack which h bseonar
Ing more and more sagnin0ant with
each days slight bsk steady AAvsnss.
Germans Center Thslv Assseiss-
Tho essential point Of the lass r.
ports Is that the Germans have net
been able to profit By their slight a.
vance at the points mentioned In Bel
gium. although they have attached
nercely night and day. The allies
could not b dislodgsd from thsiF
stronghold 1t Ypres and continue .
resolutc defense east Of Armsntisroz.
The Prussian guard attacked the Brit
ish troops and wore repulsed South
ward along the west flank to the Disc
the fghting has been less severe. II
appears from the Official reports that
the Germans have conferred their ~
tack on the line Of Dixmude- Yprss-Ar-
mentieres, evidently under pressure t.
reach the French coast ct any sacrt-
noe.
Progress at Other poInts-
II the fortunes Of the day were
slightly against the allies IN the north,
they had distinctly the better Of tbs
fighting north OF the Aisne, where they
withstood violent attacks, and In some
places made now advances through ths
fortified line long hsid BY the Ger
mans Progress vas made n the 70
gfon Of Tracy lie Val and near Barry
Al Bac. They defeated ths Germans
| Ia an artillery duel near CyAsnns ard
! demolished German guns. N despee-
| ats hand to hand flght near vatlly tasy
| maintained positions aad drove -
| Germans back. The of1cial informar
tion ~ to the nghting 1t the east =
| the line Il that the Germans attached
heavily near verdun without resnlA
| Tho battle Vine has not changed fsv
several days, the Germans cling te the
position at st. Hihiel. between Verdi
! and Toui, the French preventing any
| further advance and continuing -
I lombard St Nihiol.
A statement issued BY the Russiaa
star shows that the Russian army ~
vading East Prussia has maintained
| it, advance until 1t now holds Liz
about fifteen miles within German -
ritory.
Moving on to cracow.
| From German sources 1t Is learned
| that there 10 : general panic am0n9
| the Inhabitants Of Silssia and thai
| thousands are fleeing westward many
| toward Berlin. The c0mmandAnt a
Dresden has issued an urgent warniAs
J against the spread OF rumors, WIKI
1 have already caused much exeitsmsn1
and damage. 1t y reported fyom Bsv.
/ lin that the great lsndholdeTs Of Sill.
sia are urging the kaiser to ~ eonteat
with q defensive In the west 80 - -
spare the eastern provinces from u
humiliation Of Rusrian occnpation.
It's Russians appear to have made
| progress equally rapid In the region 81
Cracow. Newspaper correspondents
report that the Russians are at thu
very gates OF Cracow AMI that battle
| for the possession Of the city II i'm
minent. The Germans have been dig
| ging trenches and erecting barbed
wire entanglements along the whole d
the Russo-German frontier, with the
object of barring the progress Of the
| Russian forces. II is understood thai
the main plan is to retire on the for
tresses OF Koenigsherg Thorn Grau
/ denz, Posen. Glogau, Bresiau ane
Neisse