Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-12-16
Summary of War
Nelos of Yesterday


The Ions cNpcetcd altctrpl ~ the
allies to advance. scems in be under
way IN nelrlum and u mn crcdonce
is Ia he eiycn thc official reports. i'm
porlani gains have hccn made y, the
Ficnch. Iifitsh and Rclemns
From Nleuporl. SAYS ihc Frenoh or-
ficial ,taieincnt the rtomh. l,clpimn
troops have debouehod and occupied
tho line frnm the west of lamhacrt-
ydc 10 the farm of Saln, Georges
l.omhaenxydc lies about one and onc-
half mies L. the Eortheast of Nlcu-
port and Saint Georges is about one
mile southeast of Nieuporl This OPP
Grafton has given them a line run
ming virtually a mile to the east Of
Nlcuporl aud extending almost north
and south for distance of about two
miles.
Similarly The French report gains
along threc-mlle llnc from ilol-
heke TO wylschaete. to the south If
Yprcs against which city German M
tacks of violent nature were being
directed almost necessarily u few DAYS
ago.
Further 60 the east there has hecn
a gain OF nearly a third of mile IN
the direction OF Klein zillebeke.
The French war office admits the
success of thc German infantrymcn
in gaining foothold at seinbach, in
Alsace. although declaring that the
French stll hold the heights over
looking that place.
In Russian Polund the Russians
claim continued success In the Mlawa
region, but report large forces of Ger
mans concentrating on the left bank
OF the Vistuln. with the arrival OF
German reinforcements along the
front. For two days there has been
fierce fighting In the nelghborhood Of
Lowicz, each side alternating In taxi
ing the aggressive.
Regarding these operations Berlin
announces that owing to the numer-
ical superiority OF the Russians the
German column which had advanced
from Soldau. cast PRUSSIA, by way of
Mlawa In the direction of ciechanow,
has had to reoccupy It's old position.
That Warsaw. which had been the
Germans objective for weeks past is
not particularly disturbed over the
outlook, is Indicated by dispatches
from the Polish capital which de-
scribe the city as gaily decorated,
crowded with shoppers and pervaded
with the Christmas holiday spirit.
Though the Austrians have been
forced TO withdraw from Belgrade,
and now occupy only very small
section of Servia, they balance against
this strong offensive In western
Galicia which. they declare, has COM
PEELED the Russians to retreat and re-
suited in the capture OF Sl,ooo prl-
soners.
Every casualty list carries the
names of men of distinguished fam
lily who have fallen or are In the
hands Of eihe enesny.r Word now
comes that the son of the former
French premier. Louis Barthou, has
died from wounds received at the
front and that u SON of the imperial
German chancellor. DR.. Won Beth
mann-Hollwcg. has been wounded
and Is a prisoner among the Russians.
The American government has de-
cidcd to send American warships to
the Panama canal zone TO guard
against violations of neutrality there
By the ships of the belligerent pow
crs.
The converted German cruiser
Cormorant, which recently arrived at
Guam, an American possession in the
Pacific ocean, has interned there. The
German cruiser Dresden the last OF
the German squadron of five which
was defeated by the British warships
in the south Atlantic on December 8,
according to the latest reports, has
sailed from Punta Arenas, in the
Strait of Magellan. where she took
refuge. with one or more British
cruisers In pursuit.
The British official press bureau
announces that the sinking of the
battleship Bulwark was due to an
explosion caused by the accidental
ignition of the ammunition on board.
Turkey has complied with the de-
mand of Italy by returning the Brit
ish consul at Hodeida. Arabia. TO the
Italian consulate. from which he had
been forclbly removed. and has made
an explanation with the promise of
punishment for those guilty of the
breach of diplomatic relations.