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Hard to To Fer From Reports
Which Side Has Best
of Battle.
LITTLE MOVEMENT IN BELGIUM
Allies and Germans Satisfied with
Exchange of Artillery Fire
Kaiser Sending Reinforce
ments to Poland.
--latest Dispatches }


gress of the battle in Poland, which
continues to monopolize interest, still
is lacking. An unofficial dispatch
from PetrOgrad says the battle OF
LODI has ended in success for the Rus
slams, but this statement os opposed
to that of the Berlin official report,
which says the German offensive in
Poland is taking its normal course
The fact is that the fighting in this
region has developed into such jum-
BILE that it is almost impossible to fol-
low it. The most important factor
from the Allies point Of view, is that
the German advance on Warsaw SEEM
ingly has not succeeded in its object,
nor has it had the effect of diverting
the Russians from their forward
movement through the Carpathians-
and on to the Plains of Hungary or
against the fortress of Cracow around
which they are drawing closer ring
of men and artillery.
Taking into consideration the case
Of Przemysl which has held out so
long against the Russian attacks, mill
tary men do not look for the early
fall of Cracow and are rather inclined
to believe that the armies of Emperor
Nicholas will endeavor to keep the
large Austrian force inside the fortress
and enter Silesia from the southeast
More Germans to Poland.
The attempted resumption Of the
German offensive following the re-
forming of the lines of the invading
army has been without result, it is
asserted.
Heavy re-enforcements are being
rushed forward by the Germans to-
ward the southern end Of the line and
at least five corps are believed to
have reached Czenstenchowa. A strong
movement by these forces along the
railroad toward Radomsk and Piotr-
kow in an attempt to relieve the pres
sure on the center is anticipated.
Little Doing In Belgium.
The latest official statement from
Paris says that there has been an
intermittent but fairly spirited can
nonade between the railroad from
Ypres to Roulers and the highway be-
tween Bece1aere and Pass Glendale,
in which the infantry of the Germans
endeavored to gain ground, but quite
without success. From the SOmme to
the Argonne region there is quiet
along the entire front. In the Ar
come there have been several at
tacks on the part of German infantry,
but all were repulsed by the French
troops, principally at La Corne, to
the northwest of the forest of Grurie.
Allies Artillery More Effective.
The present activity of the German
artillery IS believed to. be a prelude
to another formidable and concentrat-
ed onslaught somewhere on the allies
line. This line is believed by both
British and French experts to have
been made impregnable since the last
German effort was so nearly success
full in hammering its way through.
It appears to be established that in
recent artillery duels the allies have
| found their heavy guns capable Of
| overbearing artillery of the enemy.
| This has been emphasized in many
of the recent dispatches of General
Joffre, commandments of the
French forces.
British Flood the Desert.
great area of the desert east OF
Port Said has been inundated. Follow
ing the sharp lesson which was
| learned November 20, when Moslem
forces defeated a detachment of Brit
ISL and were able 70 announce they
had reached the Suez canal, the mill
| tary authorities took that method of
rendering the city immune from at
! tack.
British to Montenegro?
A dispatch from Berlin says that
according to an unofficial announce
ment made there several transports
escorted by British and French war
ships have reached Antiyari, the sole
| seaport of Montenegro. Thee Austrian
| ships guarding the coast are said to
have retired before the newcomers.
French Boys Into the War.
The three hundred thousand youths
Of Is years in France, who normally
would begin service in the army in
| October, 1916, are by government de-
| cree to be called to present themselves
for examination beginning on the goth
| of this month. Their military train
| ing probably will begin next March.
His Life on 1o-Cent Bet.
Chicago, Dec. 5.-A coroher's jury
today was expected to free W. J. T.
Campbell, who shot and killed Al
Brand, his best friend, in playing a
| William Tell" role. Brand bet Camn-
bell 10 cents that Campbell couldn't
shoot a pipe out of his mouth.