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London. Dec 29.-The investment
by the Russians OF the Austrian fort.
ress of Cracow again has been raised,
Petrograd dispatch says. Following
an attempt made by the Austrians to
divide the Russian forces in Galicia
the Russians retreated eastward fifty
miles.
The initiative in military operations
apparently has been left for the time
being to the airmen. Aerial raids
across the English channel to the
Lower Thames. over Freiburg, Nancy.
Metz and SOchacZew, Poland, and on
the German naval base at CuXhaven
inflicted considerable damage in the
aggregate.
Details of the CuXhayen expedition
still are lacking and although Berlin
asserts that the British aviators ac-
complished nothing it is said in Ham
burg that some damage was done. 1t
is evident, however, that the heavy
| fog prevented the British from carry
ing ont fully their plans.
Activity on land and sea apparently
is diminishing. Even in Russian Po.
land the fighting is becoming less Sc
vere. without a decision having been
reached. Vienna admits that the Aus
trians have been compelled to give
ground before the Galician Carpathi-
ans and in Berlin it is said, the Ger
man attacks along the BZura river,
west of Warsaw, have ceased. PetrO-
grad reports only artillery fire in this
region.
North of the Vistula river in Poland,
where Mlawa was recaptured by the
Germans last week, the invaders seem
to have made little progress. In South
ern Poland, where the German right
wing joins the Austrian left wing,
there has been some fierce fighting,
with slight gains for the Teutonic
allies, Judging from the reports COM
ing from Berlin and Vienna.
Allies Onslaught Checked.
In the western theater of the war
the onslaught of the allies would seem
to have been checked by the counter
attack of the Germans. French troops
during the last three days have made
minor advances, according to the Of
fetal statements given out in Paris
but apparently not at the same rate
OF speed as chronicled fortnight ago
With the exception OF the capture oil
certain Anglo-lndian trenches neal
the Lys last week. most of which the
allies claim to have recaptured, the
efforts of the Germans to send bacl
the allied line appear, in the opinion
of British observers, to have been gen
orally abortive.
The French official statement con
cedes the loss of a section of trenche:
at point south of Ypres, while Ber
lin advices tell of the taking of thes'
, trenches and several dozen prisoners
lS teHCi NluIlll CIuN OllSCo III ASCi
, gium have brought the allies to tn
, foot of the sand dunes west of LON
! baertzyde. on which the German
' have established their line Of resist
j. ance.
: In the region Of LENS, the Frenc
v say, 500 yards of first line trenche
. We're occupied Artillery fighting i
the region of the Aisne and in Chan
pagne, particularly around Rheims an
Perthes, is chronicled The Ffenc
claim progress on the heights Of TIL
= Neuse and the repulse of a Germa
counter attack to the northwest {
!, Steinbach, in Upper Alsace.
In the Vosges the Germans bon
~ barded the railroad station of ST Di
:. Berlin claims repulses of attacl
!, northwest OF Arras, southeast of We
- dun and west of Senhe;m, and sa,
, the naval bombardment of Germa
!, positions on the coast resulted in tt
~ killing Of several inhabitants of Yves
:, ende.
>, Mild weather is impeding the pro