The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1914-12-05
PRzEMYSL FALL
is NEAR, REPORT
Russian Army Is Eight Miles
From CTacOw.
HAR'S MEN REGAIN RAILWAY

More Troops Before Ypres In an At.
tempt to Gain coast-Belleve Move
May Be Feint.
Portugal now has four expeditions un.
oer arms, and a decree has been
published providing for the mobiIiza-
ton OF another division. Premier
maeFf~ - announced that four ex.
petitions we're prepared for service
In Africa, where the Germans are
threatening the Portuguese posses.
sions Of Angola. The division to be
mobillzed will be ready for service
anywhere IL is needed.
The Archbishop Of Przemysl who is
enroute to Rome, declares in an in.
terview published here, that the sit.
uation of Przemysl Is desperate and
the surrender Of the fortress immi.
nent. The hospitals are crowded, he
says, the mortality is enormous and
the food supply exhausted.
n dispatch from Petrograd 10 the
Times says: "The Russians are max
Ing progress In the nelehborhood
Of cracow. They are now within
eight miles Of the city,
An attempt TO escape made by a thou.
sand prisoners in the concentration
camp at Lancaster, was thwarted by
the guards who charged the mob
with fixed bayonets, wounding sew
eral.
LONDON - The Petrograd cor.
respondent of the Times says the Rus.
SLAMS have retaken StryKow. thereby
regaining possession OF the Lodz-War-
saw Railway. He adds:
There is no perceptible alteration
IN the relative positions OF the oppos.
ing armies in Poland and the Germans
apparently still maintain their hold on
the central region west OF Lowiez.
The situation remains extremely inter
esting and hazardous"
Emperor Nicholas has arrived at the
theatre OF war in Poland, according to
an official announcement,
Russ Reform Center.
The failure OF the Russian forces to
envelope the German army in the VI,
entity of Lodz and the determined Of
fensive taken by the kaIser's army in
fighting It's way out OF the corner into
which 1t had been driven, placed the
Russians In serious position for a
time. This, II is evident today, made
necessary the reformine OF the Rus.
EjaI. center In Poland. There has
consequently been full in thet fight
ing, but thu forces of Grand Duke
Nicholas are now declared to present
a solid front and are prepared to press
70 vigorous attack.
Calls Movement Failure.
BERLIN Major Moraht, the
military writer in discussing the east
ern situation in the Tagerblatt. says:
1.-THE operations around Lodz seem
ed to foreshadow The surrounding and
annihilatiou % thg Ds acu main body,
but the Germans tA elFes were sur
rounded by strcnE gaslan reinforce.
ments from the ca, ana south The
Germans, however, lihc~a,ed them
selves with heroic energy from this
development and resumed their at
tacks with indomitable persistence.
"The gigantic offensive movement OF
the Russians from Soldau TO Cracow
has already failed.
Compel Change OF Tactics.
Russia has already been compelled
% change her whole plan OF campaign
which often enough decides final VIC
tory i'm favor of the opponent. What
has already occurred means an enor-
nous weakening of Russia's military
power Germany and Austria have
captured about 100000 unwounded
prisoners, at least an equal number
must have been killed or wounded and
the losses through sickness must
reach 100000 Ilhis means one-third
OF Russias best troops.
"rhe newer formations are lacking
I'M the military qualities necessary to
charge Russia's destiny, and the fail
ure OF the plan Of operations therefore
means the irretrievable impairment OF
Rsssia's offensive power
Russ Attack 7epIlsed.
VIENNA - An Official state
ment from the war office says:
"In western Galicia and Russian Po-
land il was quiet yesterday. A Rus.
sina attack northwest of Wolbrom was
ropulsed. The battles on the plain
west of Nova Radomsk and LODI are
developing favorably"
King George on Firing Line.
LONDON King George Of
England, who has been visiting the
British lines in Flanders, went out to
the firing line, according to tele-
phone message received by the Eve.
ming News from Calais.
Teutons Bring Up 100000 Men.
LONDON Heavy cannonad.
ing by the Germans with vigorous
repIv by the allied guns marked the
y>yg,ssng In the region between lpres