The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1914-12-18
A GENERAL SURVEY OF
The WAR.


in the South Atlantic diverted attell-
ton from the great struggles in Bel
gil m, France and Poland. The British
admiralty preserved silence as to the
makeup of the squadron which sent to
the bottom the formidable German
cruisers Scharnhorst Gneisenau and
Nurnberg and smaller cruiser Leipzig.
The German line that stretches
across France for more than 200 miles
j. sid ~ tho French war office to be
allies The official statement from
Berlin gives few details of the fighting
in France, although asserting that the
allies in one instance were repulsed
with heavy losses.
German military authorities say that
in the east the advance along the Wis
tn is continuing and that a small Pol
ish town has been captured. AS to
the campaign in southern Poland
the German war office statement says
werely that attacks of the enemy were
rerulSed
Friday, Oct. lit is admitted I'M
officially IN Petrograd that German
troops are sweeping across Russian
Poland and are about fifteen miles
from Warsaw. The army of General
Meckensen apparently is striding for
ward rapidly, although it is said that
tx, other invading armies, to the
i Ia,
any progress.
Both the French and German Of
fetal statements of today indicate that
tie new attempt of the allies to throw
been checked and that in the region
O. Ypres the Germans have not only
hurled back the OncOming force, but
in turn have made an advance.
Saturday, Dec. 21.-It has become
apparent that the renewed military
activity in France the precise nature
of which has been left in doubt by the
indefinite official communications has
not attained the dimensions Of gem
eral assault. Reports from French
and English sources say that the Ger,
mans are being pushed back slowly
here and there
Il is asserted in Paris that the Ger
man plan OF campaign in eastern Rus
sia has failed; that attempts to out
flank the Russian right and left have
been defeated, and that the Germans
are reduced to the necessity of max
ing frontal attacks, which, so far,
have been futile and costly. German
observers, however, while frankly
recognizing the immense Importance
of the outcome, see no reason for be-
lieving that the German plan of cam,
paign is in danger of failure
Constantinople reports a daring ma
val raid on the Russian port of Ba
toum. It is said 100 Russians were
killed by the bombardment of Turkish
Warships.
Sunday, Dec. 13.-The days official
communication issued by the German
army headquarters announces that
several Russian positions in North Po
LAND were stormed and 1900 prison
ers taken. There is no news from east
Prussia or from southern Poland.
The French war Office statement
says: "The enemy ventured three vio-
lent infantry attacks in the region to
the southeast of Ypres which were re-
pulsed In the woods of Lepretre we
have made important progress. Sew
eral attacks by the enemy in the
Vosges have been repulsed"
Italy has reiterated her demand for
satisfaction to the sublime ports for
the forcible removal of G. A. Richard
son, British consul at Hodelia, from
the Italian consulate where he had
taken refuge, for his immediate liber-
alton
The extreme Servian left wing pur-
suing the Austrians has forced them
to re-cross the Drina near Baina Bas-
ia. On the remainder of the front the
Servian armies continue to drive back
the Austrians to the north and north
west