Arizona republican., 1914-12-25
TRUCE FAILED
 ARMIES FIGHT
Pope Benedict's Scheme fol. Christmas Days Peace Brings No Fruit-Strug- gle on Fiercely as Ever, Both East and West

LONDON, Dec 24-Instead of the dict endeavored to arrange, Chrctmas Eve finds the armies of the belli- gerent powers engaged in fierce bat | ties on both eastern and western i fronts. In the west the allies ham mer is tapping at the German en- trenchments, trying to find a weak spot, while in the east the Russians, who have been driven back from the i Austrian and German frontiers, are seemingly on the defense, turning, i have counter attacked the Austro- [ German forces
 Tt is noticeable that Vienna uses the ] adjective favorable in referring to the battles in the Carpathians but contents itesf with saving that the severe battle along the lower Dunajec River, on the Krosno- -Tuchow line continues. Strik- i ingly frank and interesting is the oH- cial Vienna report concerning the Aus l trian withdrawal to Servla, which is | due to the terrible conditions of the country, also the fact that the Servians had been reinforced The Austrians 1 lost considerably in the retreat but the spirit of their army is unsurpassable. 1 Tie Austrian general staff refutes the allegation contained in the bulletin of ! the Russian general staff that the Aus trians lost 5000 prisoners and a num- Der of machine guns, declaring this re port IS quite unfounded. The total Austrian loss in killed, wounded and missing during the fights alluded to was 307. No machine guns were lost. l The Russey StovO, a Petrograd news paper, reports Turks and Kurdish troops occupied nearly the whole of the Persian province of Azerbaiian, in northeast Persia) and that Julia is manaced.'
 The Germans in their rush toward 1 Marshal Von Hindenburg, drove the ! Russians over the Bzura and Rawka Rivers and they themselves succeeded in crossing the rivers but according to a Russian official bulletin tonight, the Germans there reached the main Rus sian line and were routed. From this report it is gathered the Germans di- rected their main attack against the
 Russian front. which lies along the banks of the Bzura and thence south ward to the Pilica, but without suc- cess Along the rest of the front south to the Carpathians. the Russians claim similar victories. but on the east of tho Prussians frontier the Germans appar- enIly turned the scales on their adver- saries and after having retreated to theil
 own territory, resumed the offensive and are again back in Wlawa. whence
 they originally tried to outflank the
 Russian forces north of the Vistula anC
 work their way to Warsaw from tho
 north. Even now it is possible for tho
 Germans to resume outflanking tao
 tics, while keeping the Russian centel
 busy by making frontal attacks hopfnf
 to get into Warsaw by the back door
 All that is certain at present is the two i armies whose numbers can only b,
 roughly estimated are engaged in ont Of the greatest battles in the world. history on front which extends iron East Prussia to the Carpathians, il
 which the advantage sways from frs to one and then the other England
 this morning experienced an aerial at
 tack when a German aeroplane coming
 from the Belgian coast, flew over Dov- CT and dropped bombs in the Garden O.
 St. James rectory, which is in iron
 of Dover Castle No damage was done Two British aeroplanes immediately
 rose in pursuit, but the Germans es caped Tn the mist