The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1914-12-17
Emperor Nicholas Is Again
at the Front Trying to
Thrust Back the Turks---
Russians Repulsed at the
Black Sea.
GERMANY PROUD OF
HER men OF. war

grad that the German troops are sweep
ing across Russian Poland and are now
about fifteen miles from Warsaw. TIE
army of General Mackensen is appar-
emily striking forward rapidly, altho
it is said that the other invading ar
mics to the north and south are max
ing little, if any, progress.
F.! Possibility of the German occupation
OF Warsaw is seen in Petrograd, where
it is said that if the Russians should
withdraw from the city for stragetic
purposes, it's capture by the Germans
should not be considered as important,
! Emperor Nicholas is again at the
front, having gone to Transcaucasia,
where his troops are seeking t., thrus.
back the Turks and accomplish Rus
sia's historic aim of planting her flag
on the Bosphorlls.
A Turkish report states that an at
tempt of the Russians to land troocs
on the shore of the Black sea, near Ba-
tum, was repulsed with heavy losses
to the invaders.
Germany is proud of her adventur-
GUS men-of-war in the hour of their de-
struction. The admiralty at Berlin
points out that the warships defeated
by the British in the South Atlantic
have been for four months on the high
seas, deprived Of the use of ports for
obtaining supplies or repairs, notwith-
standing which they were always able
to obtain COAL
The cruiser Dresden, the last sur
vivor Of the five warships which COM
posed the squadron, is reported bottled
up in the straits of Magellan, and her
fate is still in doubt.
Emperor William, the announcement
of whose illness has been followed by
various authenticated reports that his
condition was serious, is said to be ill.,
proving considerably
Little is known concerning the pres
ent conflict in France and Belgium ex-
cept that the fighting is more spirited
and that the allies are making broad,
| though indefinite, claims to success.
The reported turn in the fortunes
of war in Servia, where only recently
the Austrians were described as .ush-
, ing the defending army to such lengths
Jas to threaten it's destruction, is said
IN Nish to be decisive. The claim g
made that the Austrians are retreating
in disorder all along the line and taat
more than $4,000 prisoners have been
taken.
London, Dec. 1.-THE reported rout
of the Austrian forces in Servia, tue
borders of which country they crossed
triumphantly just two weeks ago. TO-
gether with the steady advance of the
German center in the direction of War
saw on this, the third German invas-
ion of Russian Poland, dominates the
war news here.
After occupying LODI the Germans
have been pushing northeast toward
Warsaw, along the railroad. One dis
patch from Petrograd estimates that
they are only fifteen miles from the
Polish capital, while another message
from Petrograd, specializing on tbs
possible fall of Warsaw, warns the
; Russian people that the abandonment
: of this city, if such a move becomes
necessary, should be regarded as a
, stragetic operation on the part of the
) Russians, rather than a decided Ge,.
| man victory.
It is recalled a similar view was ex-
: pressed when the Russians retired
from LODI.
Paris, Dec IAN official statement
ISSUED here says that the enemy was
'active yesterday in the vicinity Of
,Ypres. Three of his attacks were re.
pulsed, but one of the importar:
, French trenches was reached by the
forces of Emperor William.
Nevertheless the French troops, con-
tinue to make progress in the direction
of the enemy's lines, according to the
official report.
Artillery engagements are reported
in the region of Arras, in the Vosges,
as well as in the vicinity of Varenne>,
on the heights of the Meuse. In the
Argonne, the French have advanced
several of their trenches. g
Fred Maley sustained quite a severe
injury to one of his hands while work
ing in the roundhouse at Enderlin. His
hand was struck by a sledge hammer
causing a wound that required several
|stiches to close. .,....... .-r...s...