Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-12-02
King Of England Is With
Troops in France and Pres
ident Poincare Goes 10 the
Front to Encourage Soldiers
RUSSIAN GORDON IS
BROKEN BY GERMANS
Fighting in Western War Zone
Is Not Severe, Though In
vaderS Show Signs Of I'M
portant Movement.

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London. Dec. Go y. IN. l--The bat
we IN northern Poland.f concerning
the progress OF which there has been
10 much mystery. Is now being fought
out under the eyes OF the German
emperor. on the one side and the RUS
sian emperor ON the other. There two
monarcha left for the front today so
that virtually the heads Of all the ma
tions at war are with their troops.
The king OF England Is IN France:
the king OF Belgium. az usual. is
spending all OF his time with the sol.
diers, while President Poincare OF
France started today for another visit
TO the northern battlefield.
official news from Poland continues
TO be scanty, and with both headquar-
ters claiming success. II Is impossible
to say how the battle Is going. or It's
intensity. however. there can be no
doubt. t.
Germans Fight Desperately.
The Germans when they started for
Warsaw, dashed full tilt into a mass
OF Russian troops and forced their way
so far In that the Russians closed on
them. This was taken IN Petrograd
to mean that some OF the German di-
vision had been cut orr and that their
surrender or annihllation was inevi-
table.
il appears. however, that fighting
for their very lives and IN tile lsaewi-
edge that great defeat would ,end
the German offensive and compel
them 20 fall back on their own from
tiers. the German TROOPS succeeded In
breaking through the Russian lines
one place and at another IN holdins
their entrenchmeiits against all the
Russian attacks. Their flanISs aro
but seemingly the RutAIans. are not
now In position to gaIn the sweeping
victory they had anticipated.
The losses with the desperate fight
ing that has been going ON for a fort
night, must necessarily be vury heasy
on beth sides.
Gains Made In south.
fgainst the Austfo- Gern.an forces
IN the south. the Russians continue 10
Eain more decisive results. They ara
now in possession of all the Austrians'
positions protecting the carpathan
passes and are said TO have arrived
abreast of Craeow. while their eap-
lures for three weeks number 10000
men,
In the west, although the German
official report says there IL nothing
TO report, tho French official state
ments note a somewhiit lively cannon
ade In Belgian aud German activity
In the north Of Arras.
This may mean that the Germans
have commenced or are about TO com.
mence another attempt TO get through
to the French ports. Certainly there
are some important changes In the
OF the German troops.
but whnt they foroshadow is known
only to the German general staff
Opposing Views Expressed.
Military men here take opposing
ramps, ono side believing that tho
Germans will rest coptent with hold
ing their present positions until tho
close of the battle In Poland where
they need all the men they can get,
while the other looks for an imme-
Hate resumption Of the battle IN
northern France and Flanders.
The Germans, too according to
Dutch reports, are strongly forlifying
<eebrugge and other Belgian ports
against renewal Of the attacks by
he allied fleet The fighting which
las occurred around Ypres Is due TO
ho allies pushing their lines forward.