Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-12-31
HEAVY PUNISHMENT is
INFLICTED UPON ENGLISH

Berlin. Cby wireless to London),
Dec. 2S.--An official announcements was
given out in Berlin his afternoon as
follows:
Near Nieuport, during the night of
December 24-25. attacks delivered by
English and French troops We're re-
pulsed.
The success of the battle with Eng
l1sh and Indian ~cOntingents near st.
Hubert, can be better judged TODAY.
Nineteen officers and SIS men We're
taken prisoners, while IA machine guns.
IL mine throwers and other war ma
terjal was captured. The enemy left
more than 5000 dead on the field. The
english asked for q cessation OF hos
%tilities to bury the dead. Our losses
were comparatively small.
some mlnoc engagements have
taken place at Libous, southwest Of
Amiens and at Tracy-Le-Val, north
east of Compeigne. We captured 200
prisoners.
In the Vosges, south of Diedolschau-
ser, and in upper Alsace, west of Semi
helm. and also at a point to the south
west of AltlSirch, there were small en-
gagements yesterday. but the situation
remains unchanged.
The evening of December 20 a
French airman threw nine bombs on a
certain small village. No troops were
stationed at this place. There was
p'ls q uoSlllGl. WHICH Was pl1lnlV
marked. No damage of ~seque
was done. In reply to this aerial at
tack. and also the throwing of bombs
on the ope town of F%reiburg. which
is not defended. and outside the zone
of operations. German airmen threw
Medium sized bombs into the outskirts
of Nancy.
Russian attacks in the vicinity of
l.otzen have been repulsed and we
took 1000 prisoners. In north Poland.
to the east of the Vistula, the situa-
ton remains unchanged. We have
ceased our attacks on the Bzura river.
on the right bank of the Pilica. to the
has been successful, Further to the
south the situation remains I'M
changed"
Paris, Dec. 2S.-The French war Of
flee this afternoon gave out an official
announcement as follows:
There have been moderate artillery
exchanges on the front from the sea
TO the L.Ns. On the Lys itself Il heavy
fog has made operations Impossible.
Repulse Counter Attacks.
Between the Lys and the Disc we
have repulsed several counter attacks
of the enemy. notably at Nouiettes to
northeast of Albert and at Lihons to
tn" west of Chaulnes. where "a trench.
captured by the enemy, was lost
AND then r~ecapturcd BY US after .
spirited engagement.
Between the Disc and Aisne reports
from this locality declared that curing
the day OF December "a n very strong
ticrman attack was repulsed at Chivy.
to the northeast of Soupir. In the
region of Perthes the artillery silenced
the batteries Of the enemy which were
b~otnparding the trenches recently oc-
rupied by our troops. Two strong Ger
man counter attack We're repulsed
during the night OF December 24-25.
Yesterday December %. a further
counter attack of particular severity
delivered on a front of 1,500 yards with
Important bodies of troops was ON
pletely checked.
IN the Argonne and between the
Mouse and Moselles. there is nothing to
report.
In upper Alsace December % was
marked by p~erceptible progress in front
of Cernay. We reached the outskirts
of the hills to the west of town and
here we held our positions IN spite OF
several counter attacks. We occupy
also the outskirts of Aspach. the valley
and the heights which dominate Aspach
on TIE west"