Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-13
GERMAN REFUSES
IN BOTH THEATRES.
OF WAR REPORTED
Allies Regain Possession Of
Extended Section Along
User Canal.
SEVERAL TRENCHES
OF ENEMY BLOWN UP
Front of Forces Advancing To-
ward Warsaw Pierced in
Two Places.
TEuToNs RETIRING IN DISORDER
Presence OF servia's Aged Ruler
Leads to Throwing Back of 4.
Austrians. Ys


The French War Office has ans
nounced, that three German batteries
had been destroyed and others
silenced: that several German trenches
had been blown up; that the allies had
made successful infantry attacks, and
that they had regained possession Of
an extended section along the west
bank of the User Canal, in Belgium to
capture which the Germans engaged
In the most desperate and deadly fight.
Ing In the war In the west.
Petrograd dispatches state the front
OF the German forces which have been
advancing toward Warsaw from tho
northwest has been pierced in two
places. The French official statement
referring to this Same phase of the
eastern campaign. says that violent
German attacks have been defeated
and that the Germans are retiring n,
disorder. Along the German centre.
west OF Warsaw. 1t is said. the attacks
with heavy losses. -5sS -
me servians are said by the French
war Office to have pushed further
their newly won advantage in the
i ,s with the Austrlans, crossing
the kolubara River, In Northwest
seEvia, and capturing two towns.
me oticial German statement saws
tnat attacks of the allies In France md
Belgium have been repulsed, and the
Germans have gained ground near
Arras and In the Argonne region
In daring Turkish naval bomba rd
ment OF the Russian port of Batum
near the eastern end of the RlociS
sea, reported from Constantinople. he
was said 100 Russians were killed..
dispatches did not intimate the
/ enMpac.eT orathe attacking vessels. ~,
GERMAN CRUISER DRESDEN *
! TAKES REFUGE IN INLET,
The German cruiser Dresden was sai, IL
| 10 nave taken refuge from the p,Irs,I
ing British in an inlet on the Pata-
| gonlan coast
! nc mas become apparent that renewed
MN activity In France. the pres
else nature of which has been left IN
uoupt. mas not yet attained the dimen-
sions OF general assault Berlin ia
speculating whether the allies. taltin.r
advantage of Germany's preoccupa tion
-. -. INC Struggle with Russia. will seize
tho opportunity to begin a reneraI
! movement 90
reports from French and English.
sources state the Germans are being.
pushed back slowly here and there. as
though the presen. operations of the
!
| attacks.
me campaign in Eastern Prussia IA
now viewed more compiacently by TIM
allies Petrograd had reported the
Germans were within fifteen miles or
warsaw, but II is now said this adj
vance has been checked.
| 1t Is asserted In Paris that tho coz
man plan of campaign has failed: that
attempts to outflank the Russian rIpbt
ana Ieft have been defeated, and that
the Germans arc now reduced to the
necessity OF making frontal attacks,
Whlch, so far, have been futile and
costly German observers, however.
while frankly recognizing the i'm :;
mense Importance of the outcome, sea
SO reason for believing that the Ger
man plan of campaign is In danger
Of failure. I'7t,7s1i
The mystery of servia's sudden re-
versal of form Is attributed In Paris
to dramatic incident 1t is said
King Peter. Servia's aged ruler, went
to the front when his army apparent
~ was being pushed to eAtremities by
the Austrians. and said to his SOL
dicrs: Your old King has come to
die with you for the fatherland."
Thereupon general assault was or.
dered. resulting in the recently report
ed repulse of the Austrians
FRENCH NOW OCCUPY
WEST BANK OF USER CANAL
| PARIS, December 1.-THE French
| official bulletin given out In Paris this
afternoon says French troops now oc-.
cupy the west bank OF the User Canal.
Artillery engagements, all of them re-
! sulting more or less ndvantageouslyi to
the French, are reported in the region
of Arras, near Nampoel In the 4Aisne,
In the region of Perthes, near the for
est of LaGrurie, on the heights of the
Mouse and in the Vosges. Tho text
Of the communication follows:
The enemy has completed the evac-
uation of the west bank of the User.
Canal to the north of the house OF
the ferryman, and we occupy this
bank.
lin the region of Arras there haNs.
been artillery engagements, In the
region OF Nampoel our batteries have
| reduced TO silence the batteries of the
enemy. In the region of the Aisne our
heavy artillery silenced at the field bat
| teries of the Germans. AT a point north;-
east of Vailly. one of their batteries OF
howitzers was completely destroyed
I'm tho region of Perthes. and In thu
vicinity of the forest of LaGrurie. there
have been artillery engagements and
! some infahtry fighting, which resulted
advantageously to us.
"On the heights OF the Meuse the ary
tillery OF the enemy showed little nc-
| tivfty. On the contrary, our artillery
demolished at DeuSnouds. to tho west
OF Vigneulles-Lcs-H attonchatel. two
batteries of the enemy, one composeiI
| Of guns OF large calsbre and tho other.
used for firing upon aviators. In this
| same region we have blown-upa blocks
! house and destroyed several trenches;
| "Between5 the Meuse and the Moseffs
there Is nothing to report. and In the
Fosges there have ben artlllry engage
Eients. In. the region OF Senones wo
have consolidated the positions gained
! by us the evening before. -