Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-12-31
Austrian Forces Are Driven
Back Into Mountains BY
the Cars Troops
STRATEGIC MOVES
: OF TEUTONS FOILED
Germans in Poland Suffer
Reverse; Trench Fights
in the West Continue

Russian announcements Of de-
/ feats of the Germans are dis
puted today by the Berlin war
office, which states that the at.
tacks OF the invading armies in
| Poland have made progress, and
that strong Russian assaults have
been repealed. No mention is
made, however, of the situation in
Galicia, where the Russians are
described as having inflicted
severe defeat on the Austro-
German forces.
The French campaign for repos-
| session of its lost province Of
Alsace, one OF tho first detectives
| OF the armies of the republic after
the outbreak Of the war, appar. Y
emily is making progress.
London, Dec. 29-British observers
OF the progress of the war point this
morning to the admission in the Aus.
TRAN official announcements that Rus
STA Is once more master of the passes
in the Carpathian mountains, and that
the troops along the entire Austrian
front from the Biala river to point
northeast of the Dukla pass seem to be
falling back. This means the with.
drawal of virtually all the forces which
| swept across the mountains to form
the extreme right in the concerted
Austro-German attack on the Russian
armies, and it marks another surprs.
ing reversal of form on the part of the
Austrian soldiers whose battle for.
tunes since the outbreak of hostilities
have been conspicuously cratic
hnYr 1NF~ L H..
the maneuver aiming at combj.ed
AlstroGerman attack On the southern
forces of the Russians. which if Sue
cessful might have imperilled the Rus-
sian left wing. Berlin, however, views Z
the situation in the east with oEtiIn-
ism, intimating that important devel
opments in Poland may be expected
shortly
Fighting in the west has been inter
rupted by q violent storm. Notwith-
standing this hindrance further prog
ress has been made by the allies, ac-as
cording to the French war Office,
The slow and tedious trench war
fare goes on interrupted, with only
slight gains on either side.
The British press comedies the I'M
portance of the trenches near Holle-
/
taken by the Germans, and points cut
that the strategic value Of these posi-
tons has been emphasized recently
| in dispatch from Sir John French,
commander in chief of the British
! forces on the continent. They COM
mand an important crossing OF the
river Lys to which the Germans have
I been holding tenaciously. The taking
| of these trenches gives them d strong
j er foothold.
Fear of Zeppelin raid over London
which recently has more or less sub
sided has been replaced by the posi-
bility of raid by German aeroplanes.
The comparative ease with which
English airmen reached Cuxhaven has
driven home the idea that retalia-
tory visit would not present any great
er difficulty.
! All the machinery to meet air in
vaders has been frightened up. The
off cial warning as to the best steps
to circumvent danger, heretofore is
sued only in coast towns, is now be-
ing circulated in London.
French Report.
Paris, Dec 29.-The official commune
! icarion on the war today says:
"in Belgium, the village of st.
Georges has been occupied by our
troops, who have established them
selves in this location.
From the Lys to the Somme the.
enemy has rather violently bombarded
our positions in the vicinity Of Rehelle,
at ST. Aubin. at lie Quesnoy and at
Pouchoir, to the northwest of Roye.
THE forces of the enemy which had
occupied our trenches in the vicinity OF
the redoubt in the burned forest to the
west of Apremont, have been driven
out after three successive counter ct.
lacks.
Gin upper Alsace, following violent
engagement, we are today closely in
vesting Steinbach, our forces have TAX
en- possession Of the ruins of the chat
eau which is located to the northwest
of this village
i Germans Make Claims.
Berlin, Dec. 29.-(By wireless to
London)-The German official state
ment given out in Berlin today says
the German attacks in Poland have
made progress and that Russian adj
vances have been repulsed
In the west the Germans claim
gains near Newport and Ypres: they
defeated the French not far from Ste.
Menehould; captured trench west of
Apremont and repealed attacks else
where.
LOVE CRAZED MAN