The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-12-18
SERv|ANS RE:.TA.I.EE
CITY Of BELGRADE
NlSH REPORT DECLARES THAI
INVADING AUsTRIANS HAVE
BEEN DRIVEN OUT. <
MOSLEM CRUISER IS SUNK
German Cruiser Dresden Seeks Het-
uge in Chilean Port-vienna Re-
ports Gains in West Ga'ieia. ),
M0SLEM CRUISER IS SUNK

London.-The Servians, AFTER
fierce battle, have reoccupied BE-.
grade. according to Nish dispatch
to Reuters Telegram Comply.
The Austrians reoccupied Belgrade
December after besieging it since
July 20, bombarding from batteries
near Zemlin and from monitors on
the Danube. A large portion Of the.
city is said to have been destroyed BY
the Are Of the Austrians. .
The reoccupation by the Austrians
Of Dukla. an important point to the
north OF the Carpathians on . line
south of Przemysl and Cracow, hut
nearer to the former. was announced
by the Austrian General STAFF in ~.
emma. The Austrians claim to have
captured 5000 Russians.
Poland Is fast becoming anot1cs
Belgium in point Of suffering while The
opposing armies drive each Other
back and forth. occupy and reoccapl
cities and villages and inllict upoo
the Inhabitants Commandments similar
to those suffered In Belgium and n
northern France.
More than 500 Polish towns have
been ruined. according to correspond.
ents. Each army accuses tho osAAf
Of looting and cruelty. The hix1t'1k
the civilians from Lodz vas one q
the most tragic episodes Of the -
while one correspondent pictures
fate of Kalisz a. Z repetition q -
vain. with the slaughter Of 1eq1
Ailnl 0n1 ~ z
I vessel ~ 10 go tons has 6oS6 N
pedoed by a British submarine in4fhs
Dardanelles. The British Admi Wy
report issued Monday declares mat
when last seen. the Messudieh vas
sinking by the stern. She carried 600
men.
American Consul Latham at Punta
Arenas cabled the State Department
that the German cruiser had reached
that port safely and uninjured.
THE south wing OF the Russian
army in West Galicia was defeated at
Lfnarova yesterday and compelled to
retreat" an official communication IT,
sued Sunday at Vienna says. I'VE are
pursuing the enemy. All attacks
along the rest OF our battle front
failed, as did the previous Ones"
I'VE have brought our offensive in
the Mlawa region in Northern Poland
to q successful conclusion on the
whole of the 'front.'" says a Statement:
from the Russian General Staff, issued
in Petrograd Sunday.
Italy has reiterated her urgent de-
mand for satisfaction to the Sublime
Porte for the forcible removal Of G..
A. Richardson, the British consul at
Hodeida. Arabia, from the Italian con.
sulate, where he had taken refuge and
for his immediate. liberation.
OF the five allied Austro- German
columns which for some days ap-
peared to be making steady progress
in their invasion of Poland, three have
suffered checks. according to Fridays
Official report from Russian head
quarters. The column which was
making a downward stroke from
Mlawa, on the East Prussian frontier.
and which was reported in one dis
patch from Petrograd Friday to be
within Is miles Of Warsaw, was ~
pulsed after an energetic offensive.
and under counter attacks from tho
Russians was compelled to retire
III the west both the French and
the Germans claim they have made
progress in the Argonne region and
in Flanders. It is evident that the
Germans, seeking to stop the ad.
vance the allies are making in Flan'
ders, a. ~mpted an offensive in the
vicinity Ypres and succeeded In
taking one trench from the French.
The latest French Official communities
ton says the trench was recaptured.
Elsewhere on the front there have
been artillery .duels with occasional
infantry attacks by first one side and
then the other.