Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1914-12-19
BERLIN CLAIMS
NEW POSITIONS
ELEVEN THOUSAND ARE TAKEN
m FIERCE ATTACKS OF
EASTERN sTRoNGHOLDs.
ALSO A WESTERN VICTORY
Germans Assert French Are RepuIsee
Over Wide Area With Only
Seventy Men
Wounded.

Berlin, Dec. 14.-The official com
.munication issued by the German
army headquarters announces that
several Russian positions in north
Poland were stormed and 1000 pris-
oners taken, and that an attack made
by the French troops over wide area
in France on Saturday was repulsed
by the Germans. The statement
reads:
Following their unsuccessful attack
on Apremont on Dec II, the French
again attacked Saturday afternoon a
large front by way of FIirey (Cirey.)
The attack ended in the loss of the
enemy of 600 prisoners and a large
number of men killed and injured.
Our losses in this engagement
amounted to about seventy wounded.
The rest of the day passed quietly in
the western theater.
In northern Poland we captured a
number of the enemy's positions, TAX
ing 1900 prisoners and forty-three
machine guns.
There is no news from East Prus-
STA or from Southern Poland" a
Take 10000 Prisoners.
Berlin, Dec. 14-(By wireless to
London.)-The following announce
ment was given to the press tonight
by the imperial press bureau:
"The Russian evacuation of LODI
occurred secretly and in the night
time. Consequently it was accomp-
lished without fighting.
"The evacuation was the outcome
of the previous three days battles,
when the Russian loss was enormous.
Their abandoned trenches were filed
with dead.
Our losses were much less than
those of the Russians. In the dash OF
the twenty-five reserve corps through
the Russian lines only $50 of our men
fell.
1T is estimated that the Russian
losses in Poland, including the $4,000
prisoners taken by us amount to at
least 10000.
Not eveG after the battle of Tan
nenburg did our troops have to march
over so many Russian bodies as they
did in the fighting around LODI and
Lowicz."
Take 10000 slavs.
Vienna, via Berlin to London. Dec
14.-Ten thousand Russian prisoners
have been taken by the Austrians in
the fighting in West Galicia, an official
announcement today stated, verifying
an unconfirmed report.
In Servia, the Austrians continue
to advance south of Belgrade, it is
stated. Twenty machine guns and
enormous numbers of prisoners have
been captured.
Repulse of French attacks in Elan
ders, gains at certain points on the
western frontier and the repulse of
the Russian attacks in south Poland
are claimed in the official statement
from the German war office. The state
meat says: French attacks in the di-
rection of Langemarck, in Flanders.
were repulSed, the enemy losing 200
killed and $40 taken prisoners.
ION the East Prussian frontier. our
cavalry drove the Russians back. We
took $50 prisoners. Our operations
south of the Vistuia are assuming
greater importance"
German Aim Good.
In the semi-circle Of slaughter
around Ypres the trenches of the al
lies and of the enemy are extraordt
narily close together. This means an
immense strain on the men, who for
hours together are cramped in IN
natural positions, knowing from ex.
perience that it is unwise to move for
fear of bullet from some crack
marksman. There is among the en-.
envy large proportion of men whose
aim is quick and disagreeably accur
ate.