The Hawaiian gazette., 1914-12-18
From Sea To Extreme End Of
Right Wing In AIsaoe, Far
Flung Battle Line Again Struu-
giles Futicusly For Supremacy
HEAVIEST CONFLICT RACES
ALONG FROM Y FLANDERS


II oND0N, DECEMBER 1e.--(As-
l ISOLATED Press BY Federal Wire
:. less) All reports from France
and Flanders indicate that the Allies
are on the offensive strongly along tho
whole line, from the sea TO the OK.
treme end OF tire right wing in Alsaoe,
the hardsst lighting being under way
in Flanders, the Argone and woevre
districts and in Alsacs. in air Of which
the village Of eteinbach which had
made. ~ f5
ALLIES LOSE srErNBAcH
The French oficiai reports state that
in only one section Of the far-nung
battle front have the Allies failed TO
advance and make good their pos session
Of the territory occupied. The one sec
lion Of the advance lost again to the
Germans is in the Vosges Mountains,
the village Of Steinbach which had
been occupied being lost after q vtgor-
Gus counter attack on the part Of the
invaders
GERMANY ENTERS DENLALs
Berlin Issues a general denial Of tho
recently reported French advances, the
German war once stssing that the
claims Of the French have become 80
many that IL has been obliged to take
notice Of them. IN regard to the state
mont from Parisaon, Monday that
number Of German trenches were cap
sured IN the woevre district, the Bsriin
reply IS that the French reports are
''pure invention. '.lsf
sLAv VICTORY iscoNFIRMED
The oficiai despstches from Petro-
grad Of a, Russian vttt9ry in North Po-
land and the reoecapRtion Of Przasnysz
and Mlawa are c8nhrmed in the adj
mission made III yesterdays ofiicial an
nouncement from Berlin that ''the
column which advanced through Mnawa
towards Warsaw has reoccuried its old
positions owing 70 the superior force
Of the enemy encountered.
Petrograd also announced yesterday
that the German frontal attacks, deliv-
cred against the Russian POSITIONS
drawn between Lodz and Warsaw had
been beaten back. with the Russians
holding advanced positions.
AUSTRIA ADMITS REvERsEs
vienna admits the Withdrawal Of tho
Austrian forces from Belgrade and its
reoccupation by the Serbs, an oficia'
statement from the Austrian war once
saying:
"a change in the mIlitsry situation
has made II advisable to abandon Bel
grade, which has been evacuated by our
troops without lighting. Our troops
have fought long and fatiguing bat
ties, but are In the best Of sririts.
While admitting In this way the re-
verses In servta, the Austrtans report
that they have succeeded in crossing
the Carpathians in q number Of places
and have driven the Russian left back
towards the River San.
SERBS WIN SIGNAL VICTORIES
The servians claim that their recent
successes against the Anstrians have
been signal victories, won with Aus
TRAN ammunition. While the servians
were falling back. II was because their
supply OF amhsruition had given out.
A. desperate oifenaive against ons por-
ton Of the Austrian line resulted In a
supply Of ammunition being captured.
This was distributed and the whole
army was able to attack, the general
result being a sefies Of victories ana
The capture Of sufficient ammunition
to permit Of lengthy offensive cam
| pafgn.
AUsrRIANs ARE HARRIED
The Austrian invasion OF Montenegro
has been, no more successful than theis
invasion Of servia. Yesterdays re-
port from Oetttnje says that the left
| wing OF the Austrians has been cut on
i frn,ne tha main army nv tina Montenc-
grins and Is being harTied In It's retreat
towards the Bosnian border.