Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-12-06
WILL MAKE DESPERATE AT
TEMPT TO HOLD BACK
RUSSIAN HORDES.
ACTIVE IN THE WEST
French Driving Home An Ad-
vance in AlSace-Loralne
District.

|ERMANS and Russians are en-
NJ gagged in a mighty battle to the
south of Lodz. in Russian Poland and
along a line from Glouno, northeast
of Lodz, to the Vistula river.
The front extends for some forty
or fifty miles and probably close to
half a million men are taking part
in the desperate encounters which at
some places are at the point of the
bayonet
The Siberian troops are showing
tlrcless aggression, charging batteries
and moving swiftly up to hand to
hand fighting, Villages have been
burned and the countryside is re-
ported to be strewn with the bodies
Of the dead and wounded. on both
sides the losses have been very great.
The new line which the Germans
are forming after their attempt
against The Russian center, stretches
from Kutno on the north, 10 CracoW
on the south Here another series Of
operations is impending. Compare
tive quiet. although the French re-
port some progress between DiNmude
and Ypres and fighting continues in
upper Alsace.
The Italian chamber of deputies, by
a vote of Alb to 40, has expressed
confidence in the government This
follows the pronounoement by Pre-
mier Salandra Of Italy's policy, which
is directed toward maintaining
armed and watchful neutrality"
King George Returns
King George, after several days
spent with the British eXpeditionary
forces in France, has returned to
Buckingham Palace.
The Seryian cabinet has resigned
and Premier Patchitch has under
taken the task of organizing a new
ministry.
From Vienna come reports of small
engagements in west Galicia in which
the Austrians were successful In the
Carpathians and in south Poland the
situation is said to remain without
modification.
The French government is prepar-
ing to remove from Bordeaux TO
Paris. one minister already has left
Bordeaux for the old capital ana
others will follow within a day or
two.
According to q Berlin report, a
British submarine, while endeaVoring
to force a passage through the Oar
danelles, was hit by shots fired by the
TURKISH lOllS. lbtIlln dlSO ltp'l 70
that the Australian battle cruiser
Australia apparently is missing.
LONDON. Dec. 5.--(9:45 p. m)-
Although fighting Of a more or less
serious character has been taking
place both on the eastern and west
ern fronts, there have been no ma
terial changes in the positions Of the
belligerents during the last twenty
four hours. 1t would seem as though
on both fronts the vast armies have
been engaged largely in making
preparations for new battles
Here and there heavy cannonades
or infantry attacks have occurred. all
of which. however, were more in the
nature of feClers to try to find out
the cnemys strength than serious
design in the way OF an offensive or
for the purpose of an advance.
\ New Battle Line.
Tn Poland the Germans, whose dar-
ing stroke to penetrate the Russian
center apparently has ended in fail
ure with heavy losses, according TO
the latest reports from Petrograd,
arc forming new line extending
roughly from kutno in the north to
Cracow in the south. The right, or
southern wing of this army, which
rests on Cracow, is commanded by
General Dankl He is supported on
the north by the army under General
Hetzendorf which is based on Czen-
stochowav while the new army when
was sent from the west, fills the gap
between this force and General Mac
kenzen's army, which, after extricat-
ing itself from the Russian meshes,
Is now in a new position eHtendlnS
from kutno southwark. The eighth
aaNf ~ a N
taken up the northern part of the
line.
Thus IL will be seen that an entirely
now battle is about to he fought, for
the Germans are determined at all
costs to keep the Russians out or thelr
territory. The English correspond
ents are confining themselves to re-
ports of the previous battle around
Iodz. which is described as the most
sanguinary Of the war.
MAY BE Falling Back.
on the western front interest tends
20 shift from Flanders to Lorraine
and upper Alsace. There has been
little fighting in that part of Bel
gium. still held by the allies, and the
French have taken some old German
trenches. which has given rise to the
belief that the Germans have decided
to fall back to new positions
Operations OF more serious import
are taking place on the borders of
Alsace- Lorraine In upper Alsace the
French apparently have made con-
siderable progress and they also are
making desperate efforts to sever the
communications Of the German force
which has been holding st Mihiel. on
the Meuse. for many weeks. Every
where. however. siege warfare pre-
walls and for the most part the gains
made extend hardly more than a hun