The citizen., 1914-12-18


tacks and often resorting to the use
OF the bayonet, the French made at
tempts to cut of the German force
which projects into their line in the
Woevre region to st. Mihiel on the
Meuse like an arrow head.
The German official report shows
General Joffre's men reached poinl
midway between St. Mihiel and Pont-
a-Mousson, and must have got across
the German line Of communications.
This substantial gain was won at a
heavy cost. The French lost 600 men
taken prisoners and large number
OF killed and wounded.
The Russian General STAFF annOunc-
ed an important victory and asserted.
"In the Mlawa region we have brought
our offensive to a successful conclu-
sion on the whole Of the 'front.'
ALLIES PRESSING OFFENSIVE.
1t is evident the Allies offensive
movement along the entire battle line
from Flanders to the Swiss frontier
MS beginning to gather impetus.
Correspondents report that Grand
Duke Nicholas OF Russia and General
Jofre are acting together in policy
OF wearing out the German armies.
The Germans in all the western the
atTe OF operations are making a stub
born resistance, but their numbers
are said to have been reduced by the
sending OF vast numbers OF reinforce
- La Iar toe in hs
east.
HEAVY FIGHTING AT YPRES.
Heavy fighting was renewed around
Ypres, the bone OF contention in Flan-
ders.
The German infantry was hurled
against the Allies in three violent at
tacks, but was repulsed each time
with heavy losses.
Important gains have been made by
the allied army in the woods OF La
Pretre
Fighting has continued in the Vos-
ges but without decisive result.
POLAND BATTLES CONTINUED.
The battles in Poland continue al
most without intermission, and both
Russians and Germans announce sue
cesses and the capture Of prisoners
and guns.
The Germans are still delivering
heavy blows at the Russian centre,
where they assert they took 1900
prisoners and forty machine guns.
To the south OF Cracow, where the
puoatapc nm fha offanctvo Grand
Duke Nicholas reports the capture of
1000 prisoners, four guns and seven
machine guns.
Another Russian force is holding
the passes OF the Carpathians, and is
thus preventing the Austrians from
sending relief to their army in Galicia.
The marvellous recovery Of the Ser
VANS and their defeat OF four Aus
uian army corps which had penetrat.
ed half way across Servia remains
the wonder OF military men.
The Crown Prince, in an address to
his troops, told them that they had
beaten and pursued the enemy with
a rapidity unheard of in military his
tory"
The shattered Austrian right wing
crossed the Drina into Bosnia, where
II was attacked by the Montenegrins
near Vishegrad, and had to leave an
other toll of prisoners, killed and
wounded and war material.
The pursuing Servians also picked
dp another 5000 prisoners and some
gung and munitione
London.-The British Admiralty an
nounced that the German cruiser
squadron under Vice-Admiral Count
Won Spec, which sank the cruisers
Good Hope and Monmouth off the
Chilean coast on November !, was de-
feated by a British feet under Rear
Admiral Sir Frederick Sturdee off the
Falkland Islands in the South Allan
tic. Three German vessels, the flag
ship Scharnhorst, the Gneisenau and
the Leipzig, were sent to the bottom.
The Admiralty report follows:
At 1880 a. m, on the 8th of De-
cember, the Scharnhorst, Gneise-
nau, Nurnberg, Leipzig and Dres-
den were sighted of the Falkland
islands by British squadron
under Rear Admiral Sir Frederick
Sturdee.
An action followed, in the
course Of which the Scharnhorst,
flying the flag of Admiral Count
Won Spec; the Gneisenau and the
Leipzig were sunk.
The Dresden and the Nurnberg
made off, following the action.
Two colliers were also captured
Rear Admiral Sturdee reports
that the British casualties were
very. few in number and that some
survivors were rescued from the
Gneisenau and the Leipzig.