Imperial Valley press., 1914-12-31

Ferme the enemy had, during the
night, blown up two of our trenches
and made an attack against them,
which was repulsed.
'"To the north of Mesnil Les Hurlus
we have taken German trenches of the
second line of defense.
"In the same region, north of La
Ferme we captured trenches. The enc :
my counter attacked, but were re-
pulsed. Then we took the offensive
in turn, winning some ground. The
German forces advancing were caught
between the artillery and rolled back.
'In the Argonne, nsAr Fontaine, we
blew up mine and occupied the eX-
cavation, at the same time making
slight progress.
Between the Meuse and Moselle, in
the region of the Forest Mortemart,
for $50 meters, more or less, the Ger
man trenches have fallen into our
hands.
an Upper Alsace our troops have
entered Steinbach and captured half
of it after a terrible house-to- house
combat"
BOmbardment of POla.
London, Dec. 31.-Thirty- war
ships of the British and French COM
bined Mediterranean fleet today are
bombarding Pola, the great Austrian
naval base on the Adriatic, according
to private dispatches received in Co
penhagen from Vienna. The dispatch
adds that the bombardment is being
carried on by water, submarine and
aeroplane.
st. Georges Destroyed.
Amsterdam, Dec. Silt is report
ed the village of st. Georges, occu-
pied by the allies early this week, has
been destroyed by German artillery.
The Germans are establishing
new aerial base at Christelle; four
miles from Ostend.
Ten thousand German marines ar
rived at Bruges from the front We'd
nesday.
Germany is transporting recruits in
to Belgium for training, and 10000
Germans, aged from 1S to 70, are
being drilled at Liege and Namur.
Rushing ReinfOrcements.
Vienna, Dec. 31.-Austrian rein
forcements are being rushed to the
Carpathians, according to an official
statement today. The statement says:
"Our troops are fighting in the Car
pathians and meeting with success,
but efforts to stem the Russian at
tempts to reach the Dunajec river near
Zaklozyn have failed. While it is
true the Russians have captured some
of the Austrian officers and men, all
their estimates are greatly eXagger-
ated. Austria has drawn all available
troops from the south and no fur
ther efforts will be made to invade
Servia."
Italy Demands Satisfaction.
Rome, Dec. 31.-Turkey must give
Italy satisfaction for violation of the
Italian consulate of Hodeda. This
was agreed on at a special conference
Turkey will accede to Italy's demand
that the Turkish gendarmes who broke
into the consulate be punished and the
British consul released.
Austrian refugees arriving at Mi
Ian say war riots in Vienna and Bu-
dapest have become dangerous. Sol
diers are stationed in all government
buildings to prevent them being at
tackled. There have been fresh re-
volts in Pennsylvania and other places
in Dalmatia, and many revolutionists
have been shot.
Austrian Vessel TOrpedOed.
Venice, Dec. Silt is reported the
Austrian battleship Viritus Unites has
been torpedoed by a French subma-
rine in the harbor of Pola, but the
warship succeeded in reaching dock.
1t was necessary for the submarine
to dive under several rows of mines
to accomplish the feat. The Veritus
Unites was of 10000 tons and had a
crew of 1000.
Refuses Shrapnel Order.
Chicago, Dec. 31.-An order for 50,
000,00 worth of shrapnel, to be used
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