The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-12-23
ADMIT REVERSE
GERMAN ARMY NORTH OF VAR
saw FORCED TO RETREAT
BELGRADE IS EVACUATED

BELGRADE IS EVACUATED
Austrian Government Candidly Ad-
n,its That Servians Have Regained
Possession Of Their Capital-Petro-
grad Says German Troops Are
aIassing Towards West of Warsaw.
Berlin reports Tuesday: 'The Ger
man column which had advanced
from Soldau, East Prussia, by way
of Mlawa, in the direction Of Cischa-
now, has had to reoccupy its old po-
sitions owing to the numerical su-
periority Of the enemy"
Petrograd reports: I'm the Mlawa
region our action continues and tue
success gained by our troops has been
maintained.
"On the left bank Of the Vistula
large forces of the enemy are con-
| centrating. In the area presence Of
new bodies Of the enemy, which have
just reached our front, has been dis
closed.
Since the morning of December i 4
there has been fierce fighting between
tLowicz, the Vistula and the left bank
of the Bzura and both sides have been
alternately on the offensive and de-
fensive. Our troops. however, have
made some progress"
Vienna reports: "In the southern
theatre of war the retirement Of our
right wing involved change in the
| military situation, which made it ad-
yisable for US to abandon Belgrade.
which was evacuated without fight
ing"
The moving Of strong hostile
forces in the south necessitated the
Encouragement of our Balkan army
and the withdrawal Of our right
wing. This simple proceeding has
been represented as a decided Ser
Wan success. Servian reports Of ou-
losses are immeasurably exaggerat-
ed"
"Our offensive movement directed
in southeasterly direction from the
River Drina encountered southeast OF
valjeyo a greatly superior force of
the enemy.
"Our advance had not merely to
be stopped, but We were compelled
also to make more extended retire
ments Of our troops, which for many
weeks have, fought obstinately and
brilliantly, but with many losses"
| Washington reports Vienna, off,
cially, saying: "In West Galicia the
battle continues, and over 10000
Russians were captured here. In Ser
via our offensive advancing south of
Belgrade captured 20 machine guns
and numerous prisoners. On the
western front ct Gorni Milanovac t25
miles southeast Of Valievi) Servians
are seristing obstinately."
Vienna reports officially: "Our Of
fensive in Western Galicia has COM
PEELED the enemy to retreat and caus-
ed his front in South Poland to
waver. Our troops, advancing inde-
fatigably from the south reached
Jasio and Rajbrot. In this advance
and in the last battle we took $1,000
Russian prisoners.
Petrograd reports via London:
i"German frontal attacks on the Rus
sian line to the west of Warsaw un-
der cover of night were successfully
repulsed by the Russians, according
to trustworthy information reaching
Petrograd from the front. At many
points along the front the Russians
succeeded in capturing isolated Ger
man positions.
| German attacks we're met by Rus
sian counter attacks in which it Is
said several hundred prisoners and
one field battery were captured by
the Russians. During the last three
days of fighting eight machine guns.
1.-TWO batteries of field guns and 1000
prisoners have been taken. Except
for the night attacks Of the Germans
there has been little heavy fighting
lin Poland in the last "a hours.
! According to The Army Messen-
ger German attacks along the East
Prussian front, which were conduct
ed simultaneously with their Often
siye in Poland, failed because of for
midable Notifications which the Rus
sans constructed in fields and forests
Eparalleling the German lines"
Berlin reports officially by wire
less: "The position of the Germanic
allies in Poland is generally consid-
cred favorable, an especially favor
able point being the fact that the
Russians appear to have assumed the
defensive everywhere without the
power or energy to assume an aggres-
siye advance in any section"
Paris reports officially: Between
the sea and the Lys the English have
occupied little forest to the west of
Wytschaete. The ground gained Mon
| day by our troops along the Ypres
canal and to the west Of Hollebeke
has been retained in spite Of q Wig
orous counter-attack on the part Of
the enemy.
"From the Belgian frontier to the
Somme there Is nothing to report.
/ From the Somme to the Argonne
there has been intermittent cannon
aiding, Excepting in the region Of
Group, this artillery fighting has not
! been spirited. In the Argonne we
have made some progress and retain
ed the advances made by Us on pre-
ceding days.
"In the Vosges the railroad station
Of st. Leonard, in the south Of st.
Die, has been violently bombarded by
the Germans from considerable dis
tance.
"In Alsace there has been much
activity OF the part Of the enemy's
artillery with the exception of before
Steinbach, where an attack by Ger
man infantrymen coming from Uf-
holtz, was successful in gaining a
foothold. We have everywhere re-
tanned the positions won previously