The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-11-25
GERMAN ATTACKS
PROVE FUTILE
General Situation Along Ang|o.French Bat
tie Line Remains Unchanged
Despite Heavy Fighting
GERMANS MEET RUSSIANS
Fighting For Four Days Around Sol
dau Between kaiser's And
Cars Forces

German pluck and determination
was marked to a high degree during
the last week when, despite theil
many setbacks, they persisted in theil
attacks on the A~nglo-French lines
Each time they were repulsed.
The Russian invasion Of East Prus
STA has caused some alarm and divert
ed the attention to that direction. Fol
more than four days hard fighting ha:
been reported around Soldau. The
Austrains have also turned their fore
es on the Russians north and east OF
Cracow, the Galician capital which
the cars forces recently captured
and burned.
Despite the severity Of the weather
In all sections Of Europe and II
face Of overwhelming obstacles the
Germans have persisted in their at
lacks on the allies, both to the east
and west.
Gradually, however, they have been
beaten back and have lost ground on
both sides. On the Franco-Belgian
frontier, the allies have driven them
back across the User, and in the east
they have been repulsed by the invad'
ing Russians, who now advise their
val chiefs at Petrograd that they are
whiting 1S9 miles of Berlin.
It has been a week of German ad'
versities, but the Teutonic spirit is in.
domitable and the kaiser's forces have
shown the greatest contempt for death
In their unsuccessful onslaughts made
On the British and French. French
have been reported south
Of Verdun.
Russia's on-creeping ally, the Rus,
sian winter, has deferred activities in
the European war zone and is the first
step to postpone the campaign for
several months until the opening of
spring.
The first check upon the various
campaigns along the different battle
lines since the opening of the war
was marked by the billiards. which
swept down from western Poland
across the entire northern portion of
the German empire and far into Bel.
GUM and northern France.
The Russian army has been supplied
with %sheepskin jackets, the same as
introduced in Manchuria in the Jap
anese war. Progress is reported in
the invasion of Prussia, though Der,
lin reports continue to be optimistic
In this regard. German successes
along the French frontier have been
reported reversed, the kaiser's forces
completely repulsed at Ypres, many
points Of vantage already taken from
the allies are said to have been re-
gained by the French and British, and
the French report the complete ami
hilation of a German regiment south
of BiXschoote.
The kaiser is reported dissatisfied
with the Austrian generals and Franz
Joseph has consented to their removal
and the substitution Of German com
manders. The house of commons has
SIdutcu IlSulcl ASquill duOIllC1 pif
lion dollars and another million sol
diers to continue the war. A report
of the Russians capture Of Cracow
capital Of Galicia, is the only move
ment Of note since the advancement
Of winter.
The allies are claiming to have
again repulsed the Germans and driv
en- them back across the User. The
London and Bordeaux war Offices an
nounce that the French and English
troops are occupying advantageous pc
sitions on the left bank of the canal
from which the enemy for several days
has put up a strong and vigorous de
tense.
While the Germans are conceded t.
have captured Dixmude, the French
and British declare that it is now
only a village reduced to ruins ant
can in no way serve the enemy's in
terests nor assist in any way in theil
plans to reach Dunkirk on the French
coast.
The British successes with the
French on he. continent have beer
somewhat Offset by the loss Of the su
perdreadnaught, Audacious, which
struck a mile at Tough Swilly,