Middletown transcript., 1914-12-19
BELGRADE RETAkEN BY SERBS;
VIENNA ADMITS DEFEATS


VIENNA ADMITS DEFEATS
London. ~ The Servians, after a
fierce battle. have reoccupied Bel
grades according to a Nish dispatch to
Reuters Telegram Company
The most striking feature OF the
latest official news was the admission
by the Austrian Government Of the
defeat Of the Austrian army in Servia
and apparently OF the abandonment Of
its third attempt at invasion of the
territory Of its small Slav neighbor.
The announcement was made in vi
emma.
The French Government, issuing Off.
cial Servian reports. says that the
Austrians are retiring on all fronts
after losing $4,000 prisoners, "a can
non and "A machine guns and that the
Servian advance Is under full head
way. 1t is unoficially stated that the
Austrians have been forced to with
draw troops from Servia in order to
protect Hungary from the Russian in.
vasion.
PROGRESS OF ALL CAMPAIGNS.
London.-The Russian official state
ment announces that the German at.
tacks at Mlawa have been repulsed
and that the Russian troops by a coun-
ter attack gained considerable ground.
Seven German attacks on Lowicz were
repulsed and great losses were fnnict-
ed on the Kaiser's troops. The state
ment adds that the Russian offensive
south of Cracow continues and that
1000 prisoners have been taken
The official statements given out in
Paris again report gains by the Allies
at numerous points on the battle front.
The Germans occupied part of a line
of trenches in fierce attack on Ypres,
but short time later the Allies recap
tured the lost ground. The occupation
of Aspaeh railway station in Alsace by
the French is also announced.
The German War Office reports pro
gress in Flanders and successful at
tacks on the Allies lines to the east
and west of the Argonne. The often
sive in northern Flanders Is reported
to be progressing.
The Servians continue to pursue the
retreatin1NA NAustrians, according to an
official lement. given out in Nish.
The AustHans have lost thousands Of
men and are harassed by the Servians,
who are pressing the enemy back on
Belgrade.
The Secretary of the British Admir-
atty has received a cable from Vice
Admiral Sturdee of the British squad
ron stating that the British casualties
in the naval battle totalled seven men
killed and four wounded. No officers,
the dispatch says, we're either killed
or wounded. The Germans lost upward
Of 1000 men, according to the reports.
The German cruiser Dresden sue
ceeded in reaching the Argentine port
OF Santa Cruz and is interned there,
badly damaged, says cable from
Monteyideo. An earlier report de-
clared she had been overtaken.
Artillery continues to play the main
role from Arras southeast along the
AIsne to the Argonne where there is
fierce infantry fighting with varying
results.
German forces are gradually closing
in on Warsaw, despite desperate re-
sistance by the Russians, \ the latest
reports front the hghting line in the
east are to be depended upon.
Gen. Won Mackensen's army is driv-
ing ahead aipng the railroad east Of
Lowicz and is said to be only a score
of miles from the Polish capital. Forty
miles north OF Warsaw, Gen. Won
Francois is slowly fighting his way
south At other points along the
semi-circular defense line, which
stretches south nearly to Cracow the
struggle is fierce. with no definite re-
suits.
Victories in western Galicia over
the Russians continue to be reported
from Vienna, but nothing is given out
about the Austrian defeats in servla.
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