Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1914-12-18
GERMANS CAPTURE
SEVERAL PLACES
IN N0RTHPOLAhD
RUSSIAN POSITIONS ARE STORM.
ED AND ELEVEN THOUSAND
PRISONERS TAKEN SAYS
GERMAN REPORT.
ALLIES MOVEMENT NOW
GATHERS GREAT IMPETUS
Have Gotten Cross German Line Of
Communication but With Heavy
LOsses-Kaiser Well Enough
to RejOin Troops Within
q Week.


to Rejoin Troops Within
Week.
Berlin, Dec. 14.-(Wireless to
London -Today's official commune
cation issued by the German army
headquarters announces that several
Russian positions in North Poland
have been stormed and 1900 pris-
oners taken. Attacks made by
French troops over a wide area in
France yesterday and were repulsed
by tho Germans.
French Are Active.
4. London, Dec. 14.-Both German
and French official reports refer to
Saturday as a quiet day. They con-
tain evidence, however, that the AL
lies offensive movement is begin
ming to gather impetus and is meet
ing with stubborn resistance from
the German troops who have been
left to hold the western line while
their comrades are battling with the
Russians in the east. The French
have been particularly active in the
Woevre region where they are trying
to cut off the German force which
projects like an arrow head toward
st. Nihiel on the Meuse.
The German report shows that
General Joffre's men have reached a
point midway between st. Nihiel and
Pont-a-Mousson, so they must have
gotten across the German limo Of
communication, but they lost 600
( tn rr{c In
& Of killed and wounded. In the same
region the French claim they have
gained substantial progress. There
has been also, more fighting around
Ypres, that bone of contention In
Flanders.
Bulgaria to Remain Neutral.
London, Dec. 14.-That former
German cruiser Goeben, now owned
by Turkey was not seriously dam
aged In its brush with the Russian
cruisers, as had been reported, was
shown by the fact. that, she took part
in yesterdays attack on Batum,
Russian seaport, which according to
the Turks, resulted in a serious fire
halt hx which -thel Russians caused
little damage. Bulgaria, according
to Paris reports, has expressed to the.
powers of the triple entente her de-:
sire to remain neptral. This means
that Roumania, IL she so wishes.
wilrJbe able to Join the Allies with
out fear of being attacked by Bull
garin. 4.
Kaiser Nearly Well.
Amsterdam, Dec. (via Lon
dcp)-Emperor William: has. made.
On ko~S n al
his health, kilograms received here
from Berlin States that he will be
able to leave the capital this week
for the battle front.
Recuperat0 Quickly.
TheAmAryelous recovery of the
ServianASAfter their defeat by four
AustrfaHs corps which penetrated
half wayaacross Servia, remains the
wonderSef military men. The crown
prince in an address to his troops
told them they had "beaten and pur-
sued the enemy with rapidity UNI
heard Of IN military history"
German Officer Joins Turks.
Cdnstahtinople, Dec. 14.-Field
Marshal Baron Won der Coltz, until
recently governor Of the territory in
Belgium occupied by the Germans.
arrived at Constantinople last night
He was accompanied by the German
military attaches stationed at Blu
charest, Rumania and Sofia. Bull
garia.
Washington, Dec. 14.-Foreign Of
flee dispatches to the French embas-
sy here credit the Serbs in recent
battles with $1,000 captives, 5000
more than the war office statement
in Paris gives them.
This addition and the comment
that the blowing up of the block
house and trenches by the French
on the heights of the Mouse threw
the enemy into a panic are the only
points in which the two communica-
lions differ.
Malta, Dec. 14-(via London)
The steamer Caledonian, which ar.
rived from Port Said today, had on
boa. a large number of members OF
religious orders. mostly French.
Stxty-six nuns were landed here but
the rest will proceed to France on
the steamer.
Wants Destr0yers at Canal.
Panama. Dec. 14.-Colonel Goe.
tLals has been impelled TO suggest
to the government at Washington
that two swift American torpedo
boat destroyers be stationed at the
Panama canal, one at each end, by
reason Of the recent activity Of bel.
ligerent warships and GOLFERS in the
vicinity Of the Isthmian waterway. /
Fight Without Intermission.
The battles in Poland continue nj
most without intermission and while
both Russians and Germans an.
nounce successes and the capture Of
prisoners and guns. apparently nd
decisive result has been reached h
any Of the series Of contests. ME
Germans are still delivering heavv
blows at the Russian center. where
they assert they took 1000 prison.
ers and 40 machine guns while ia
the south of Cracow where the Rus.
slams are one the offensive, Grand
Duke Nicholas records the capture
u 1000 prisoners. four guns and
seven machine guns.