Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-28
fou Prevents the British
From Carrying Out Full
" Their Plans.
IN RAID ON CUxHAVEN
Details Lacking. but Hamburg
SAYS Damage Is Done-Ger-
mans Abandon River.

Loudou. Dec. 2s.-Initiative in mil
s.-v operations apparently has been
20, fer the time being TO airmen.
,s-f.l raids across the English chan
-.r IN the lower Thames. over F-rei-
.--z Nancy. Metz. and Sochaczew.
7rssis7 Poland. and the German naval
sasa a. Cuxhaven inflicted considera-
he damage in the aggregate. Details
q, the Cuxhayen expedition are lack
inz. and although Berlin asserts the
British aviators accomplished moth
tns # is said in Hamburg some dam
age was done. II is evident, however,
= heavy fog prevented the British from
carving out fully their plans.
Activity on land and sea apparent
" is diminishing. Even in Russian
Poland fighting is less severe. Ac-
ccrding 10 Berlin dispatches the at
tempt Of the Germans to cross the
Bzura river in the advance on War
saw has been abandoned.
Germans Retske MIswa.
Onward movements in both the east
sru and western arenas OF war seem
ed today 10 have lost something of
their headway. French troops the
past three days made minor advances.
according 10 Paris. but apparently
With not the same speed reported a
fortnight ago Fog was responsible
partly for slackening Of their efforts.
North Of the Nistula, in Russian Po-
land, the Germans. again reinforced.
have retaien the town OF Mlawa, but
south OF the river they still stand on
heir old ground. In southern Poland,
where the German right joins the Aus
trisn left, there has been some fierce
Aghting with slight gains for the Aus
allies. Judging from re-
ports from Berlin and Vienna. In the
Carpathians the Austrians
have been compelled TO give ground.
SAYS an official statement from Vienna.
and PetroErad officially announces the
Russians are pursuing the Austrians
iato the Carpathial mountains. after
i1king many thousands OF prisoners.
crscoU investment Raised.
Petrograd. Dec 2S.-Investment By I
Russians OF the Austrian fortress AT
Crzcow has again been raised. Follow I
1g discovery Of an attempt by Aus I
trans 70 divide the Russian forces in 4
Gzlicia the Russians retreated east
yard 80 miles.
Ihe Russian Galician army. which
4 short time ago was in touch on the
'outh with the Austrian garrison de-
'snoing Cracow. has moved back 10
Ne B!ala river. 50 miles east OF the
'ormsr Russian position.
notwithstanding the fact that the
alssian yetrogression has completely
'sieved the investment OF the fort
'sss a. CracOw. IL is claimed By mil
'Ary Observers 20 be a marked ad-
'aniAgs for the Russians.
Russians Put on Guard.
Aastrians. reports say. began ad-
'sheing Dec. % from Tymbark. 35
mes southeast OF CracOw. with the
rp@rent object cf swinging around I
ae let OF the Russians along the
l.er Biala. northward OF Tarnow. and ,
-'.ihg forces with the army Of Cen ,
q 'Soenm-ErmOlH. which was advauc- 1
8 ~'ons the railroad from Sanok and |
me premature appearance Of
- ..-7an-E-rnollfs army to the south OF (
-'e1ys4. however. put the Russians ]
! s-erd' and they concentrated along {
= 6la-a river. moved down and at a
- --tea The Austrians at Tuchow, Is (
- south Of Turnow. where they 9
y successful in preventing a juno I
~ ~ OF the Austrian armies. Mean 7
e attention OF the Russians was 7
-se'eo 70 the Austrians advancing
sanok. which movement was
After their successes in this =
.1ict the Russians took the onen- 5
- @'ong the Biala river. a
Armies Separated. [
80 day the Russians won the I
. W. OF Tuchow. the Austrians re- $
s~lng the following day. The Rus Z
S captured $500 prisoners and IS e