Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-12-16
Column Advancing from Soldau by
Way of Mlswa Obliged to Re-
occupy Former Position.
REPORTS GAINS
Russ Communication Frontal At
tacks by Night Are Repulsed.
ASSAULTS Also MADE
Several Hundred Prisoners and one
Field battery Captured by
Muscovite Warriors of
Gar,

BERLIN, Dec. 5.--(Nia London.)- "A re-
treat of tho German forces which at
tempted 20 strike at Warsaw from the
north. was acknowledged in an official
communication given out today at army
headquarters. The statement follows:
The German column. which had ad-
vanced from Soldau, East Prussia, by
w0y of Mlawa, in the direction of Ciecha-
now, has had to reoccupy It's old positions
owing to the numerical superiority Of the
enemy
Elsewhere In Poland nothing OF ma
terial Importance has happened. Un-
favorable weather is influencing our oper-
atlons.
quiet In East Prussia.
'In East Prussia there Is nothing new.
THE French yesterday made fruitless
attacks at various points. Their attack
on our position southeast of Ypres failed
with heavy losses to the enemy. A hos
tile attack In the region northeast OF
Ypres failed with heavy losses to the
enemy. A hostile attack in the region
northeast of suippes was repulsed, as we'll
as an attack north OF Verdun. with heavy
losses to the attackers.
I'm the neighborhood OF Ally and Apre-
mont, south of st. Mihiel the French
tried four times to storm our positions,
but In vain. A renewed hostile advance
from the direction OF Flirey. which lie
northeast OF Toul, failed.
I'm the Vosges the battle is still pro-
ceeding. We took 300 prisoners, recaptur-
ing the village of Steinbach. west of SEN
nehelm."
PetrORrad Reports RepuIse.
PETROGRAD, Dec. 15.-(Via London,
Dec 15.)-German frontal attacks on the
Russian line TO the west of Warsaw,
under cover of night, we're successfully
repulsed by the. Russians, according to
trustworthy information reaching Petro-
grad from the front today. At many
points along the front the Russians sue
ceeded in capturing isolated German posi-
tions.
German attacks were answered by Rus
| sian counter attacks, in which It IL ssld
that several hundred prisoners and one
| field battery were captured by the Rus
! slams. During the last three days OF
! fighting eight machine guns. two bat
teries OF field guns and 1000 prisoners
have been taken.
! Except for the night attacks OF the
| Germans there has been little heavy
| fighting in Poland during the last twen-
ty-four hours. Movement we're confined
principally to countless maneuvers, de-
monstrations and attempts at thanking
operations by small bodies Of German
| troops
German Attacks Fail,
According to the army messenger. the
German attacks along the East Prussian
front, which were conducted simultan-
eously with their offensive in Poland
failed on account OF formidable fortifica-
tions which the Russians constructed in
fields and forests parallellng the German
lines.
The correspondent OF the Bourse Ga,
zette in Tiflis states that General San
ders Pasha. the German military officer
in command OF Turkish troops. on arriv
ing at Erzerum, ordered the German en-
gineers to blow up all roads and noun
tain paths leading from Hassan Kalt
to Erzerum
Hassan Kala lies on the direct line o.
the Russian movement against Erzerum
1t is eighten miles east OF that city ant
twelve miles west Of the main Russian
position at Kepri Kei.
The army messenger states that tn,
Austrian army in Galicia expects that
division OF Turkish troops viii be sen
\ 20 It's assistance.