Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-12-31

ARTILLERY DUELS ARE WAGED
ALONG ENTIRE FRONT FROM
MOSELLE RIVER,
ATTACK LASTS ALI. NIGHT
Cannonade Against French Near Per,
thes Is of the Fiercest Sort;
Still Stubborn Fighting
in Poland.

Paris, Dec. 28.-Violent lombard
ment by the Germans of positions of
importance on both the right and left
wings of the allied battle front with
scattered attempts by infantry to
break through the Franco-British
lines were outstanding features of
the Official reports issued by the war
Office today.
In fact artillery duels were fought
along the whole of the front from tbe
sea to the banks of the Moselle.
The most sustained cannonading of
the German guns was against Die
which was under a continuous rain
OF shells from $50 in the morning
until noon today.
Wage Night Battle.
In point of numbers of guns and
men engaged the most important con-
f1ict was that waged by the Germans
in an effort to dislodge the French
and her troops with Indian contin-
gents at La BoiseIle and other neigh
boring trenches in the vicinity of AL
bert
Here the Germans opened an at
tack shortly before midnight of Sat-
urday and their guns kept I'D an al
most lncessant cannonade all night.
the artillery being silenced only long
enough to permit of the advance of
their infantry in futile attacks which
were broken before they reached the
line of the allies first trenches. Two
Of these attacks were made. but in
each of them the allies presented
such solid front that the Germans
were not able to carry their advance
through.
Fog Hats Fighting.
In Flanders a lull has come in the
f1ghting owing to the dense fog which
has swept up from the Lys and has
drawn veil between the opposing
line of trenches almost to the sea.
Battle Scene Changes.
Petrograd, Dec. 28-Stubborn
lighting still continue in Poland, but
the scene is constantly changing.
Fooled at one point, the Germans
renew elsewhere their efforts to blast
a road through the Russian position
along the whole front. 1t is semi
officially stated that the Germans are
using heavy artillery including eleven
inch guns in the zones of Skiernewicz
and Rawa.
In the opinion of officials high in
military circles the lull in the fight
ing of the Bzura and Rawka valleys
implies no permanent slackening of
the efforts of the Germans to reach
their goal by fresh assaults on these
rivers and they are evidently looked
for
Germans Again Raid Britain.
London, Dec. 28-The German
aerial raids causing the death of ten
civilians and the wounding of three
score more were carried out TODAY in
widely separated sections of the war
area.
A Zeppelin flew over Nancy, in
eastern France, early in the morning.
dropping fourteen bombs, according
to a Paris dispatch Two persons
were killed and a number of injured
while several buildings were damag-
ed.
Eight Killed, Fifty Wounded.
In Russian Poland the German air
fleet dropped bombs upon Sochaczew
and killed eight persons. More than
fifty were wounded. Most of the
casualties occurred among a crowd
which f1ocked into the main street of
the town to watch the passing of
the flyers. Several buildings were
fired
SochaczeW was in the path of the
German advance and more recent re-
treat across the Bzura and little va
lue was left in the town in the way
of buildings, while most of the popu-
latiOn already had fed.
The German version of the attack
on Nancy follows:
On the evening of Dec. 20 A
French airman threw nine bombs on
a certain small village. No troops
were stationed at the place. There
was only hospital which was plainly
marked. No damage of consequence
was done.
Two Attempts on London.
In reply to this aerial attack and
also the dropping of bombs on Erie
burg, which is not defended and
which is outside the zone operations.
German airmen threw medium sized
bombs into the outskirts of Nancy. &"
The activity of the German airmen
mas been very pronounced during the
last few days