Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-12-25
ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATED
IN A sUBDUED MANNER
THROUGHOUT EUROPE al
LIES TAPPING GERMAN
ENTERTAINMENTS.
DROP BOMBS ON ENGLAND
Petrograd Reports Claim Russian
Victories But Vienna Claims
Successes Over Slavic Foes.
NO WAR NEWS CHRISTMAS

NO WAR NEWS CHRISTMAS.
London Dec. 24.-The Press in
formation bureau here is to be
closed from o'clock this after
noon, Dec. "a, until 5 o'clock to-
morrow afternoon. During this
"a hours no official news will be
given out. In London it has been
mutually agreed by morning and
afternoon papers not to publish
Christmas day. Censorship on
cabIegrams leaving England will
continue over Christmas as usual.
London, Dec. 24.-lnstead of
Christmas truce which Pope Benedict
endeavored to arrange, Christmas Eve
finds the armies of the belligeren;
powers engaged in fierce battles both
on the eastern and western fronts,
and all Europe is celebrating the an,
niversary in subdued manner
In the west, the Allies hammer Is
tapping at the German entrench-
melts, trying to find a weak point,
while in the east the Russians, who
have been driven back from the Aus
trian and German frontiers, seeming
ly have been brought to bay behind
rivers which offer them natural lines
of defense, and turning, have counter
attacked the Austro-German forces.
which aimed at their undoing.
Drop Bombs in England.
England experienced an aerial at
tack When German aeroplane, COM
ing from the Belgian coast this morn.
ing, flew over Dover, dropping bombs
in the garden of flames rect0ry.
which is in front OF Dover cas- tie. No
damage was done.
The following statement is from
the general staff of the Russian com.
mander in chief:
"On the Bzlra river near the chat.
eau Of Tuchow, our troops last night
utterly routed the strong German
forces which had crossed to the right
bank Of the 'BZura.
"The German regiment was almost
completely annihilated, il addition to
losing five machine guns. We cap
tured five officers and 515 soldiers.
All through the day yesterday the
Germans made fierce attacks in the
region of Bolimow, but everywhere
were repulsed. Stubborn fighting al
so prevailed in the region Of 1llow
and l4odz. We threw back the Ger
mans, who crossed to the right bank
of the Pilica.
Con December % and % violent
fighting occurred all along the front
on the Nida river. Especially is the
fighting stubborn on the lower Nida,
between IWislica and NoWemiasto.
During these two days we captur-
ed, to the north of Pi1czow, 81 of;
GERS and over 5000 soldiers.
ITO the south of the Vistula, we
maintained our success of the previ-
Gus day. Here We took 1900 prison
ers.'
The following official communica-
ton was issued by the war office to-
night:
ITO the north of Lysen the enemy
bombarded rather violently the ap-
proaches of the road from Yypres to
Confines and those of Langemarck,
but it has delivered no attack.
Before Boisselle, northeast of Al.
bert, our troops last nigh made slight
progress. The German attack on ST.
Mard wood, east of Tracy-le.Val, has
been repulsed.
We organized trenches, captured
the day before yesterday, December
%, near Puisalenne. The ground TAX
en- in the Ban de Sapt region near
Launcis, north of st. Die, has been
held and organized"
There is no other news of import
ance received from the front.
Sell 100000 Of Coin.
London was somewhat surprised to-
day to find the Bank Of England an
nouncing sale of sS,0O0,0OO of for
eign coin and $2,010OOO Of gold
bars, this being the first, transaction
of its kind since the end of August.
No official notification was given re.
garding the destination of the gold,
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