Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1914-12-25
ALLIES ROUTED;
.SLAVs ARE BEATEN
TERRIFIC FIGHTING IN FLAN
DERS AND FRANCE FAvORS
kAlSER'S ARMY.
NEW VICTORY FOR TEUTONS
denberg Is Now Only TWO
Days March From the
Polish Capital

Berlin, Dec. 22.-"The French at
stacks at Newport (Belgium) were re-
pulsed" says the German official state
ment.
Between Richebourg L'Avoue and
the canal of La Bassee," the statement
continues, "we attacked the positions
OF the Anglo-Indian troops, stormed
and captured their trenches and dis
lodged them from their positions with
heavy losses. We captured one piece
of artillery, five machine guns, two
mine throwers and go Anglo-Indians,
including ten officers The trenches
we lost to the enemy Dec Is near
Notre Dame de Lorette have been re-
captured.
Assaults Are RepuIsed.
In the neighborhood of Souhain, to
the northeast of Chalons, French
troops yesterday delivered a fierce at
tack. In one place they penetrated
our outer trenches, but their attack
broke down under our fire.
In the Argonne we captured an i'm
portant wooded hill at LIE Four de
Paris, three machine guns, one revol-
yer gun and 275 prisoners.
Victorious Near Verdun.
THE fierce French attacks to the
northwest of Verdun have failed COM
pletely. The great activity shown by
the French along our entire front have
been explained by an army order
ca
Joffre, COMMUNICATIVE chief of the
French troops, which was found on a
French officer. This order reads as
follows:
During three months the enemy
has made numerous fierce attacks
without being able to break through
our line. Everywhere he has been
VIGOROUSLY repulsed. The moment
has now arrived for us to make use
of the weakr ess which he has shown.
After having reinforced ourselves
with men and material, the hour of
attack has arrived We kept the
German forces in check, and it is now
our business to clear the fatherland OF
the invaders :"
London, Dec. 22.-The great battle
to the west of Warsaw has yet to be
fought out, judging from the indica-
tons conveyed in dispatches from
Berlin and Petrograd.
The Germans continue to close in
on Warsaw, forcing their wedge near
er to the city. Heavy Russian rein
forcements are being dispatched to
the front and undoubtedly severe fight
ing is in progress today
The German army, commanded by
Gen. Won Hindenburg, has made a
steady advance in the direction of the
Polish capitol, but the Russians in fall
ing back, appear to have taken new
positions in strong entertainments,
and in spite of the fact that the in
vaders are within two days march of
Warsaw there is good reason to be-
lieve that much hard fighting must
come before it can be taken.
Raise Cracow Siege.
Along the southern frontier of East
Prussia the Russians claim to have
the upper hand, but further to the
south, in southern Poland, as well as
in Galicia, the Austro-German forces
are sweeping the Russians before
them. They assert further that they
have cleared all the Russians out of
West Galicia. This means that the
long siege of Cracow has been raised
If this advance on the part of the
Teuton allies continues it may bring
similar relief to the Austrian garrison
of Przemysl, besieged by the Russians
since the early days of the war
The vigorous Austrian offensive in
this arena of hostilities has necessi-
tated the withdrawal of many troops
heretofore used against Servia, and
there are indications that the Austrian
attempts to crush Servia will, for the
time being, be abandoned
Railroad Center Taken.
Berlin (via Amsterdam), Dec. 22.-
The capture of Skierniewice, an i'm
portant railroad center of Poland, 40
miles from Warsaw, by German troops
is reported in dispatch received
from Breslau. This town is junction
point for three railroads, the lines run
ming to Warsaw, LODI and Lowicz It's
capture shows that the Germans have
advanced thirty miles since taking
Lodz, Skierniewice being that distance
from the Polish manufacturing city.