The citizen., 1914-12-18

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Duke N.cao.zs Q. Russia and Ge1=-zl
Jof-s are acting together Il : E-olicy
Of wearing out tze German armies
Tie Germans 4 al l1e Eests-l t1e
are o. operztio1s are making sub
ban resistance. b1t 1s.r NUMBERS
are said % have been rsdzee1 Z. t1e
sending Q. vas NUMBERS o. re.1to-cs-
11enst % iae asTd-bese; armies II ne
east
HEAVY FIGHTING At YPREs-
Heavy fgat.ug Ezs -e1s-zd around
Ypres, ths booe o. eontsat-o2 il Flan-
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TIE German inizn.v sas hurled
zgzias, ne Allies L taree v!o-e1t a.
tzcks. but Ezs .e2ulsed szca rtne
Ei-h heavy losses.
Important gains have bsen Ezds %
the allied army L Tie Eoods u Il
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Fighting 1zs continued II tie Noe-
gss hut =itaout decisive result
POLAND BATTLES CONTINUED.
Tie bz.tlss Z Poland coai!nae a.
most without internission, and both
Russians and Germans announce sue
essses and the capture o. prisoners
and guns.
The Germans are stil delivering
heavy blows a. The Russian csntre.
where they assert they took 11.e91
prisoners and forty machine guns.
To The south o. Crsc0E. where the
Russians arg On tie offensive, Grand
Duke Nicholas reports the capture o.
5000 prisoners, four guns and seven
machine guns
Another Russian force is holding
the passes Of the Carpsthizns. and is
thus preventing the Austrians from
sending relief 20 their army IN Gslicis.
The marvellous recovery Of the Ser
Eians and their defeat Q: four Aus
uizn army corps which had peuetraI-
ed half way across Servia remains
The Ecnder ot military men
Tne CroEn Prince, in an address 70
his troops, told them that they had
beaten and pursued the enemy with
= rapidly unhesrd Of in military his
tory.
The shattered Austrian night wing
crossed the D-iuz into Bosnia, where
Il vas attacked By the Montenegrins
near Visasgrsd, and mad 10 leave an
3ther Toll Of prisoners, killed and
sounded and war material.
The pursuing SerYisns also picked
6p another 5000 prisoners and some
guns and munitions.
London.-The British Admiralty an
nounced that the German cruiser
squadron under Yice-Admiral Count
Won Spec, which sank the cruisers
Good Hope and Monmouth off the
Chilean coast On November !, was de-
fezted By British feet under Rear
Admiral ST. Frederick StuTdee Of the
Falkland Islands in the South Allan
tic. Three German vessels, the flag
ship Scharnhorst, the Gneisenau and
the Leipzig. were sent TO the bottom.
The Admiralty report follows:
At 7:30 a. m, on the sth Of De-
cember. the Seharnhorst, Gneise-
nau, Surnberg, Leipzig and Dres-
d-A c4E-ArA |-- N-4r c-h-N%A
islands by a British squadron
under Rear Admiral Sir Frederick
Sturdee.
An action followed, in the
course Of which the Scharnhorst,
flying the flag Of Admiral Count
Won Spec; the Gneisenau and the
Leipzig we're sunk
The Dresden and the Nurnberg
made on, following the action.
Two colliers we're also captured.
Rear Admiral Sturdes reports
that the British casualties we're
very few in number and that some
survivors were rescued from the
Gneisenau and the Leipzig.
NO CHRISTMAS WAR TRUCE