Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-12-16
Germans Are Being Pressed
Backward at Practically All
Points, Except One, by Gen
eraI Offensive.
RUSSIAN REPORTS ARE
PARTIALLY CONFIRMED
Austrians Are Now Driven
From Servia Except One
Unimportant Locality Where
FoothoId Is Retained,

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offensive movement OF the French nhd
British has become general and il nc-
Ing pushed with strong forces, partic-
ularly in Flanders, the Argonne. the
woevre and Alsace. While the French
claim to have been successful at all
points. except at Steinbach, In Alsacc,
the German official report says the
allies attacks have been unsuccessful
at several places
on the whole. however. II would ap-
pear that the allies. who now have y
superiority Ia numbers as well as in
artillery. have succeeded in making
some progress and have withstood vis-
orous oounter-attaclks delivered hy tho
Germans
The fact that the allies are in pos
session Of fIollbeke In Flanders. and
that heavy fighting was going on
again today shows that they have
made an apprcciable advance during
the past two days. as last week they
were being attacked by the Invaders
two miles 20 the west of 81. Eloy,
which IL on the ypres-ArmentIcres
road.
Force Checked az Stcinhacl,.
In the Areonne regon the French
simply say:
"We have made progress and main
tanned our advance OF the preceding
days"
The force which has been checked
al Stclnbach IN the left wing Of tho
/ ifmy which for nome tinsa has breu
fighting lis way toward Meulhausen
and which has cleared considerable
part OF Alsace OF the Germans
IL rs evident that while the Ger
mans are prepared to offer stubborn
resistance to attempted advances in
tho regions mentioned In the official
communications they expect tho main
attack Of the allies to be mndc in an
other direction or are themselves pre-
pairing for an offensive. for they hass
gathered considerable forces ut Cou-
trai. from which point they could be
quickly transferred either TO Flai-
ders or soutLnrrd across the French
frontier.
RcpuIsed by Russians.
The only newu from the east this
evening Is the adm 'ssion OF the Gci
man general staff that the Germnn
column, which advanced through
MIawa toward Warsaw. "has feeecn-
pied its old positions. ewing 10 the SUI
periority of the enemy" This IN a
measure. confirms the Russian ac-
counts OF victory on this part OF the
battle front.
The Austrlans have succeeded In
again crossing the Carpathians and.
according TO their account. are driv-
Ing the Russian left back toward the
river san, This Austrian army. as
sisted by German reinforccments. has
undertaken the rather difficult task
of forcing the Russians to withdraw
from In front of Craoow and also OF
relieving Przemysl. The Austrlaus
apparently have met with at least par
tial success In the fromer project
Driven Out of scrvio.
Their army in Servia, however. has
not recovered from the surprise which
the Servians gave II just when they
we're thought to be beaten the Ser
vians turned on the invaders and
drove the mwestward and northward
out Of Servlan territory. The only
part of Serva remaining In Austrian
hands comprises a small territory IN
cIuding the towns of shahats and Los
nitxa.
The little Montenegrin army also
is doing its share and. according to
a cettinje report, has succeeded In
cutting off part Of the Austrian right
wing which rotreated into Bosnia. II
Is now announced In behalf OF Servia.
that the previous retreats were due 10
lack of ammunition and that the
stores had been replenished by cap
lures from the Austrians.
Headquarters In Vienna. dealing
with the situation. asserts that the re-
firing Of the right wing made 1t ad-
visnble to abandon Belgrade. which
was evacuated without fighting.