The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1914-12-22
GERMANS NOW
OVER FRONTIER
PelrOgrad Reports Allege T,
tons Have Been Defeated
North OF lIsluIa.
GREAT BATTLE FOR WARSAW
Decisive Conflict Must Occur
RelOrc City Falls.--NO
Change in Vest.

London, Dec. 22-lt is only at the
northern and southern eNtremitles Of
the line of battle IN the eastern arena
Of war that any marked change II 10 be
noted today. In the western thcnlcr
siege warfare Of the most stubborn
and laboriOus kind persists. This
briefly sums up the situation both In
the east and west today, ~ far as
has been disclosed IN IN official state
nent.
The ultimate outcome Of the German
advance upon Warsaw still IL profile.
matiCal, Hs a decisive conflict has yet
To be- fought Although the Russian
center has retired II now has been
reinforced and 1t IL holding u line Oh
the Bzurn from It's junction with the
NIstula.
North Of the Vistula, II reports
from Petrograd may be believed, the
Germans have been whipped and push
ed back over the frontier until their
line now stretches behind Soldau.
which " midway between Iautenburg
and Niedpnburg IN east Prussia. To
the south II IN contended In Russian
reports that the movement Of Aus
trians through the Carpathians has
been defeated simultaneously with the
defeat 0f the garrison At PrZemyJ,
which was hurled hack before an at
tempted sortle.
Berlin. Dec. % An official state
hent issued today says
AT NleupOrt aud around Ypres the
situation yesterday was quiet
ain order 10 re-capture the positions
lost by them December 20 at IT. Hu'
bort and Givenchey the English forces,
reinforced by French tarritorials
made desperate attacks during yester-
day and Inst night, NIL Of which. how
ever. we're repulsed Around Richie
( hcurg me enemy succeeded IN OBJ
tanning firm foothold In ha old pO-
sition.
French attacks yesterday near Al
bert, at Soualn and NJ Perthes were
rcpulsed with heavy lnsses to the
french. In the western part ~ the
Argonne district we captured few
trenches. On the eastern Argonne To
the north and northwest " Nedun,
French attacks were repulsed with
hoavy losses.
The situation IN crsl and west Prus'
tla is unchanged In Poland our
troops are engaged, In a fierce battle
for possession Of branches ~ the Bzu'
"a aud Rawka rivers In many In
stances they crossed, over tributaries
nlready IN their possession
''On the right bank ~ the river Pil'
lea. fighting by the Germanic allies IN
continued"
Paris Dec %. -Tolnys official
statement says;
"Betw zen the sea and the Lys De
cClnber II, there wis nothing further
thnn artillery engagements Between
Iys and the Aisne we repulsed Ger
man attacking column, which was en-
denvoring 10 come out from Carency
"An attack Of the enemy on Mamet'
and nearby trenches made II impossl
bic for our troops TO make material
progress IN this direction. We made
slight gains east and west Of Tracy
Ie-yal, and our artillery delivered ef
ficacious fire on the plateau of Nouy
ron.
"ln the Champagne and IN the Ar
gonne, near Souain. there has beer
violent hayonet engagements. W,
have not made perceptihle progress
IN this region. We have occupied IL
the suburbs OF Perthesan. ~ Hurlul
three German positions representing
the front Of the entertainments i,5OI
yards long
''In the forest OF la Grurie our pro
rress continues Az 81 Hubert ",
rtpulsed an attack In the forest o.
Rolants. Here certain ground hat
been lost, hut we re-cnptured two
thirds Of II.
TN the suburbs of vauquois oul
troops were successful In makinI
their way through bnrbed wire en-
tangiemeut and taking possession o.
certain trenches NJ the enemy wher'
they maintained themselves"