The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-19

London, Dec. 19-From many quarters came reports today
 indicating that following re- ports of a Great German vic tory in Poland-Iacking con firmation from Petrograd though it was-the allies are perfecting their co-ordination
 of movements. in the eastern
 and western theatre of the
 great European war.
 While the conflict in the
 western battle line has been less furious, on the whole, dur ing the last few days, the strug-
 gle in Poland repeatedly has
 been reported as the most des-
 perate and bloody during the
 whole war.
 Berlin has received the news
 of the great successes in Po- land with tentative re5eicins
 The meagfe announcement of great victory has failed to sat
 isfy the pepulaee. The people
 lamor for more details, but
 thus far have been obliged to
 content themselves with a bare i announcement.
 Co-ordination Apparent
 The co-ordination of movements of the allies is evidenced in tte official
 statements of Gernaany and France. Indicating that the offensive has been taken by the allies in the west, with 1 the hope that there may be no likeli- hood of the German forces taking any
 part of their strength from the west, lsto the east, where the extension of the battle line and military operations Enlight demand greater strength l Progress of the allies in the vicin- 1 1ity of La Bassee. where the Germans l had clung tenaciousiy to their posi- lions for so many weeks is regarded
 here as parti cularIy ncteworthy, as the Germans spear point there had presented an irritating problem The advance of the allies so far has been slow, but British military critics e2r-
 pect it to gain impetus
 British and French military writ CTS say the doubts expressed by them l correctness lnouncement that a historic victory
 had been won over inc Russians in
 Poland are borne out by the apparent
 1essening of enthusiasm in Berlin,
 where the atmosphere during the last I two days was surcharged with e1zu- l berant rejoicing.
 The Berlin VoeFwarts rebukes it's lco1leagues for what it calls their ex- laggerated deductions'' from the vague
 information available
 I P -rts LI-.- -T- olas has drawn in a portion of the l Russian front from the LoWicz-IloW line to entrenchments nearer War
 saw. There has been no admission
 from Petrograd, however, Of any seri- 1 ous revsrses in the field Of operations along the VistuIa river. such as much necessarily have preceded a general Herman victory It is regarded hera
 as quite possible that the Teutonic allies have scored successes tn some
 localities, although there is no infor-
 nation available as ito their time or I locatio on.
 The reverse which Petrograd says
 the Germans have sustained In the l region of Mlawa, near the East Prus- l sian frontier is believed in London to have interfered with the operations l of the Germans along the Visutla- l Last nights official communica.- l ton from the Russian war office stat ed definitely that all Austro-German | aGIackS. along the 1e1t Danh or ttlS I Vistula which had been in progress
 for several days have been repulsed.
 Whatever are the facts af the situa-
 ton in the Vistula region, the pres
 ent situation there apparently is ez- | erting no influence on the crucial Op-
 erations to the south, around Cracow. I The Russian forces where are threat ening the old Polish capital and the I Silesian frontier remain fixed in their ] positions and the Austrian rally. which l l the Carpathians seems to have met
 with a cheek
 ONE HUNDRED PERISH