The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-03
kRUPP FACTORY TARGET FOR AEROPLANE BOMBS:
 BELGIAN BATTLE RAGING

@S~V0-J @NOV O40C4O3SO4 LII German Reports.
 CHANNEL CAMPAIGN
 CONTINUES FLERCEIsY Germans Repeat Attacks h
 the Argonne, While Allies
 Are Aided By Water Bar rier In Withstanding On rushes Battle In East
 Has Diminished Tn Sever
 ity.
 Although the opinion is ex- pressed by foreign military critics that operations on a large scare are in progress fn France and Belgium, today's of fieial announcements from Paris and Berlin tell of no i'm portant battles. The fighting in the east, likewise, has dimin- ished in intensity.
 The German war office state ment reports that nothing of importance has occurred west or east. The French announce mefal speaks of violent artillery fire near the North Sea at Nieu- port, in the vicinity of Ypres and between the rivers Lys and Somme.
 German forces persist in their infantry attacks in Ar gonne region, but so far as has been disclosed have made little progress. The barrier of water which helped the allies to check the German advance toward the French coast has been extended further territory having been inundated to the south of Dix nude.
 The Krupp factory at Essen, which supplies the German army with it's great guns, is said to have been bombarded. by an aeronaut, though with what effect is unknown.
 Tn Budapest it is asserted that the capture of Belgrade, Servia, by Austrians, was ae- cemplished in a battle with bayonets. This version is at variance with reports from Nish that the Servian troops, evacuated the city.
 King George was on the fir ing line in France today. Elm peror William, who recently visited his troops in East Prus- sia, is now said to be in Bres-l lau, Silesia, where he confer red with Arehduke Frederick, commander of4the Austro- Hun garian army.
 Situation in Poland
 For the first time since the Ger mans were checked in their advance on Warsaw it was possible today t0 gain fairly clear idea or the military situation in Russian Poland in its broader aspect Advices from both Berlin and Petrograd indicated that the Germans had definitely succeeded in throwing back the enveloping Rus sian forces and were maintaining stol- idly their positions west of LovTicz. Furthermore, 1t is said that the Ger mans are again undertaking an ener- getic offensive.
 The completeness of change in the situation, ascribed variously to the failure of the Russian General Rem nenkampf to close up the ring about the Germans is indicated by news tel egraphed from Petrograd by an Eng fish correspondent who previously had announced that the Russians had won an overwhelming, victory. He now lstates that the Germans arc holding their positions and that the situation remains extremely interesting and hazardous.'
 The latest official announcement from Petrograd states that the fight ing has become less severe.
 Germany's determination to prose cute the war relentlessly is reflected in the virtually unanimous vote of the Reichstag for a war credit of $1258.- 900. GOO and in the imperial chancellor's declaration that his country would fight to the last breath.
 In France and Belgium the dead lock remains unbroken. AIthough fighting proceeds at various points there was no indication that either side had won important advantages