The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-12-04
cine. Rush Medical College, University
OF Chicago.
FIGHTING UUHTlGUFD
RESULTS N lBllA BALANCE
Ssa,ida.a Fios rs.si lon..

,oontiausa Frop, psssi lons.
the first of December over $4,000
Russian prisoners FbVE st.a
German Artillery Summarizing.
Paris. December 2.--The German
artillery today Is hammering at the
allied line between Ypres and Arras.
Reports reaching here state that
relnforcenents continue to come up
for the Germans in that section and
a full quota OF 100000 additional
men is expected To be on the firing
line within the next few days.
Petrograd, December 2.-The Rus.
slams have, driven back the Ger
mans along the vistuia and now
hold Plock I'm force. Plock is sixty
miles northwest OF Warsaw and was
the scene of the first determined
fighting in the German advance upon
Warsaw from Thorn. g..
'..Er..r SO. o.
London. bee. 1.-The battle in
Northern Poland. concerning the
progress OF which there has been so
much mystery. is now being fought
ont under the eyes Of the German en-
pero.. un the one side. and the Rus
sian emperor on the other
The king CT England is in France;
the king of Belgium, as usual. Is
spending all his time with his soldiers,
while President Polneare OF France
has started for another visit 10 the
northern battlefield. 'r ".'r'
OHsclal news from Poland ct.ntinues
10 be scanty and with borh headquar-
tiers claiming successes IL is impos-
sIble 10 say how the battle Is going.
OF Its intensity. however. there can be
no ldonbt. .s.'
p The Germans, when they started
for Warsaw. dashed full tilt into a
mass ,of Russian troops and forced
their way so far in that the Russians
closed OF them. This was taken in
Petrograd to mean that some Of the
German divisions had been cut on
anh that their surrender or annihila.
ton was inevitable.
Break Through Russian Lines.
II appears. however. that lighting
for their lives and IN the knowledge
that a great defeat would end the
German offensive and compel them
to fall back on their own frontiers the
German troops succeeded in breaking
through the Russian lines at one place
ana at another in holding their en-
trepchments, against. all the Russian
attacks. - POI, tr -.
: Their tanks are still being harrass-
ed by the Cossacks, but seemingly the
Russians are not now in position to
gain the sweeping victory they had
anticipated. ...'...
The losses with the desperate fight
Ing that has been going on for fort
night nust necessarily be very heavy
on both sides. 50. r.t
Against the Austro-German forces
In the south the Russians continue
to gain more decisive results. They
are. now In possession OF all the Ans
trAan positions protecting the Car
psthian passes and are said to have
arrived abreast Of Cracow, while their
captures for three weeks number So.
600 Ten.. ... e..
Germans Active In Belgium.
!, In the west, although the German
Official report says there Is nothing 20
Communicates the French ofilciai state
ment notes a somewhat lively cannon
ade In Belgium, and. German activity
! to the north OF Arras. This may mean
/ that the Germans have commenced, or
are about to commence. another at
tempt to get through TO the, French
ports, /. lr,. -, Il tr.s rf.frs,.
| Certainly there are some~important
changes in the dispositions OF the Ger
man troops, but what they foreshadow
Is known only to the German general
staff. ,...-r -. .e. g. IT,
| Military men here are taking eppos
ing views, ore side believing that the
Germans will rest content with hold
ing their present, positions until the
close of the battle In Poland, where
they need all the men, they can get
while the. other looks for an imme
Fdiate resumption OF the battle. In
northern France and Flanders.
THE Germans, too. according tc
Dutch reports, are strongly fortifyine
zsebrugge and other Belgian ports
against renewal OF the attacks b,
the allied feet, The fighting. which
has taken place around Ypres, was
! due to the allies pushing their line:
forward. a.. $50 e.