Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-01-23
ALLIES SUSTAIN
HEAVY LOSSES
FOUR WEEKS ATTACK oRDEREn
BY THE FRENCH CALLED A
BIG FAILURE.
MANY FRENCH ARE INJURED
German Casualties Only one-Fourth O,
Those of Enemy-Russia Re.
ported Financially Exhaust.
ed, Gets Big Loan.

Berlin, Jan. 1S.-The following ot
fetal statement was issued here Sun.
day afternoon:
About four weeks ago the order for
a general attack, which had been d.
cided upon by the French authorities
in December. was given. The attempt.
ed attacks of the enemy in the western
theater were met by the necessary
steps on our part. The enemy's at.
tacks brought him no success worthy
of mention, whereas our troops north
of La Passee, on the Aisne and On the
Argonne made very satisfactory prog.
ress.
Claim Allies Lost 1880.
THE losses to the enemy during this
period, counted by US, amounted tol
10000 killed and about 1850 prison.
ers. He viii now know from experience
that together with the wounded his
losses are in proportion of one to fou,
apart from the number of sick and
missing, the grand total being $50 OoO
men. Our total losses for the sama
period did not amount to one-fourtb
that number.
only artillery duels have taken
place on both sides in Flanders
"On other parts of the fronts, artH.
lery duels of varying intensity have
taken place, but in the sapping and
mining areas nothing of note has oc.
Cured.
We made some progress in the Ar
gonne, but heavy rains have hampered
operations along the entire front
Generally speaking the positions inI
the east are unchanged"
Say Russia Exhausted.
The following announcements we're
made on Sunday by the Overseas
News agency:
According to the Russky Slovo.
Russia is financially exhausted and
threatened recently to conclude a sep
arate peace unless Great Britain grant
ed her loan. AS a consequence Eng.
land and France have now loaned her
100000 900.
Russian official reports of barbar
Gus treatment given Russians travel
ing in Germany are absolutely untrue
In reality the majority of Russians
now In Germany, even men of military
age are allowed to stay in their homes
unmolested."
ION to Paris" Cry.
Berlin, Jan. 1S.-(By Wireless -
ION to Paris!" This is now the Ger
man slogan. Following the victories
of the last few days around Scissors
the Teutons have steadily progressed
Out of the deadlock of the last week
several great movements of tremend-
GUS Importance have sprung, it is re.
ported. Briefly they are:
German advance toward French ca.
pital
New campaign against Russians in
east by Germany; heavy reinforce
ments sent.
A Turk invasion of Egypt, following
successes over Russians.
Paris to Be Entirely Dark.
Paris Jan. 1S.-Beginning tomorrow|
night Paris will be city without
lights According to a decree issued
today by the military commander oil
Paris, no street lights will be per
mitted after night fall and no interior
lights will be permitted which will
cast a glow into the streets. The black
ness of the Paris nights will be more
impenetrable than at any time since
the war began.
These extra precautions are takeaI
to deprive hostile aviators of the least
possible target in the event of an air
raid.
March to Center on Aisne.
London, Jan. 1S.-The Daily Express
prints the following dispatch from IT'S
correspondent in Belgium:
German reinforcements from Anti
werp and Brussels as well Is from
Prussia have been moving steadily
through Belgium in the direction ofI
the center line on the Aisne for th9I
last three days"
Kaiser Decorates Commanders.
Amsterdam. Jan. Emperor Will
lam, who witnessed the battle north
OF scissors. in which the French ver9l
driven back across the river Aisne
decorated Gen. Won Lochow and Lieut.
Gen. Wishura, who commanded th7I
victorious troops on the field On Gen
Won Luchow he bestowed the Order e
Merit, and on Lieut.. Gen. Wishura Al
ccmmandership of the Order Of ri
House of Hohenzollern.