The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-01-08
GERMAN TROOPS
SCATTER FRENCH.
BLOW HURLS INVADERS OF GER
MAN PROVINCE BACK TOWARD
TOWN OF. BELFoRT.
TEUT0NS REPULsE FOES
Counter Attack of Enemy Fails Near
Arras, Where Large Trench Is
Blown Up and Prisoners
Are Taken.

Berlin, Jan. (Wireless via London)
An Athens dispatch announces that
the Franco-English fleet is attempting
to force the Dardanelles. 1t is being
blocked by the heavy bombardment of
the fortresses.
London, Jan. GA telegram from
Zurich, Switzerland, states that the
French have been routed in the III
Valley and on the surrounding heights
and their headquarters have been
shifted in the direction of Belfort. It
is believed that the French will now
be compelled to evacuate the Larg
valley.
The Ill valley is the territory south
of Altkerche from which the French
reported two days ago that they had
shelled Altkerche. The Larg river
flows parallel to the Ill, about two
miles to the westward. Since the re-
port of the bombardment of a railway
train in the station at Altkerche by
the French artillery no mention has
been made of the progress of these
operations and the above dispatch
may furnish the reason for the omis-
sion.
Germans Repulse Foe.
Berlin, Jan. 6.-"In the western
arena of the war, at point north of
Arras, we have blown up a French
trench 200 yards in length; we also
took some prisoners. The counter-at-
tack of the enemy at this point failed.
I'm the Argonne we repealed several
French advances.
"A French attack between Stein
bach and Uffholz was repulsed after a
bayonet encounter" (Uffholz is two
miles to the east of Steinbach.)
AIsace Advance Claimed.
Paris, Jan. 6.-Capture of a strong
hold in their advance against Metz; a
second invasion of Alsace, threatening
Colmar, advances east of Steinbach
and against Cernay (Sennheim) in the
operations before Muelhausen and Alt
kerche, with gains to the east of Nieu-
port, in Flanders-these are the fea-
lures of the French official statement
Rains continue incessant along the
entire front, which now measures 375
miles, being extended to the borders
of Switzerland on the south and to the
sea in Flanders on the north.
Big Guns in Duel.
Belgian artillery is in operation
against the Germans in Flanders.
Duels of the big guns were fought at
six points on the battle front.
Berlin, Jan. 6.-Tonight's official re-
port says:
'In the eastern theater of the war
the situation in East Prussia and in
northern Poland remains unchanged.
Our attacks east of the Bzura, near
KosslowBin-Skupi, and south of this
location, are progressing. We also ad-
vanced at point northeast of Boil
NOW. There are no changes east of
the Rawka nor east of the heights to
the north of the Rawka,
con the right bank of the Pilica the
condition of the roads and the un-
favorable weather are interfering with
our movements"
Attack on Austrians.
Petrograd, Jan. 6-While the Rus
SLAMS recently have been combining
themselves for the most part to the
defensive in Poland, they have been
bringing down one smashing blow af-
ter another on the heads of Austrians
in Galicia.
Bukowina is practically free of the
enemy's armed forces and to the east,
the Russians have reached Sutchava,
less than a mile from the Roumanian
frontier.
No surprises of an unpleasant char
acter is expected to result from the
spreading of the conf1agration to Blu
kowina, and the operations against
Pennsylvania have another very i'm
portant bearing. They point to the
self from the menace to which she
was exposed so long as the railway
lines transversing Hungary to the east
and west were in the hands of the
enemy.
Railroads Big Assistance.
The great advantage which the enc
my possesses over Russia is that of
superior mobility which is almost en-
tirely the result of close reticula.
ton of the strategic railways.
On the other flank the problem Is
more difficult one as the whole of east
and West Prussia has been transform
ed into one vast fortress.
Germans Drop Bombs.
Berlin-German airmen have drop