The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1915-01-15
A GENERAL SURVEY OF
The WAR.


man statement that the advance in
Poland is being continued slowly there
were few new official details of the
eastern caIlpaign.
The Frc.lh war office asserts that
the eastern end Of the German line on
the French border is being pushed
back at various places. In the official
statement mention is made of an ;rn-
portant advance in the Woevre dis
trict, resulting in the capture of por-
tor of the German first line. An ad-
vance in this district, if continued,
might threaten the German wedge in
ward to St. Mihiel.
IT Upper Alsace, also, the forward
movement Of the French is said to
have continued. The German war Of
flee, however, asserts that French at
tacks in Alsace were repulsed
Friday. Jan. 8.-Fighting has been
resumed on the Servian front. An
Austrian force which occupied an is
land near Belgrade was attacked by
Servians, according to an official state
ment from Nish.
Capture of another town in Alsace,
south of Sennheim, is reported by the
French war office in it's statement to-
day. The German communication
neither affirms nor denies the report,
saying merely that fighting is still in
progress for the possession Of the
town. 1t is said, however, that repeat
ed French attacks in Alsace broke
down under the German artillery fire.
The German communication men
tiUns an engagement east of the Raw.
ka river, in Poland, where it is said
that the advance is still in progress,
hut the spectacular clashes of great
masses of troops during the earlier
part of the war have no parallels nov
along the Warsaw front
Saturday, Jan. 9.-German armies
are again striking at Warsaw from
two directions. Along the Vistula,
west of the Polish capital, heavy fight
ing has been resumed and at the same
time a new attack has been launched
from the north.
CoincideDtly with the Russian sweep
through the Austrian province of Bu-
kowina, plans are under way in the
adjacent country of ROumania for
mobilization of the army. Reports say
that the entrance OF Roumnaia into
the war is expected
The French advance in Alsace ap-
parently has been checked. Both
French and German official statements
tell of the recapture by the Germans
of Burnhaupt-le-H Haul, the town south
of Steinbach, capture of which by the
French was announced yesterday. In
the Argonne violent fighting is again
in progress.
Fighting has been resumed in the
Aisne region, where the allies claim
to have captured three lines Of Ger
man trenches covering 500 meters of
the front. The German statement,
however, says that French attacks in
the region were repulsed.
SUNDAY. SGIs III IaS OllIC1dI CI1-
muniQue from Paris reports artillery
duels from the sea to the Disc. On
the Aisne desperate attempts by the
Germans to regain trenches lost were
repulsed. At other places along the
line the report says the Germans were
repulsed and claims slight gains fer
the French here and there. This the
German official announcement denies
and claims gains for the kaiser's
troops in the ArgOnne.
Reports from Petrograd say that
rapid movement of troop during the
past forty-eight hours has brought the
armies preparing for the battle north
of Warsaw Up OF million men each
The fighting is expected to open at
any time. Along the Bzur-Rawka
front the Germans continue to attack.
The Russians are making rapid prog
ress across the Hungarian plains.