Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-01-14
French Forces Are Driven
from the Heights of
Vregny.
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RUSSIANS ARE PUSHED
BACK IN EAST PRUSSIA
Czar's Army, However, ADJ
vances on Prussian Frontier
from Mlawa Region.
FURIOUS FIGHTING Is
RESUMED IN POLAND
Germans, in Four Violent At
tacks, Gain Ground in Gen.
tral Poland.


tral Poland.
within a two-hour motor ride Of
Paris, Emperor William is directing
a violent attack on the French line
The Germans, under the eyes of their
ruler, won an important victory in
the fighting yesterday near scissors,
the point at which the battle line,
stretching down from the north to the
point nearest Paris, turns to the east
ward.
In both the Paris and Berlin OFF,
eial statements today the victory OF
the Germans on the heights of Vreg-
ny, northeast of Scissors, is record
ed. The Berlin statement adds that
the Germans. charging through heavy
mud, took trench after trench, clear
ing the heights and capturing 1,130
prisoners.
In the east, also, furious fighting
has been resumed. The Russian
forces in East Prussia have been
driven back, the Berlin war office
states. but the Russians, advancing
toward the Prussian frontier from the
A1awa region, have captured several
towns from the Germans.
In Central Poland the Germans
nave made four violent attacks with
ing forty-eight hours. They succeed
ed in driving back the Russians and
winning considerable ground.
by the Associated Press.
BERLIN, Jan. IA (by wireless to
London, 3:45 p. m.).-The war office
today gave out the following state
rnent: stus---..----s-s -.aasss. ~.
I'm the western theatre Of the war,
III the Dunes, near Nieuport and
southwest of Ypres artillery combats
are going on. The enemy directed an
extremely strong fire on Westend,
which they soon will have entirely
destroyed. Their torpedo boats dis
appeared quickly, as soon as they re-
eeived our fire.
"Tn continuation of their activities
on January northeast of scissors
our troops again made an attack on
the heights of Vregny and cleared
this elevated pain of the enemy, In
n pouring rain and deeply sodden
clay trench after trench was taken
by storm until after dark. and the
enemy was driven back to the border
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French officers and 1.130 men were
taken prisoners and four cannon, four
machine guns and a searchlight were
captured-a brilliant feat for our
troops under the very eyes OF their
uppermost war lords.
Declare French Repuised.
Northeast of the camp of Chalons
the French attacked again yesterday,
in the morning and afternoon, with
strong forces. to the east of Perthes.
They penetrated. at certain places,
our trenches, but were repuised by
energetic counter-attacks and driven
back with heavy losses into their own
positions, leaving 160 prisoners In our
hands.
I'm the Argonne and the Vosges
nothing of importance has occurred.
'In the eastern theatre Of war Rus
sian attacks to the southeast of Cum
binnen (East Prussia) and to the east
of LoetZen have been repulsed and
many hundreds Of prisoners have
been taken.
"The situation in northern Poland
is the same.
our attacks west of the Vistula
are being continued. Nothing OF i'm
portance has occurred on the east
ern bank of the Pilica."
BY the United Press.
PARIS, Jan. 14-Admission was
Ynade today that the French troops
holding positions north of the Aisne
have been compelled to retire to the
south of the river. Severe floods
which carried away the temporary
bridges, and not the German attacks,
is given as the cause. 1t is stated
that 1t was necessary that this move
ment be made in order that communl-
cations should be preserved.
The fighting around Soissons con-
tinues, with the Germans throwing
neayy forces into action In an effort
30 regain lost ground. Despite this,
the French are said to have gained g.
slight advance at certain points. IN
the extreme north the cannonadlng
continues, despite the fact that a
thick blanket of fog now shrouds the
entire countryside. The artillery ex-
changes are extremely violent, espe-
cially in the Nieuport- -Ypres regions.
The Belgians are reported to have
dynamited a munition depot in the
region of Stuyven- -Kenskake, killing
many Germans and destroying a
large quantity of munitions.
All along the Aisne artillery ex-
changes are in order, with practically
no change in the situation. Fighting
is in progress along the heights of
the Meuse, but the snow and fog have
prevented any renewal of the often
siye in Alsace and the Vosges.
By the Associated Press.
PETROGRAD (via London, Jan. 14),
$40 D. Injurious fighting has been
resumed in Russian Poland. The
Russian forces in the north, which
are push ing toward East Prussia, in
the region near Mlawa, have cap
tured u number of villages.
In the centre the Germans have
made four violent attacks within the
last forty-eight hours. They forced
back the Russians and occupied con-
siderable ground. An official state
ment says:
Important bodies of Russian troops
have pushed northward from Warsaw
in the movement toward the western
and of the East Prussian frontier,
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