Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-01-09
KaiSer'S Forces Strike at
Polish Capital from
West and North.
REPORT FIGHTING MORE
AND MORE DESPERATE"
Geneva Dispatch Says Austrian
Artillery Has Been Trapped
in GaIicia.
ROUMANlA'S ENTRANCE
IN WAR is EXPECTED
Cars Troops Are Reported to
Have Begun Invasion Of
TransyIvania.

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German armies are again strikirg
al Warsaw. from two directions.
Along the Vistula, TO the west Of tfs
Polish capital, heavy fghting has
been resumed. and at the same time
& new attack has been launched from
the north. where the cold weather
has frozen the marshy ground. The
Petrograd war Office describes tbs
lighting as more and more des-
perate," and admits that the Ger
mans made advances at many points.
but states that they were subse-
quently driven back again
Coincident with the Russian sweeu
through the Austrian province OF
Bukowina. plans are under way In
the adjacent country of Rouman,a
for mobilization Of the army. I'm
official advices state that the en-
trance Of Roumania into the war Ia
expected
AustriAns Reported Trapped
A Geneva report says that an Aus.
trian artillery has been trapped III
Galicia by the Russians, VINO by an
unexpected movement caught the
Austrians at q disadvantage on oifi-
cult ground and placed them III :
precarious position. There was no
confirmation. however Of this report
Efforts Of the French TO renew theis
advance IN Alsace apparently ha>a
been futile. Both the French ana
German Official statements Of TO-DAY
tell qf the recsota-p BY the Germans
OF EaEE xsaSn--sa-l4alf, fhs towr sou1A
Of Steiribach, capture OF which by the
French was announced yesterday.
In the Argonne violent fighting Is
again in progress. In the chsrge the
French lost number of men as the
result Of trap set by the Germans.
who permitted them to occupy a
trench and then blew il up.
Fighting has been resumed in the
Aisne region. where the allies claim
to have captured three lines Of Ger
man trenches. covering 600 metres OF
the front The German statement,
however. says that French attacks in
this region were repulsed.
BY the Associated Press.
PETROGRAD, via London. Jan. 3.
4.21 a. m.-Taking advantage of the
continued and increasing cold weather,
which has frozen the marshy land ed-
jacent 10 the numerous rivers Of
north Poland, the Germans are now
initiating another attempt on Warsaw
from the north. Having eontented
themselves with fortifying and taking
the defensive west of Warsaw, along
the banks Of the Bzura and southwark
between Sl1ierniewice and Grodzisk
and further southwark along the left
bank Of the Vistula, the Germans arc
now reported massing Ia the north
preparatory to an advance
This assault is considered seauel
OF the German demonstration of four
weeks ago, when, advancing from
AIlawR, they were repulsed by Rus
sian troops across the border. The
previous advance obviously was made
with the aim of acquainting them
selves with the nature of the ground
and the disposition of the Russian
forces. as well as assisting General
Mackensen's attack west OF Warsaw
by attracting Russian troops 20 the
northwsrd.
Report Offensive I'm MAsss.
This time the German Offensive f
said to be en- masse, including the
army corps recently brought over
from Belgium 1t Is reported here
that on the Russian Christmas Day
heavy fighting occurred betweea
Mlawa and Przasnysz.
The German intention seems TO ~
70 try and force route through Prz-
asnysz, Rosan, Pultusk ana Serock-
thus making a considerably wider
movement and swinging further to
the eastward than in their previous
attempt. In taking this direction II
will be necessary for the Germans &c
cross the Rivers Narem and Bug. tbs
latter OF which is not sufficiently
frozen to provide safe transport foT
the heavy artillery.
The success Of this invasion is hers
deemed impossible, since the heavy
Russian fortress OF Newo Seorgiewsk
and several minor ones would obstruct
the German advance, IL 1t succeedaa
IN reaching so far
BY the Associated Press.
PETRoGRAD, Jan. s.--An official
communication given out by the gen
eral staff says:
"On the left bank OF tne Nistnaa
front, at the villages OF Soukhs-
Metairie and Moghely, the lighting
has assumed a character more and
more desperate. The Germans. not
withstanding the great losses they
have sustained, continue obstinate
attacks at different points.
"In many places the enemy sue
ceeded In occupying professionally
certain of our advanced trenche4
but our vigorous couDter-attackf
followed ordinarily by bayonf
charges, compelled the Germans
let 20 their hold Thus in the regf
of Metairie and Moghely on Janu9
we drove away the enemy
rushed our advanced trenches,
turing seven officers and more
100 men.
Cross Mountain Chain.
sTn Bukowina we occupied
January Kimpolung Cn Bul
near the Hungarian border)d 4
an advance and fighting iastinf
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