The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-01-02
BELGIAN COAST
BATTLE RESUMED
Heavy Fighting Reported Near
NieupOrt With Little Gain
for Either Side.
EXPECT BIG CASUALTY LIST
LIstIe Change in Eastern Situation,
Although Heavy Fighting Con-
tinUes Along 5zura River
Brigade AnnihiIated.

London, Dec 24-AIthough the al
lies have scored some successes in
the battles in the west, they are meet
ing with stubborn resistance and mill
tary men warn the public that very
heavy casualty lists must be expected
before any serious impression can be
made on the German entertainments.
Activity seems to have been resumed
along the Belgian coast, for it is an
nounced slight progress has been
made by the allies between the sea
and the road from Newport to West
ende. At other points similar fighting
is proceeding with here success and
there reverse or failure Of attack
The airmen on both sides have been
extremely busy and aeroplanes have
been swarming over Belgium, the
aviators accommodating movements Of
the opposing troops and occasionally
dropping bombs Bruges and Brussels
have been visited by aviators from the
ranks of the allies, while Bethune
and other towns in Northern France
have received attention from the Ger
mans.
No Change at Front.
So far as can be determined from
available reports the situation has not
altered materially on either front in
the last twenty-four hours.
Unquestionably heavy fighting is
proceeding along the Bzura river,
where one may fairly assume that the
Russian position is extremely strong.
The Russian right apparently rests on
the Vistula river, affOTding it protec-
ton from flank attacks; in the rear
are Nowo Georgiewsk and the War
saw fortresses The fact that the Ger
mans succeeded in crossing the Bzura
and Rawka rivers at certain places
should render their task easier.
Kill Brigade from Rear.
Russian troops in the neighborhood
of Tuchow, Galicia, south of Tarnow,
on observing the advance of the Twen-
ty-sixth Austrian Brigade, slipped past
on parallel roads and surprised the
Austrian rear, according to reports
received here. The Russians opened
fire with machine guns and virtually
annihilated the whole brigade.
Allies Press Offensive.
London, Dec .23.-Heavy fighting is
taking place on both eastern and west
e-n fronts, but without producing any
material change in the position of the
opposing armies
In France and Belgium the Allies
offensive is being pressed, and while
some ground has been gained at wide
| " separated points, other attacks
! have been repulsed by the Germans
from their strongly intrenched posi-
tons. In the northern area the artil-
| Iery and warships yesterday took up
| the battle, giving the infantry rest,
| but lower down the line and from the
| Disc to the Meuse free fighting took
place in many districts.
Germans Retire Across Border.
In the east most of the Germans
north of the Vistula have retired
across the East Prussian frontier be-
fore the onrush of the Russian forces.
but south of that river, between the
Bzura and the Pelica, the Germans
continue their advance and announce
tonight that in a fierce battle they
have succeeded in crossing branches
| of the Bzura and the Rawka rivers at
many places.
Fight in Deep Snow.
London, Dec 22-In Poland and Ga
licia battles are being fought between
the Russians and the German and Aus
trian allies amid deep snow in bitter
cold
No news of any decisive gain came
today. The Russian and German
claims continue to be directly contra
dictOry.
The Germans in Poland again are
making a fierce attack toward the cap
itaI, and the Russians are making q
stand against them on the east bank
OF the Bzura river, thirty miles west
of Warsaw. Grand Duke NichOlas's
army here holds a natural strategic
line fifty miles long, running roughly
north and south along the east banks
Of the Bzura and Rawka rivers.
British Retake Trenches
In the west the British troops have
attacked and regained most Of the
trenches previously lost. Before Ii
hons the Germans delivered four sue
cessive attacks for the purpose of re-
capturing the trenches which We had
previously won IN that region, but all
of them were repulsed.