, 1915-01-13

escape he Allies ships. The manning Of
the new ships, Including the monitors, was,
he said. completely provided for, and naval
supremacy hud never before been obtained
SO speedily and cheaplv.
The Chimes" publishes a despatch from u
correspondent III Northern France, mention
ing a curious Development OF the hrlstlnas
truce. Gu Tuesday The British and Germans
sat on the edges of then trenches ~ ma
tual agreement not to tire, and aIthou4h
If is not ALWAYS possible to establish
these relations with complete sPontanelty,
singularIv few casualties result from
them, and the impromptu truce seems likely
to become more frequent III places, when
mud has made progress almost lmprncilca-
bic and there is Il strong Inclination on
either side to have ones feet out Of water to
avoid cramps ard improve the circulation.
A despatch from Berlin states that Il Ger
man general order has been issued p%rohIbIt-
ing the troops from any further fGaterni2lng
with the enemy, as at sey'rll points IN the
western thedtre Christmas was observed to
such an extent that at one place, where the
British aud Germans played football on
Christmas Day, they agreed to suspend hos
%tilities for two days more.
London, Jan. 9th-A Berlin oficial DIES.
patcn says: In the Western theatre OF war
the continuous rains have %swampod the
ground in Flanders more aud more amt our
operations are consequently very much hln-
dered. East of Rheims the French attempt-
ed during the night to take Que OF our outer
trenches, but they were driven back INTO
their own position by our couuter-attack,
losing fifty prisoners. In1 the centre and
eastern part of the Argonne we have made
further progress. A night attack by the
French against our positions on the
Buchenkopf, south Of Di"doIshausen, IN
the Vosges, was repulsed. Repeated French
attacks on a height west of Sennhetm
broke down under our artillery fire and we
took two officers and over one hundred prls-
ouers. Fighting continues for Oerbornhanpt,
south of Sennheim. Iu the Eastern theatre
fine weather continues unfayourable aud no
change has taken place in East Prussia or IN
Northern Poland. Our attacks nre progress
ING east OF the RNwka, whore about l,600
Russians an five machine guns have been
captured, but only artillery battles are pro
ceediug on the east bank of the PiAra'.
An official bulletin from Vienna an
nounces: In The Carpathian forest lands
and the southern part OF the crown land OF
Bukowina regard for the safety OF oar adj
vance troops has obliged ~ to fail back on
the mountain passes before an enemy numerI-
callv superior to ourselves"
A French official communicate says: con
Thursday the enemy ort llery showed great
activity in Belgium and in The vicinity OF
Arras, the French artillery responding spirit
edlv and etficaciously. Our infantry pro
dressed near Lombaertzyde, where we occn-
pied 80 yards in advance Of our trenches on q
hiIlnck which had lenn held by the enemy.
East of St. Georges We gained ground and
inflicted serious damage en- the trenches OF
the enemy in the vicinity of Steensraate. In
the vicinity Of Arras, al the forest Of Ber-
thonval, not being attacked we evacuated
certain trenches where our men were up to
thejr shoulders in sand and water. In the
valley of the Aisne artillery exchanges yes
terday were quite spirited. Our heavy
artillery secured good results near Blanc
Sablon. AT this point mine th@owers Of he
enemy inflicted losses on us but ~ the
afternoon we checked this fire. In he
region of Rheims, west of Bots des Zou-
ayes we blew UP a bloekAoHse with Il
mine and occupied a new trench two hun
dred yalds before our lines. Artillery com
bats between Bethemy and Prunay were
very hot and the Germans left numerous
dead upon the field, while our losses were
small. Between Jonehery SIR Suppe ana
Souain we eilenced the German guns an