, 1915-12-29

massrI around Onaslir, the BulgaliaYs btee
concentrated in HE centre Of the Vurdar.
valley, two Turkish di visions have taken up
a position on the left of he Brlg%arians, and
the French are ranged III IA semi circle around
Salonika, their left being Oh the Yardar, their
centre fncing the Greek frontier near Doiran.
and their right connecting with the British
troops defending the Chulchldic8 peninsula.
A Petro8rad official report states: ''In, t-o
Riga sector Il successful action by orr artil-
lery against the Germans has taken pace east
Of PuIkarn, and our artillery also drove off
an enemy aelopIane which was making for
Riga. South of Friedrichstadt the Germans
threw large bombs across HE RIVER into our
trenches. IL the Dvinsk sector, E6ar Iilukst,
tia bomb, mortar aud hand grenade ire has
Increased. At several points cur artillery
made effective practice against the Germuus
who were constructing foruications."
A Vienna official despatch states "Some
Russian attacks on parts Of the Bessarubiln
front have been repul,ed vi h heavy losses
Official' advices from Rome state: "On
the heights west OF GoYiziu on Thursday
morning the enemy attempted to attack our
positions opposite Grafenberg, but We lc-
pulsed by our artillery AID the p,ompg ARMY.
al OF reinforcemenls. On thu Carso froat.
on the right wing Of GU: positions after -
lively fusilIade, bomb-throwIng aud luminous
rocket-hring, an enemy detacDmeut advanced
against our trenches east Of Steltz, hut re-
tired in disorder under our .wel-directed
fire"
The Austrian Headquarters report statos:
"Our positions on tie Adalo and ut the Tol-
mluO bridgehead have been violently BON
burded by the Italians.
4. Rom Ior5o .1oc,ofol,. f,,v, CtoolI... -.
that the steamer cargo" which was aeiz,d
by German torpedo boats IN Swedish voters
has been released with m expression OF CIR
many's regret ut The vioIni. : Of sveai.b
territory. It is expected that similar action
will be taken regarding the steamer "hidq, ;
which, according TO The "AIorEing Posts"
correspondent at Stockholm, was R.ptured
off the Sandhammaren lightship, well within
the three mites limit. Two Swedish steam
ers and one Norwegian have been seized
under similar circumstance by German sub
marines.
In the House Of Commons, Mr.. Asauifh.
replying to a question, give tle total Bit
ish casualties until the 9An inst. as 53S.227.
including killed 119, 1923, wounded 336.75S
and missing 69,54G, distributed a. follows
In Flanders and France, killed 1929 Off
GERS, 77.474 men, wounded 9,943, officers
24I ,358 men and missing 1889 oAic-, and
52,685 men, a total Of 387, 1888. 81 lie Oar
danel!es killed 1867 officers, 4.533 men.
wounded 3.o28 officers and 2,I94 men, u
total Of l14,555. Elsewhere, killed 87I Oil
GERS, l0.54S men, wounded 694, officers.
10,958 men, and missing 100 officers and
2,518 men, q total Of rs, 684.
The following wireless despatch from lie
AustrU-H ungarinn Minister for Foreign Al
fans, 10 the Austro- Hungarian Charge ut
Washington, has been picked up III England
en- route 'Ihe American Note was laue
Ell me on the Dist. Tell he Secretary f
State that the answer We are TOW preparing
viii be guided by the same concern Tor
the maintenauc7 Of good relations be-
tween the two countries as mentioned Dv
the Federal Government, but that in coLs
Quence OF tie Christmas holidays our answer
must not DO expected before next week"
No newspaper was published IN England
or Wales on Cntistmas Day.
London is celebrating the second war
Christmas with u grim couspiracv ut cheer
~fulness, the streets, shops and restaurants
being crowded, and money is passing freely
by the rich and poor alike. Prices are HIGH,
ana there IS a deficiency IN some kinds ofgOods-
No man at the front has been overlooked, the
War Office having certified that every purcel
had been delivered. The newspaper sub
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