The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-01-27
THE EURO OPEAN WAR
DAY BY DAY II.
A WEEKS HAPPENINGS
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January; 22.-The German airships
for they are thus described by the
German official report which raided
the coast towns Of Norfolk county,
dropped twenty or more bombs. The
missiles killed four persons. injured
ten or more and did consid derable
property damage. "A report that q
fifth person, q soldier. had been killed,
proved incorrect. Il y; s5
Battles both in the east and the
west now consist largely of artillery
engagements, with occasional infan-
try attacks. The French claim fur.
ther progress In the region Of Point-A-
Mousson, to which military men at
tach much importance. Ills predict
ed that the Germans will launch a
heavy offensivesas they did with great
success at Soissons, to put a stop TO
the French advance towards the
roads leading to Metz. II: :5ls.
3 The Germans captured more trench
es In the Argonne, but, according to
the French official report, they were
retaken. II ~ Isl 3 Il. ~ q
~ The only point Of Importance dis
closed by official statements, is an In
timation In the Berlin communication
that the Germans have und dertaksn q
counter-off ffensive IN Alsace. s y
In Poland and west Galfcia the Ger.
mans and Austrtans CON time Isolated
attacks against the Russian lines,
which, according to the Russian re-
port, have been repulse ed with heavy
loss to; the attacking forces.
The Russians are advancing slow
" through the mountains separating
Bukowina and Trensylvania, and are
approaching Dorna- Watra, q town Of
some Importance near the Roumanian
border. .5E i " a AZ
It Is believed the Turkish Caucasian
army VIII not retire ito Erzerum but
Will sbe put In readiness for defense
against the Russians when they de-
eide to advance. 1t Is considered
likely; however, that the Russians will
be content for the present with suc-
acessesg already gained IN this egion,
and turn their attention to- the Turk,
ish forces in Azerbaijan before MTad-
ing Turkey. 4GRa 4. Y q "a 4.
January 81 An air raid on the Brit
fish Isies with towns In the country of
Norfolk as its objective and the royal
residence at {Sandringh gham az its espe-.
ciaI mark is the latest enterprise tnt
dertaken by the Germans, Bombs
were dropped near Sand ting ham pal
ace. Other bombs fell on. Yarmouth,
Kings Lynn cromer, sherringhamr
and Beeston. The casualty list has
not yet been made up, but 1T is known
that several persons we're killed and
that considerable damage eswas done. I
One report has 1t that a Zeppelin
dirigib1e was brought down by &, war
ship at Hunstandon eight or ten mill miles :,
north Of Sandring CHAM. sy.pl 58
The royal residence was not dam.
aged, although It is said bombs. fell
In the kings estate. King George
and Queen Mary only recently left
! Sandringham to resume their resi-
dence In Bucking CHAM palace. y.
. Fighting is going on In northern
France at certain points, but general
ly along the line in the West there is
comparative quiet. e ti! y
In the East the Russians apparently
are carrying out an development In
Poland, while the Germans express
satisfaction with the situation and
the progress of their own campaigns.
The German chief OF staff and min
lister of war, Lieut.. Gen Erich Won
Falkenhayn, in a statement to the,
definite prediction as Ito the length
Of the war, said 1t was possible for it
to go on indefinitely; that the aadVan-
itage thus far had bene with the Ger
mans; that nothing could force the
Germans to stop fighting, and added:
"If in this war to crush q nation whose
6ffense is that, through industry and
hard work, it has prospered and is
prosperous, we should go down, we
shall 60 down with honor, fighting to
the last ditch and the last man. ~ !"
January 20.- Characteristic fighting.
is going on In northern France where
the village Of lie Boisselle, 20 miles
northeast Of Amiens,, was taken from
the French by the Germans and later.
recaptured by the French.
At this point there has been much
work with the bayonet. A French am
munition depot blew up and part of
the village was destroyed by the fire
The Germans, taking advantage Of
this incident, attacked. the French
recaptured the position.
A French eye witness with official
authority gives some idea Of the ma
.ture OF fighting that has been going
on in the west. He describes the
fighting near solissons 10 days ago as
resulting favorably for the allies, but
later the waters Of the. Aisne, swollen
by the heavy storms, came over the
banks, washed bridges away and pre-
vented the allies from sending rein.
forcements to points where the French
troops were being hard pressed by
the Germans This resulted in re-