New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-03
Mid IN POLAND
RUSSIANS ALLY
uarshy Highways Pre-
vent German Advance
Fortified Positions,
RATTLE KAISER'S
CHRISTMAS GIFT
-r.dcr> on RsWka Attempt
Assault with Slow Progress
-Intreuchiug Impossible.


v.s5ousrtcr, Of the loth German
,,,ar,ry Division, ON the kaWha hlNer'
,,-5 Dec. 2e. via Courier 90 Berlin,
fo.1 q, London. Jan g. Artillery
h.,rsric, fol- general infantry at
e.T bccu 90 noon; infantry at
- ber-rs 81 . o'clock This was the
t,,s,rss dav order tocphoHec ano
N-.fed Co tfC German army on me
- Yesterday morning.
-. t~rrgr ot heavy cacnonaOe
thc rattle o. infantry IRE waS
- along .lc whole line during the
e.. christmas afternoon. The at
~ resulted .. night advance OF li
.s's I,fsrtrv A. one point a brigade
~, thrown across the swampy valley
- succceGca .a gaining loot reid 'o
- oiber s1dc
M rrocrcs- wa. slow against the
~ row OF Russian trenches on the
.i. ard .r tHc woods ou the east bank
t.,c Hav,a. a position protected by
,-.,s holt a. svam0S, in which the
-..,ers cannot intrcuch. as the
...rrbes ED .r0cd. atcly wish water
Road, Are Quagmires.
RI, short winter days and the logs
fU..e.aH.. wv. ...N 't'-+Nf t~.f
r,cermsr artillery only an hour or
lsIv ir which 90 cover the Ger
-, advance bv an effective lombard
-srt 4 few DAYS OF hard frost and
I,sr cold weather would make the
.s,k easier. but the winter m Poland so
tr has been exceedingly MUD. There is
Id snow OIL the ground ana tnaws keep
he ground m4rshy. converting ihe
Dads over which ammunition supplies
nus. be tran ported INTO quagmlreS;
Under such circumstances only SLOW
-ss3way can be expected ln frontal
.,,sck against the present Russian po-
.t,ons.
4 few hours of sunshine Yesterday
ave the German avators their frst
opportunity I'M O. week 70 reconnoltre
.te Russian Hne,. one OF the aNia'oiS
reported that long wagon trains were
parked In tHc road through the loIeSl
.ear the Russian hneS- rms lnlor-
ratiou was conveyed TO me Ge ..i.-sj
artillery, and SUIT. use was aIIahseI
.0r The Russ .ahs. Al gwen &c
heavy batteries opened IRE OH ''e io"U'
Batteries Had Range.
"a. e4.c- could not be definitely
...a.r,,ros b.. -be foo again settled be-
49, TIE sr.s.,- corId rcascend. The
I.-.eries had the exact range. however.
nd he havoc Ia scd Was presumed TO
,,v, beer great.
RB. E,rlc was heard during the day
i-o-- Tho Russian artillery. which is
believed 70 be hort OF ammunition
% Chs section OF ''e IRON" .,
Although DHi.-l'eas was /" pa''.e ooy
iof ne Germans N-.s '.','9 Z, e, 49,.
% me 1efi,eI' -t l''o1- I'i' poi al.
paIi o. me .-'-.- 1 'o-'' IA ~ e'
9-er 1900 -.esci.7 - H.
ne.lSeI .ir ',c~,-,- ,rbc1 The
c ~ '.", 49,. .-,-t.,st;ro Tho Pms
0eI~4.' t-...-+s'..,.i ~, 60
'sl a.'4eA' -'' '.' De. -. - corC,e.,
'lly d one pom. as".LLa ''. IL 49,
l.y 'oIps p'-..... l..rcLo5 -,
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.. III H.. -.a~c bo tev of and
'-- - ......,.i.,i,, ,~ Drisoncrs.
rli'u.te.- li-.- +Io Inc ne German
49,. ..i- 800 Cb,;s+r,e. ~ nearly
..'.''.e 49, -, There
{, Po,s'o'' Oh. -f.-... Lr+ in tho
-s S'aI'''i - ,-.,icb
lsu1le7 "-- a'''.-'. os'''4, - deco-
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is1 .'H " "a" ".soe,rr in tho
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