Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-02
General Ioffre Is Reported
Still Avoiding a Gen.
eraI Attack.
KAISER IN OFFENSIVE
Another Great Effort to Be
Made 10 Batter Through
Enemy to Warsaw.
81 - AssocIATEo pRgss.


AG-rmaa attack in France and Bel
st4u initiated iu reply 20 an offensive
movement OF ue allies. has developed
q, such "a point tHar tine allies are now
os tse defer. -..~s along a great part of
the Ure-
Tho Hr aa var office announces
s-q.ra- f.s.a. Ha. been indicted upon
a-.--f-- forces .a Galeia. whose ao-
v,pc. from .. CarpatHiaus was re-
~.--.. checked ultE serious c0usa-
rrrara- re them. DO IS asserted f1rtl-
r.f re-r.aus near Goriice were de
.-r-rel a1l 5000 prisoners captured.
The .ta-emanr says. however. tine We
---v u1s won only after O. hard battle
and that f-ltire continue. Indicating
tho susfr.rre are sti1I capable ~ OF
E.r.ne determined resistance To Po-
land. the German artacH has appar-
entity shifted -1uthWard. The Rus
sian statement mentions fighting Of
particular intensity az taWa. 800
miles south OF S1chaczTw. recent cen
fe- OF German activity German at
-arss there. a- well az iu east Prlz-
sIs and il the region CE TIaVa. lu Po-
land. are said 20 have been repuised-
Austrian -ar-hips have Dombarled
Beierade. the Ser1 ian capital. from
which Austr.aus were driven shortly
after they had occupied d. There
vas some damage % property. As
or as D. knoVu no lives were lost.
Preach Official statement this az
tsruoou recites series OF encounters
alouE q battle line OF comparatively
miner Importance German attacks
and counter attacks have been repuis-
81 and artillery exchanges have been
spirited In Steiubach. Aisace. where
street fzhtiue has been gOiuE on sew
erai DAYS. thc French claim thev ccCu-
risi three new lines 1f houses and the
German suffered heavily At B-e-
meuiI u Eo=gss. "a German attack was
dr1vsu back with severe losses 90 the
eaemy An Amsterdam dispatch SAYS
the official press bureau az Berlin .s-
sued "a statement thar Germany uo
lore-r considers binding the eX-
sqtaturs OF cousuIz iu any territory
which has been occupied by Germany
turrs the var
French Attacks Repulses.
French attacks iu the vicinity OF
Nieegport. Belgium. were repuised
yesterday. according Co today official
German statement. German succssse-
are claimed in ArEolue forest. in Bois
Bules and southwest OF SaarhurE
while violent French attacks north OF
the fortress of Nerduu were repuIsed .
Wrench reports OF progress iu Alsatiau
village OF Stelubach are denied iu
east Prussia and southern Poland there
has been no change. but tns Germans
claim progress on tine RoWka and
Bzura rivers. 80 miles vest OF Warsaw.
London. Jan. 2-Th- latest news
Rvai.alIs from rhc western battle
frUut shows little progress being made
b the allies. and rather indicates
sporadic renewal of the German OF
teusive. with resultant sliEht gains in
ArsO1ra and French FLANDERS The
strength of the Germans showing
seems % make "a clear that they have
not weakened appreciabIy their west
err army by transfers or troops 20 the
sast nor has the pressure OF the al
hes broken their grip on Belgium and
france. from the North sea 10 Met.
seaeral Jonre apparently IS still
asoitiug a general attach
TIE Germans are stul attempting
70 press forward 20 Poland. but 20 the
'cuth the Russians have driven the
Austrians further back. more than 80
niles Ia all IL - again reported the
Russians are pouring across the Car
sathians into Hungary. causing the m
aahitants % fee. -Four Austrian mon
tcrs have bombarded Belgrade. Ser
ia
Al Athens dispatch says the sultan
nd his court are preparing 10 leave
lorStantuCple. fearing the early fall
}. thar city The attack on Egypt
'>ens abandoned indefinitely.
Operation for wHhein7
Various reports concerning the con-
'''iou % Emperor Wiihelm's throat
We again IN circulation one version
: The emperor must soon return TO ,
'eri!a 20 undergo an operation
There are agsin reports % = move
nsnt of German troops from the west
Q the east Advices from Amsterdam
tate 100000 Germans have passed
nrouEh Cologne on their way east.
I'd "a = suggested they are being
enf ~ General Won HindelburE. pre- l
arasory TO another great effort 20 I
after through the Russian lines 10
Warsaw. u