The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-03
Rescued From Sunken War ship Say Little Hope Is Entertained for Saving Any More
ARTILLERY PLAYING BIGGEST PART IN
 FIGHTING IN WEST
Germans No Nearer War saw, But Engagements Continue With Germans
 on Offensive Near City

Paris, January %-t1O:45 D. m.)-The following oRicia communication was issued by the VAT office tonight,
 .There are 10 notable occurrences to report other than a sustained cnnnon- adipx agai,st our trenches to the east oe yerme1es and in the region to Inc rortb of Chaulnes last night and Germay attack to the west of the Con- .crvo ( wood tnorth of verdun), which faiIc@"
 london, January 2.--G0,55 T. m.) Aother 50 men from the British bat hcship Formidable, lost in the English channel Friday, have reached safely after riding out a fierce gale for up- ward of 20 hours in open cutter. This makes a total of 201 survivors out of n crew of 7SO.
 The last survivors landed at Lyme Regix on the Dorsetshire coast, late last night. All were in state of exhaustion after their te. rible experience. They de- clare there is little hope of any further survivors, as the tremendous sea run ming would make it Impossible for men to live long enough to be picked up by pass ing vessels, while many of those clingns 70 the wreckage undoubtedly were killed then the second explosion occurred.
 The admiralty has not issued any sta e. nsent in reference to the cause of the 1isaster or where it occurred.
 No Material Change
 The land fisnting, which is sporadic in tho west, but mcre continued in the east, has brought about no material change in tho situation. Artillery is playing the big gest part along the western front, al though at points there has been close range fighting
 The Germans deny French reports that they have been driven out of part of the village of Steinbach. upper Alsace, which has been the scene of sanguinary fighting for a week past.
 There have been engagements on the Rivers Bzura and Rawka, in Poland but seemingly the Germans are no nearer warsaw than they were a week ago. They have commenced offensive operations in the direction of kiece, one of the larger towns of southern Poland, which doubt less has for it's object the holding up of the Russian advance through Galicia on Cracow.
 According to Petrograd reports, the Russians continue to sweep the Aus trians westward along the southern Gaiician railway toward Grydow and Neu Sandeo and out of the northern foothills of the Carpathians The Mus coviteS also are credited with having organized new campaign against Hungary, advancing in four columns T win be like previous raids. but will be regular invasion.
 Further east, the Russians are march, ing across Bukowina, not far north of the Rumanian frontier. toward Tran sylvania, 1t Is considered likely Ruman ian action will be hastened by this step
 On the Caucasian front, where Field Marshal Won Der Goitz is to take com mand the Turks have assumed the of- fensive and crossed the Russian frontier at three points. Heavy fighting is re- ported
 By request of King George. tomorrow will be observed as a day of fnterces- sion. and special prayers for the sue cess of the allies arms, will be offered . In every church and chapel of all creeds and religions in the Kingdom. \ German Report Berlin, January 2.-(By wireIess.) Among the items given out today by the official press bureau were the following.
 General von Blume, retired German army officer. discussing the military sit uatfon in the east, says 1t is impossible as yet to estimate the scope of Field Marshal Von Hindenburgs successes, but that 1t appears certain the Russian of fensive has failed. Russia still has plenty of men, he says. but she must be short of everything else needed for warfare.
 "A dispatch from Constantnople re- ports that Field Marshal Baron Von Der
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