Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1915-01-05
Fall of Strong German Posi-
ton Comes After Week of
Desperate Fighting.
MUELHAUSEN NOW
OBJECT OF FRENCH
Strongly Fortified Town Is Threatens
= cd from Two Ouarters-German Re.
serves Come Under Range of
French GunS-Artillery DueIs.

Paris, Jan. 4.-The official commune
ication issued tonight says:
'"rhe only news that has been re-
eeived up to the present relates to
upper Alsace, where the combats
have continued to- be very violent. In
the region of Carney, last night our
troops lost and then recaptured the
quarter 10 which the church is situat-
ed. AT Steinbach this morning they
carried the whole village.
"The German works to the west Of
Carney carried by us yesterday were
lost for an instant last night, but the
Germans We're unable to maintain
themselves there and this position
now rests in our hands"
Paris, Jan. 4.-Steinbach has fallen.
The Alsatian town to which the
French laid violent siege week ago
and which they later invested and
forced their way into, fighting from
house to house and gaining ground
enly foot by foot. was carried today by
the French. according to an official
statement issued at midnight.
Carney (called Senneheim by the
Gerlnans) is being violently attacked
| by the French This town is but three
miles from Steinbach and the general
offensive is directed against these two
points in the advance on Muelhausen,
which is only eight miles away. The
| fall Of Carney is expected to follow
shortly.
French guns, massed before Alt
kirch, continue their bombardment of
that important railway center, which
is also about eight miles from Muel-
hansen but slightly west Of south.
Steinbach, Carney, Thanh and Asbach
are grouped just north Of west OF
Muelhausen. Thus Muelhausen is
threatened from two quarters, It's
front on the west and fits left flank
on the south.
Steinbach is situated on e low pla-t
teau, about which there reaches two
great heights rugged cliffs traversed
by narrow mountain paths and cut by
/, passes of great natural defensive
value. Originally the Germans held
all the Important passes, and heights
of great Importance, but by persistent
battering with mountain guns and a
few pieces of heavy artillery, which
the French we're able to place to adj
vantage, the German batteries were 81
fenced and wiped out or forced to
withdraw.
On the rest of the front artillery
duels continue, despite the heavy
rains. A number Of German batter
les have been silenced and at one
point along the Aisne and in the
Champagne region the French guns
we're advanced until the German re-
serves were brought into range and
their reserve positions. shelled.
Several important points of German
support have been taken In the region
of Perthes and Mesnil-les-hurles.
Everywhere the allies maintain the
superiority over the German batter
les.
An admission Of temporary success
was made by the French war office
in chronicling the action abort Bour-
eules. on the right center. The
French attempted to capture the place
hut were met by such sturdy resist
ance that the attack failed. However,
in the forest of LIE Pretre, to the
northwest of Pont-su-Mousson, the
French troops continue to make gains
and to hold the advanced positions
| taken.
Petrograd, Jan. 4.-The following
official statement has been Issued:
"On the left bank Of the Vistula no
change has occurred.
stubborn fighting is proceeding m
the region Of Bolimow.
During the night OF the 3rd the
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