Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-01-02
Attacks Along Entire 'FRONT.'
Place Allies on
Defensive.
RUSSIANS CLAIM NEW
VICTORY OVER AUSTRIANs
Positions Near GOrIice Des-
trOyed and 5000 Prisoners
Taken, Says PetrOgrad-
FIERCE BATTLE IS ON
NEAR RAWA, IN POLAND
Four Russian Columns Are Re-
ported to Have Crossed
Into Hungary.


The German attack in france ana
Belgium. initiated in reply ia the Of
fensivs movement of the allies. has
developed to such & point that the
allies now are on the defensive alonEi
the greater part of the line The ex
tent of the German movement i
shown by today's French statement
which speaks of a series Of night -
tscks against the allies along thl
front These onsiaughts apparent
were not in great force. however, an
the assertion is made that they we
all repulsed with ease.
As to the results of recent fights
in Alsace and the Argonne along
eastern portion of the front, there
sharp conflict In the statements frl
Berlin and Paris. The German co
munication says further grouTd
been gained in the Argonne, and s
ciflcally denies the claims of
French war Office that half OF
Alsatian village of Steinbach has b
captured and that the French
making a further advance there.
Paris announcement asserts n
some Of the territory lost TO Gerp az
in the Argonns has been reEained, a
that three new lines Of houses he
Germans Claim Progress.
The German military autI sorf
say there have been no cha lzes
the eastern campaign except hat The
German attacks on the line west ~
Warsaw have made further Y1ror~es
The Russian war Office afanoune,.
that another defeat has bes N irfslca.
ed upon The austrian forces II xs..
ci&. wfsess s.dvanca troxn <he Carn5
thiane recently WAS chez ked Wit
serious consequences TO Il ZEN. It i
asserted that fortified Auffrian nos
tione near LsoFltce were DESTROYED
and that 1000 prisoners were car
tured. The Russian stat enent sava
however. that the victoiry was wof,
only after a hard battle, and tia.
fighting still continues, indicating
that the Austrians are still capabls
Of Offering determined resistance.
In Poland the German attack ap-
parently has shifted 10 the SOUTH
ward. The Russian stslfement mem
tions fighting Of particular intensity
at Rawa. which is thirty miles soutis
German activity. German attack
there. as well as In East Prussia an /
In the region of Mia. wa, IN Polans
near the East Prussi an border, a
said to have been reDulsed
There are again reports OF the moE
ment Of German tr0oJJs from the "
to the east. Advices from AInsf
dam state that zoo. 600 Germans pas
through Cologne on the way east, {
1t is suggested that they are be
sent to General Won Eindenburg.
paratory to another great effort
batter through the Russian lina5
Warsaw.
BY che Associsted Press.
PARIS. Jan. 2, 10 :55 a. m.--Tre "a
grade correspondent Of the Hasa
agency, in a dispatch dated Decemb
81, describes the hombardment OF z
Servian capital by four Austris
monitors. which he says took placr
on Wednesday. Els raessAge follows:
Yesterday at noon the enemy !
guns fred several shots on Karabon
rama. One shell reli In the city. dam.
aging q house. towards o'clock IN
the afternoon -FOUR Austrian monitors
appeared befors The fortresz and
opened IRE against II and the bsnks
Of the Save and Danube rivers. Tho
| bombardment lasted until O'Clock
At intervals the rafting OF quick
frers was heard. Several more shrar
! mel Shells I6tt III llfS CITY AZ Ar1raf
age was purely material"
BY shs Associated Fress.
BERLIN. Jan. !. by wireless .
London. 3:1s .. m.--Frsnch attacks
| in the vicinity Of Nieuport, Beigiuu
were repulsed by the Germans yes
terday, according to the official stats-
ment given out today by the German
| general hea[Quarters etaH.
German SUCCESSES are claimed ~
\ the Argonne forest, In the Bois Brulss
and TO the southwest OF Saarburg
while violent attacks directed by the
French to the nortt OF the fortress
of Verdun are said 70 have been re-
pulsed, French rlports 6 --1sress
in the Aisatian wuAss OK Steinbach
are denied BY the Germsns.
In the eastern zone OF the lighting
/ the situation In East Prussia an2
IiSouthern Poland Is said to hai
undergone no change. but the Ge
mans claim to have made progress
the Rawka and Bzura rivers, wha
flow through region about for
miles to the west OF Warsaw.
PETRoGRAD tvia Isondin. Jam
Ia AIS a. m.)-The inactivity
| OF the Germans IN the neigh-
borhood of Warsaw, for sonas
1 days past, is explained. according 70
reports reaching here. by the claim
that they have employed this tine IL
fortifying the territory already taken
up to the Bzura river and along the
1 left bank OF the lower and middle
vistul9 liver.
Accc fag 20 reliable information
lreachi here. Lodz. Lowics. Skiernie-
vice ~ Pfotrkow are now as strong-
! " fortsfied as Kalisz aud Crensf0ch-
| owa. The Germans have attempt ed
| to make this territory ar difficult 20
\ invade as is German soil.
Residents of west Poland, who are
| now reaching Petrograd, state thst
| hundreds of factories have beer
blown up by the Germans. and that
ali available building material. espe-
ciallv bricks and metals, have been
! used ID the construction OF the NED
| tfortifications. Recent German attach
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