Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-01-04
Berlin Officially Admits
French Have Captured
AISatian Towa.
BAY0NET FIGHT IN DARK
IS WON BY THE RUSSIANS
German Force Reported Cut TO
Pieces in Bzura River
Battle.
FRENCH AIRMEN RAID
GERMAN AVIATION BASE
Vienna Declares That Russian
Forces Invading Hungary
Have Been Checked.

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6teinbach. the Alsatian town CT the
heights between Thann and Semi
helm, for which desperate nghtina
has been going on for seGsrai days.
was officially admitted by the German
army headquarters statement today
to have been captured by the French.
The French also took possession Of
the heights to the west OF Sennhein.
but the Germans in a counter attaek
with the bayenet succeeded in regain-
ing the position.
Violent fighting is in progr sss
along the eastern battle front. leasf-
ing at points to desperate hand-to-
hand Encounters. An official Russ an
statement shows that. after captur-
ing Bolimow. the Germans attempf-
ed to push on to the northeast. In tha
direction Of Warsaw. about thirty
miles away. This movement marked
the renewal of the Gerl an Offensive
toward the Polish capital. after a
period OF comparative inactivity. hut
their advance in this direction ID
said to have been rspulsed Nwith
large losses.
A remar able night battle on ths
bank of the Bzura River is descr bed
in the Russian communication VIII ck
says that German forces we're per-
mitted to cross the river unmolestes
and then were attacked with ba ayes
nets. without the firing OF 5fioss : :
It Is assert d that several hund ed
Germans were killed and the re-
mainder surrendered
II is de Jared in Vienna thar the
Russian invasion of Hungary has
been checked
Artillery FIEhtlnF IA west
The official statement given out d
Paris this afternoon shows that the
artillery fighting along the front Ia
proceeding Internationally, and az
some points with particular violence
There seems to have been few lr-
fantry attacks recently. The French
admit failure in an effort to occupy
a German position IN the Meuse
country.
In the Trans Caucasian reRion the
Turks and Russians are engaged a,
cree struggles, but reports frons
Pelrograd and Constantinople con.
Germ ng the on come are at comrlete
variance In France and Belxiurn
the attacks of the allies have ia q
TO devel5 p into another great batffs
and il is be ieved in London that tia
attempt to expel the Germans from
their conquered te-ritorY may be de-
ferred for several months
A dispatch from Amsterdam says
that Etterbeck, the German avia n
station, near Brussels, has beer
shelled by French airmen The de-
str ction OF d rigibia shed and ths
killing of several German soldiers 4
reported.
BY the Associated Press.
BERLIN, Jan. (by wireless ta
London). 1855 p. m.-The following
statement was given out by the war
Office today:
I'm the western theatre Of war. ex-
cept for q more or less heavy ar
tillery combat along the front, it war
generally quiet
"Only near Thanh (Alsace) did the
enemy show great activity. After
an overwhelming lombardment OF
the heights to the west OF Sennheins
the enemy succeeded during the eve-
ning IN capturing our demolished
trenches on these heights and Ia
connection Herewith the village OF
steinbach, which we stubhorniy de-
Tended and which frequently has /
been mentioned In our reports dur
ing the Last few days. The heights
were retaken during the night af1eF
a bayonet attack. Fighting for this
village of Steinbach continues.
an the eastern theatre Of the war,
the situation Is unchanged. Our at
tacks in Poland 10 the east OF the
Rawks river continue"
BY the Associated Press.
PETROGRAD, Jan. Am OFFICIAL
communication issued by the general
staff of the Russian army regardinz
the lighting IN Poland and Galicia
says:
"A strong artillery combat has been
fought all along the front on the left
bank of the vistula. The attempt Of
the Germans to gain ground in cer- |
tain places In the region Of ths
Bzura river was without success.
"on the night Of January 2 we dis
covered the passage OF Germans
across the Bzura in the vicinity OF
KoEloff and Biskoupi. Having |
watched the concentration Of the
enemy's forces, one of our glorious
regiments surrounded the Germans.
They attacked them with the bayo-
net, without firing q shot, and IN the
hand-to-hand struggle which followed
killed several hundred men. The sur
vtvors saved their lives py surren-
dering.
About s p. m. on January
brigade OF German infantry attacked
our position near Borjimow, north
east of Bolimow. but the German as
sault was repulsed with enormous
losses by the fire from several batter
les and a counter-attack MADE with
the bayonet.
Desperate Fight Near Raws.
Desperate fighting occurred during !
the night of January 2. continuing
until daybreak, northeast of Rawa.
where we succeeded in dislodging tins
enemy from some of the trenches
which they had previously taken.
South OF the Pilica river hghtiuE
took place at Metairie and Gaschek,
west OF Inowlodz and also southeast
OF Madagascar. near Volmine. wheFt
tConsinusd en- R.Es Z. celnnsa ~
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