Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-01-08
BLOW HURLs INVADERS OF GER.
MAN PROVINCE BACK TOWARD
TOWN OF 8ELFoRT.
TEUTONS REPULsE FOES
Counter Attack Of Enemy Fails Near
Arras, Where Large Trench Is
Blown Up and Prisoners
Are Taken.

Berlin, Jan. 6 CNireIess via Londonl
An Athens dispatch announces that
the Franco English fleet is attemnting
to force the Dardanelles. 1t is being
blocked by the heavy bombardment Of
the fortresses.
London, Jan. Ga telegram from
zurich, Switzerland, states that the
French have been routed in the III
valley and on the surrounding heights
and their headquarters have been
shifted in the direction of Belfort. It
is believed that the French win now
be compelled to eyacuate the Larg
valley.
The Ill valley is the territory south
OF Altkerche from which the French
reported two days ago that they had
shelled Altkerche. The Larg river
nows parallel to the Ill, about two
miles to the westward Since the re-
port OF the bombardment of a railway
train in the station at Altkerche bv
the French artillery no mention has
been made of the progress of these
operations and the above dispatch
may furnish the reason for the omis-
sion.
Germans Repulse Foe.
Berlin, Jan. 6.-"In the western
arena of the war, at point north of
Arras. we have blown up a French
trench 200 yards in length we also
took some prisoners. The counter.at-
tack OF the enemy at this point failed
In the Argonne we repealed several
French advances.
"A French attack between Stein
bach and Uffholz was repuIsed after a
bayonet encounter" (Unholz is two
miles to the east of Steinbach.)
AIsace Advance Claimed.
Paris, Jan. Capture of a strong
hold in their advance against Metz: a
second invasion of Alsace, threatening
Colmar, advances east Of Steinbach
and against Cernay (Sennheim) in the
operations before Muelhausen and Ait
kerche, with gains to the east of Men
port, In Flanders-these are the fea-
lures of the French official statement
Rains continue incessant along the
entire front, which now measures 375
miles, being extended to the borders
OF Switzerland on the south and to the
sea in Flanders on the north.
Big Guns in Duel.
Belgian artillery is in operation
against the Germans in Flanders
Duels of the big guns were, fought at
six points on the battle front.
Berlin, Jan. 6.-Tonight's official re-
port says:
In the eastern theater of the war
the situation in East Prussia and In
northern Poland remains unchanged.
Our attacks east of the Bzura, near
Kosslow-Bin-Skupi, and south of this
location, are progressing. We also adj
vanced at a point northeast of Bolt
NOV. There are no changes east Of
the Rawka nor east of the heights to
the north of the Rawka.
ION the right bank of the Pilica the
condition of the roads and the un-
favorable weather are interfering with
our movements"
Attack on Austrians.
Petrograd, Jan. 6.-While the Rus
slams recently have been combining
themselves for the most part to the
defensive in Poland, they have been
bringing down one smashing blow af-
ter another on the heads OF Austrians
in Galicia
Bukowina is practically free of the
enemy's armed forces and to the east,
the Russians have reached Sutchava.
less than a mile from the Roumanian
| frontier.
| No surprises of an unpleasant char
acter is expected to result from the
spreading of the confiagration to Blu
kowina, and the operations against
Pennsylvania have another very i'm
portant bearing. They point to the
resolve of Russia finally to free her
self from the menace to which she
was exposed so long as the railway
lines transversing Hungary to the east
and west were in the hands of the
enemy
Railroads Big Assistance.
The great advantage which the enc
my possesses over Russia is that of
superior mobility which is almost en-
tirely the result of close reticuIa.
ton of the strategic railways.
On the other flank the problem is a
more difficult one as the whole of east
and West Prussia has been transform
ed into enc vast fortress.
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