Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-01-09
ARMIES OF ALLIES
PRESS OFFENSIVE
Heavy Fighting Reported in
France and Belgium, But
With Little Gain.
RUSSIANS ADVANCE IN EAST
kaiser's Army Pressed Back by SIav
Hosts Along Prussian Frontier
Germans Gain at Other
Points in East.

London, Dec -23.-Heavy fighting is
taking place on both eastern and west
ern fronts, but without producing any
material change in the position of the
opposing armies
In France and Belgium the Allies
offensive is being pressed, and while
some ground has been gained at wide
ly separated points, other attacks
have been repulsed by the Germans
from their strongly intrenched posi-
tons In the northern area the artil-
lery and warships yesterday took up
the battle, giving the infantry a rest,
but lower down the line and from the
Disc to the Meuse free fighting took
place in many districts.
Germans Retire Across Border.
In the east most of the Germans
north of the Vistula have retired
across the East Prussian frontier be-
fore the onrush of the Russian forces,
but south of that river, between the
BZura and the Pelica, the Germans
continue their advance and announce
tonight that in a fierce battle they
have succeeded in crossing branches
of the Bzura and the Rawka rivers at
many places.
This should bring the main armies
very close together and a few days
will tell whether the German advance
is to be definitely checked or whether
the Germans are again to threaten
Warsaw.
Fighting also continues in Galicia,
but here, as along the East Prussian
frontier, the Russians seem to have
fI1l in hon 10
Austro-German forces
London, Dec. 22.-In Poland and Ga
licia battles are being fought between
the Russians and the German and Aus
trian allies amid deep snow in bitter
cold.
No news of any decisive gain came
today. The Russian and German
claims continue to be directly contra
dictory.
The Germans in Poland again are
making fierce attack toward the cap
ital, and the Russians are making a
stand against them on the east bank
of the BZura river, thirty miles west
of Warsaw. Grand Duke Nicholas's
army here holds a natural strategic
line fifty miles long, running roughly
north and south along the east banks
of the BZura and Rawka rivers.
The Petrograd report claims that
the German force in North Poland has
retreated across the boundary into
East Prussia in northwesterly direc
ton. 1t asserts also that the Austrian
advance through the Carpathian pass
es to the north has been checked and
the attempts of the PrZemysl garrison
to break through the lines repulsed.
According to this report, the Austrians
have been driven back into the forti-
fcations with heavy slaughter.
The Austrian communication, on the
other hand, claims successes in the
Carpathians, but admits that the Rus
slams again occupy Galicia and South
Poland in force
British Retake Trenches.
In the west the British troops have
attacked and regained most of the
trenches previously lost. Before Lii
hons the Germans delivered four sue
cessive attacks for the purpose of re-
capturing the trenches which we had
previously won in that region, but all
of them were repulsed.
In an attack to the northwest of
Puisalenne, south of Noyon, the French
gained a foothold in the enemy's
trenches of the first line and have
made progress in the wood of Saint
Mard.
There has been no other report of
any note on the operations of the day.
London. Dec. 21.-Ffeld Marshal
Won Hindenburg's army, which is ad-
vancing on Warsaw over a wide front
between the Vistu1a and the Pilica
rivers, and which on Friday occupied
Lowicz, reached on Saturday the new
Russian positions along the Bzura
river and southwark to Rawa, with the
result that another big battle is in
prograss.
Siege Warfare in West.
The offensive operations in the west
are being carried out under conditions
of siege warfare and are being stub
bernly opposed by the Germans, who
in their entertainments and surround
| ed by wire entanglements, make an
| advance of even few yards costly
| matter for the attacking forces.
Burglars XIII Millionaire.
Los Angeles. Dec. 23.-William NJ
| Alexander, retired attorney. said to
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