The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1915-01-14
GERMANS CLAIM
TO HAVE MADE
DECIDED GAINS
SAY THAT THE TRENCHES CAP
TURED BY THE FRENCH WERE
SUBSEQUENTLY RECAPTURED.
SITUATION IN EAST SAID TO
BE UNCHANGED.

Berlin. Jan. lit is Officially an
nounced this afternoon the French
captured part Of the German trenches
near scissors. but held only Il small
portion Of them. The enemy took Ger
man trenches at East Perthes. hut thcN
were subsequently Tccaptured with
French losses. The French attack at
La Boishelle completely failed The
Germans made further gains at Ar
COME. At the east the situation is I'M
changed. German attacks in Poland
west Of the Nistula are making slow
progress on account OF the weather
The war office last night gave out
the following statement:
The bad weather lasted through
yesterday in the western theatre of
war. The Gys has, In certain places,
Hooded the country to a depth Of 100
metres.
THE enemy'S attempts TO eject MS
from our places on the dunes mt Nieu-
port have failed.
Northwest Of scissors. the French
repeated their attacks. They were all
repulSed Yesterday. with great losses
to the enemy. We captured many pris-
oners
BATTLES at Soissons itself recon-
mCncod today.
Near Perthes. northwest Of Camp
chnlons. the French have again fierce
~ attacked. Their attacks broke down
with very heavy losses to them. We
took about fourteen prisoners.
I'm the Argonne, we have gained
further ground. In this district aud
also I'm the neighborhOod Of Apremont.
north of Toul. the battle continues.
ION the evening ~ January Sth. the
French again tried to take the village
IF Hurnhaupt by night attack. hut
failed completely. Our troops took go
more French prisoners and one ma
chine gun, so that the war booty tax
on at Burnhaupt is increased to Of
ficers. $40 men and one machine gun.
The French apparently suffered heavy
losses on this occasion also as mum.
hers Of killed and wounded are lying
along the front and in the nelghboring
wood.
only trivial engagements took place
in upper Alsace. At about midnight
our troops repealed French attack b.
lower Alsace.
THE weather in the eastern theatre
VI " at hun ibl yet AulllIbNtN. It Sll-
uation remains unchanged on the east
ern front.
important Russian advances south
of Mlawa were repulsed
During the first week of the year
the Germans took about 300 prison
ers and some 25 machine guns.
THE Morgen Post prints details of
a recent British attack on Tanga. Ger
man East Africa. The first landing of
5000 British and Hindus was repuls-
ed by force numbering about 1000,
with many killed or wounded They
returned with reinforcementS hut
again were defeated with II loss of
5000. Then they reimbarked and sail
ed for Mombassa.
Among the German wurEmen on
November Sth only S per cent. were
unemployed.
Examination shows of the untrain-
ed landstrum troops In the Ninth ar
my corps, in districts of Hamburg and
Holstein, there are 20OWIO men fit for
service. As Germany has twenty-four
army corps districts. the laudStrum.
therefore, would WELD about five mil
lion more men III for field service"
The following official statement
from the commander In chief was
made public last night:
ron the left hank Of the N-stua
nothing Int deSultury cuRa ccmput,
have been had with the Russians. q
January . and throughout tho follow.
ing day the Russians directed four sue
cessivc attacks against Ms without sue
cess
"On the'Austrjnu front ma innort,ut
event has occurred.
"Our attacks there. however. have
aud the AustrianS are IN