, 1915-12-01

On 81 Illll6 cIhttl ltIt ~ ouI ilONp~, NNutu u
the Belhuu ia Bus>ee road, bur WA re-
pulsed. Mining operations have been c u
slant on both sides during the las few days.
On the 23rd we exploded n NINE north Of
the Bethune- La Bassee road ana occupied
the cruter. On the oath the enemy exp ded
a mine south of Cujnchy, causing :, me d m
AGE to our trenches, but II hostile bombing
attack Oh the clater was repul~ed o. Ihe
26lh the enemy exploded mines near Cuuuy
and Givenchy. On the 25th % f ,ur aero
planes successfully bombed Il Ge'Innn hat
encampmeut Mt AehIet- Lee and, north east
Of Albert. The enemy replied wuh II SIN
gle aeroplane and dropped bombs near Bay,
without causing any damage
a P,Nis ltficial conmuuiQu6 statcs: Dur
ing FRIDAY there was an Intermittent cal non
AIDE on our whole front and the activity of
the artillery took a violent tulu in the Ar
come, where notably our batteries blew up
q German ammunition depot in the Fde
Mcrte region. There has been hehlue with
gIenade4 in the sector of Courtes CLaussecs
and we dlslodged the enemy from IL mIne
excavation which we have occupied"
A PetIograd official bulletin states. "The
action near Borsemueude continued ali Fri
day without any decisive result, but towards
evening the fighting beuame less violent. A
violent engagement near Miutziouuy, north
of Nid2y, ended IN our troops occupviu. II
wood south Of the village. Quiet prevails in
all other sectors OF the from ftom the Gulf
of Riga MS far MS the Plipet river, and also
on the Styri. In the region west of Ohka.
between Boyno and Lut~k. the enemy at
tempted to advance, hut upon being threat
ened by developments be fled back. wLhe his
attempt to progress in he direction of ia
noyka, northeast Of Buczacz, was equally
untottuuate.'
The Berlin official bulletin soys AN
attempt by he Russians to cross the Misso
river, near Pulpe, was frustrated, and enemy
attacks near B~orsemuenJe aud on the west
ern front of Dvinsk were T., pulsed
\ British otfieIal Statement SAYS: General
Sir John Nixon, commander OF the opelutiors
in Mes~potomia. teIogruphs that on the 18th
Major General Iowmabend's troops we've IN
possession Of he battlefield and that the
Turks were reported to be retiring on Dalah,
ten miles above Ctesiphon and the same dis
tance from Bagdad. General Townshend
was engaged in clearing the field of woun /
ed and prisoners, 1900 Of the latter having
been marched buck. Our wounded are re-
ported to number about $500, including
1900 who were leaving that day by steamer
for Basra, but our killed are not vet report
ed. UeD6i@ NlXOu praised the excellent
handling of the troops by General Towns
bend, and the splendid spirit di played after
their severe losses and hurdsh!ps from want
of water and food
An %oficinI despatch from Delhi states:
General Sin John Moons forces having Sc
cured water r~eoccupied Ctesiphon on the 24lh
without any opposition. Besides prisoners
the British captured a large quantity Of arms
and ammunition. The British a|yIators re
port that the Turks are apparently preparing
fresh positions at Dmlah."
A Russian military mission under Vice
Admiral Roussine, Chief of the Naval Gene
raj Staff, has aniyed in London, AZ the re-
suit of the desire of Lord Kitchener for
closer touch with the Russian authorities
with regard to the conduct of The war. The
mission will remain in London as long "A ne
cess@ry.
An Austrian official statement says: "Tho
Austro-H ungariaus fighting on the upper
Driua repuIsed the enemy across the Peles
and the Kezara ridge and captured Chaj-
nitza. On the Jijevn Plnnina, southwest
of Sjouico. the Montenegrius have also been
driven buck by our battalions. South of
Now Bozur we are ascending the Tekra Pa
nina, and southwest OF Mitroyitza we
hive driven off the enemy rear guards.
The Kossoyo plum is completely in The hunds