, 1916-12-06
eonsidosabi. trsooh mortar activity 81 both

> fighting is ia progress along the AuStro-
italian front, the War Office Announces.
Following ia the sta nent: On the whole
froat the nctivity OF the artillery on both
sidas increased. particularly in the
Adige and Astico valleys. in the
area east OF Gorizia and on tho
Carso. Hostile aircraft raided several
points along the trout. They were driven
off by auti-aircraft guns and seroplaneS.
Eueny aeroplanes dropped bombs on Hlngo
ia tho Sugtna Valley. N, damage WIS
caused, Ole Of GU air SOU ,drons dropped
numerous bombs Oh the station at Vtlan,
no,th OF R%1verto, lnhictin2 daMtge IN
'cuusins fires. Another squadron, dropped
bombs on tha station at Rlfenberge IN the
: Brani2a Valley. Soms trHius which were
stationary were bit. all our aeropianes re-
turned.
Petrograu. Doc. s1st.-Tutkish tro,p o.
Grating, ia Persia have sutfe ell u defeat ut
the ulnls of the Ru +sians, who ind cted
great losses GU the Turks. aocor hing to the
Off :i4l st / en- ,ut issusl today. The staten ut
says: CaucaS,an front. On lhe Persian. front
our ietach mant on the left Fl lnk during Nov.
enoer 8 h 10 9th. coaduo:el u sores
of btit attacks agtins' tho enemy, most
ly al night. The enemy on the evening OF
the 9Th was dr. ven &c oSs the riVer in com
plete disorder sustaining great losses. We
captured Z mountain Batteries. ole IN tcbino-
gun and u great qulniity Of war material.
Berlin, Dec. lst.-TE4 progress OF the
Austri III aad German forces in WllIachia
Continues, the ufioi4l atenent Issued iy
the Var Ofite this evening announces. The
statement Is a, follows: La tho S IN no dis
trict ie was temporarily revived on both
buuks of the river. In Wtl'nchia we con-
tinue TO pro <ress. Repeated hostile attacks
against the lett wing of the Doorui army
fuiel. The enemy again used "tanks" fruit"
lessiy.
Petrograd, Dec. 14t.-In the B zen Valley
south east of Kr0nstadr, Rum ,nian troops
have occ Ipled u ridge of heights east ana
south of the village OF Krasua, says the Rum
an,tn state neut today Oh the operations on
tue il ~inantnfont and in Doh. Il u. Vest
ern Ora >ssitr) font: The enemy's attempt
to take the offensive on 1he river Stokuud
Volbyuia) in The region Of Wick was arrest
cd by our lie. North of the railway from
TarnopoI to Zlucznw (Hal cia) the enemy al
ter a violent artillery aud mine-thrower Oom-
bardmrnt, look the off rnsive in The region Of
Ka0Aaro In, bu' as the resuIt ef infa1tfy aud
ARTILLERY titing they were driven to tbelr own
trenches. In Inc WODi4d Carpath ians the battle
still continues for The ultimate possession OF
the heighi which was captured by us yester~
day. After repeated enrmy q tuck> our de-
tachments had TO Withdraw from RukadH
Height, eleven yersts sou Invest Of Fakark'.
South ri KirIibabt fighting is taking piaco
along the whole Rumaninn frontier, The
enemy IL meet ug our advance viii Violent
firing anu counter attacks. In 50 to OF tais
we succeeded in Thu region ia occupying n
whole ,ange of heights. Rumaniin Front:
III TrtfsylYania i'll he Oi.uz Valley, tie Ru-
mnn;ans continue to press the enemy. In
the Bazeu Valley Rumanian troops have
occupied u ridge OF b lights west and soath
of the village OF Krasna. In the Isbornta-
tarushti sector we encountered strong enemy
calvalty, Danube front. On the roads TO
Bucharest from Ba,bnkatu, Baashti aud
Kausareni all enemy attacks have been
beaten back. The villages Of kona0
fTzoman and Gestinasi have been occupied
by the enemy and PATROLS bave appeared in
| the region Of Lake Gfc:shl (Grisk,A. Dob nd
ia: Engagemeuts between advanced posts
are taking place.
Loa,ion, ID .cember 1st.-We are in \ pt&i-
tieu of unparalleled gravity snid Admiral
| Beresford I'D an ADDRESS today at ~ meeting
to support a s..onpe r n"val policy. The
ctisis OF the war 70 nov. Since enemy
submarines have transferred their ne Iivi-
ties fsom the heudinnds and Rha.low
wa; ers IT, the bine sea he menace reQuia ca
new strategy aud new tactics 10 deal with
II. but so fur NO deinite and sysi enstic
methol Is have baen taken for suppressing
the menace. The Germans are now going
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