The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-01-07
Latest Ion Am War fronts.


latest From All War Fronts,
The Germans and Austrians have
begun % general withdrawal along the
entire twenty-mile front in Macedonia,
according to a dispatch to the Elk
chanAe Telegraph Company to Lon
don from Rome Friday, quoting mes
sage from SaIoniH to this effect The
reported withdrawal is attributed to
the Russian advance in Bessarabia,
the message states,
The Russians are still vigorously on
the offensive north Of the Bukowina
frontier. Vienna, while asserting that
renewed attacks against the Austro-
Huugarians Gailed with great losses
to tie Russians, admits that east Of
PurkanOv superior Russian forces
compelled a retirement of troops OF
the dual monarchy upon their chief
division.
and Germans in the Hartmans-Weiler-
kopf region of the VOsges mountains,
and between the Russians and the
Austro-Hungarians along the Be5sa-
rabiau front continues the most SAN
culinary of any of the various war
theaters.
A severe repulse for the Turks by
the British MesOpOtamian army at
Kut-elAmara, on the Tigris, is re-
ported by the British commander, Cen
eral TOwnshend, The Turks attacked
determinedly, but we're beaten off,
their losses be.nG from 600 to 800 kill
ed and wounded, it is declared, while
the British casualties were under 200.
The British Indian corps has been
withdrawn from the front in France
"for another field Of operations. "
King George, in a message delivered
to the departing soldiers by the prince
of Wales, highly praised them for
their courage and endurance and
deeds nobly done in the days of the
ever.memOrable conflict"
King Peter of Serbia arrived al
Brindisi, Italy, on Christmas Day, hav
ing been conveyed from Avlona, AL
bania, on an Italian cruiser He an
nounced before leaving Avlona thai
he wished 10 90 tJ SaIoniH to consult
with the Serbian minister Of war as
TO military plans.
The submarine which appeared Oh
the surface shortly after the French
steamer Vile de la CiOtat was tor
pedoed of the island of Crete, flew
the Austrian flag, according to dis
patch from Malta to London Tuesday
The French steamer Vile de la Clio
tat. proceedilg from the Far East TO
Marseilles with many passenger
aboard, has been tOrpedoed in tn
Mediterranean, The loss of life among
the passengers and crew is estimated
at between 80 and 100, the survivor
being picked up by British steame
and taken to Malta.
Casualties likewise are believed t.
have occurred in the torpedOing of tn
Belgian steamer Ministre Beernaert
two boatloads of the crew Of whiCI
are said to be unaccounted for
The activity of the submarines o
the Teutonic allies is further ev
denced by the fact that within the las
few days they have sent to the bottom
British, French and Belgian shippin
to a tonnage of nearly $4,000.
Berlin has received reports through
Coustantinople that the Russian arm
opposing the Turks in the Caucasus /
demoralized from various causes, not
%,ably illness and lack Of proper equiv
ufent The latest official Russian re
port announces successes for the CaU
casus army in repusing a stron
Turkish detachment and breaking VI
Turkish fortifying operations.
On the Austro-Italian front the Ital
ian bombardment of the Tyrolean sec
tor has grown in intensity, and on tn
Isonzo front the big gbns Of both side
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