POLAND BATTLE STILL UNDECIDED

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2324, 4 December 1914, Page 5

POLAND BATTLE STILL UNDECIDED

oi gerMn Army terribly cut up RUNS THE .GitiNTfcET OP A FRIGHTFUL FIRE n... ..-, .--, r . ~, ■!■• ; .,. ; ,v>j..-i. i.n-.'.v.: . - .-..■ \Pitr6graS; Dowmtor 2.'* '../The .struggle, ,13 ,stilli lindepiyed, and,tne ;; maii}.battle .linens. : uaalfcered. ~ A' portion of General.vpri Mackensen's,aTniy 4 has been -driven,- towards' Lowidz,.and another hurlod-'back on Lodz. The tliird amy. wos> terribly mauled and pressed back, beyond Tuszin.(fifteen.miles south-east, of Lodz)., . .. , ...■■:■■;.! ,; v „ ... , v Subsequently, .during an' attempt .to break through .northwards, -.tho Germans' ran. the, gauntlet lindec a;terrible,fii'o from: the- batteries..to Lowiqz, and'Sochaozow (nfteon. mile's, north-east.of Lbwicz), whore the RussiansrMeiyed .therii with a.frightful, bail-of shrapnel nndi the -tayonbt, j-Then.-tlie cut,,arid--battered-§nemy ran the, gauntlet..;tb-.the. southward,,where the Russian batteries and cavalry and infantry bayonets drove,them.back. ■.£■-.■ - ; ... - ~ .. . . ■' The-Germans, made desperate;attemnts to Tcinfoibs- General >Mapketiesn).oiie. of whnsa sofiffflon- ml ott m fa liolwnjf W fOSft to Kajioa,

THE BATTLE SITUATION; ANALYSED, Twelve German, army carps are now involved in. the straggle on the Vistula. Five are under General von, Mackensen, two from East Prussia 'tintier General irancois, aid live under Ganeral von Hindenburg. The Jatter launched two army corps unpon the EuSßians, who wore encircling three- of >6n Mackoneen'a araies, &n4. forced tho Eussians to loosen their grip, thus imitating Napoleon f,fJf'R in October, 1813, •when he liberated General Macdonald by nurling the Old Guard" and Murat's cavalry against the enemy. Though the German line was momentarily reconstituted, it has since been turned at Glowno (half-way between Lodz and Lowicz). The G'ermanß aro apparently, retreating under cover of a strong rearguard at Strykpw. (Eec. December 3, 8 p.m.) Petrograd, December 8. Offioial—The fighting in tho Lowiecz distriot beoanib less intense towards midnight. The" enemy, marching in close order violently attacked the Eussidh posi-. tions northward of Lodz, and were repulsed. We have entered Wieliczka. [Wieliczka is 71 miles south-east of Cracow,, and Is. noted for its huge enbtorraneari salt-mines, the largest in Austria.] I'Times" and Sydney "Son"- Borricea.) ' . • . Paris, December 2. • The Press opinion says that tie battle of Lodz dearly marks the end of the; desperate German offensive movements in Poland, and the result '.will compel them to adopt an entirely defensive attitude on their frontier, . (Eec. December i, 1.20 a.m.) . Rome, '.December 8, •' A Petrograd message to thi "IGiornale d' Italia" says that ia is reported, that the battle of Lodz has ended,, the Germans retiring after losing 800,000. The Austrians made a fresh sortie from Pruemysl, but were driven back 100. ins 20,000. ' Tie message is issued "with iall reserve.**! ■"THE STRONGEST ARMY. THE WiDRLD miV'EVERSEEN.'i (Reo. December 3, 9.25 p.m.) . Petrograd, December 3 The "Bourse Gazette" publishes, an intervieir with General Von Eichter who was captured with a number of members of the German Crown Prince's entourage General Eiohter deo'lared that the Germans' "bainc confidence" had been shattered." The despised Eussians had proved to be strategiists ; a nd fighters, and the Germans Had found themselves against the steel wall of the strongest army the world had' ever seen. But they would make the fight long and hard,.always supposing that the worst did not happen. GERMAN: FORTUNES OP 'WAR SUMMED. UP„ (Eec. December i, 1 a.m.) «mi" ~. London, December 8. Timer in a leader says the Eussian, victory is maturing,in Poland, and with it the last hopes of Germany on the eastern frontier should Vanish. German newspapers having ceased to take any further interest in Calais are now "professing the deepest preoccupation in the Suez Canal. Wo can well understand that neither .Flanders nor Poland are attractive topics for German writers at this juncture. The German public has been led to believe that tho Turk 6 had already crossed the Canal. The facts are that our mail steamers continue bo traverse tho waterway with the utmost indifference; that our defending forces have been strongly reinforced; and that from end to end of tho canal not a Turk is in sight. AUSTRIAN TROOPS OCCUPY BELGRADE SITUATION IN SERVIA SAID TO BE CRITICAL «■i- .' ■•■■!■ . >• n , ~ ,i, -..',. . London, December 2. Renter a agent at 6084 reports that the situation in Servia is critical It la believed, that the Servian army has withdrawn from Belgrade, , . .>.--. - -, : . ,™, ..-■,. . Nish, December 2. ~ A communique stateß: 'There was sanguinary fighting at Sonovodbr on Saturday. The enemy developed. their forces and occupied two important positions We have withdrawn from Oujtize." . ' Omoial,—The Austrian troops have ocoupied Belgrade. ' ' *' "•' ' '•.-'■ DE WET CAPTURED AT LAST THE REBEL HUNT IN SOUTH AFRICA ."*'.■■ ; (Reo. December 3, 5.20 p.m.)' Wet hi* been captured/' . L '° ndon ' Deotaber »< nic ••' 1 nw'i. 1. Ir,• ■■ t tt, ~ , Pretoria, December 2. Official.- The rebel General Wessel's commando on Sunday attacked Commandant Emmett. The rebels were repulsed, with three killed and eighteen wounded. Five of the Loyalists were wounded. eitnreen t/jL.'i 4 ?" Commandant Einmett's prisoners Is Captain-Van Dam Wessels his adjutant, a. well-known oharaoter, who was prominent in -capturing Harrismith^ "Commandant Trdchard captured fourteen rebels elsewhere."-