BIG BATTLE STILL UNDECIDED

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2327, 8 December 1914, Page 5

BIG BATTLE STILL UNDECIDED

-ENEMY STRONGLY REINFORCED • "RTITFWTM TRTfPT iSLUrr JoJMAiIUIvI i GERM ARTILLERY FIRE TO COVER WITHDRAWALS EASTWARD 'RATTLE IN BERVIA '..-.. ' ■ ■. .-. . ■ I .' ' : ,-. ' ■ •'. V.. ■ . - ■ . . Little activity is reported fromth'e Belgian, theatre! to-day, although the Trench Official Communique . indicates persistent artillery fighting at strategic points right along the line, the advantage being ■ ; . .with the Allies, who are making slight progress. The eyes of the world. are at present fixed oJ Poland, where the Russian armies, manoeuv- \ rdng,for the decisive stroke on the German lines, have, encountered a strong wedge, with its 90-mile base resting roughly along the German frontier, and ite apex touching Lowicz, north of Lodz. Fighting in this ■ neighbourhood has been particularly violent) and parties of the enemy, ■ have been driven back from the suburbs of the city. A German official account claims that Lodz has been captured, with severe losees to the , .Russians. From the Servian theatre comes a reportr-and a contradiction—that the capital has been moved from Nish (to which place . the Administration moved from Belgrade) to Mitrovitza, further south . still, indicating a vigorous offensive move by the Austrians. As a setoff, the Servians claim a victory. In the Near East there are indications that the Turks are massing on the Bulgarian frontier. In South Africa the capture and gaoling of the rebel chief de Wet has giren rise to various epeculations concerning his fate. • ;