TRENCHES TAKEN AND RE-TAKEN

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2333, 15 December 1914, Page 5

TRENCHES TAKEN AND RE-TAKEN

BRITISH TERRITORIALS GALLANT . - ■ . STAND _ - ' THE POLAND. BATTLE GERMAN -POSITIONS LOST TERRIBLE ■ STORY OF PRUSSIAN BRUTALITY ITALY 'AND' TURKEY "

'~.'■ . . . ' / ■ : T«-day's news of-the war discloses, another desperate attempt byjthe Germans, to break the Allies' line on the Dixmude-Ypres-La-Bassee front. The attacks were extremely violent, thcir-on-set carrying them past the first line of trenches, from which they were finally' hurled with heavy losses. The attack on the French ' portion of the line'was particularly severe, the losses on-both sides being heavy. Summed up by one correspondent, the situation is very favourable to the Allies, whose battle-front, well-planned, is be- ■ ', ing'steadily advanced in a vigorous offensive. ; In Poland the German offensive has been decisively checked, and all attempts, to advance either on Warsaw or Cracow have been blocked. The 3 ;•. Eussians have capturedtwo German positions, and are pursuing! the • • fugitivo defenders towards the front ier. An Italian correspondent pens a graphic picture of the hideous devastation which the Germans have laid-upon the districts-through which they have marched. The fate of Kalisz was worse than Louvain, he says.' In the Austro-Servian campaign, the Servians have-followed; up-their brilliant counter-stroke ; with a decisive advance by one of their"flanks,: driving the Austrians '•', across, the Drina. Turkey'has incurred the righteous indignation of Italy by the'violation, by the' Turkish soldiers of her Consulate at Hodeida, in the Red Sea/ and "immediate and exemplary reparation" . is demanded. A spasmodic burst of energy on the part of the cruiser' Gpeben has yielded nothing. The_Kaiser's health, it is reported, is ' serious, andan operation for throat trouble.is stated to be necessary.- :'... . .'■ ; ' ' '** ' ';