ALLIES REACH THE DUNES

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2345, 30 December 1914, Page 5

ALLIES REACH THE DUNES

THE CUXHAVEN MID > >~ « • • i •' ' ' ** ' MOST UNIQUE' AND THRILLING : INCIDENT All BRITISH SIPS RETURN. : EXCITEMENT IN GERMANY ■; • ' I • ■. AUSTRIANS : SOroO)L?« THRASHED ;■ I RUSSIAN VICTORIES IN> POLAND 'Additional interesting details are given to-day of the raid upon.Cuxhaven, in which a British squadron offered such a bold ohallenge to the German naval forces. In Great Britain tl)0. raid'lias been acclaimed l as, one of the ,most'brilliant exploits of the war ; inGermany it is reported to have causeil excitement and alaim. Serious damage is reported to have been done to airship sheds and to; the forts and earthworks at Cuxhaven by the British, bombs. The:'' attacking squadron, though it'remained oft Cuxhaveii for three hours/ repelling German Zeppelins-and. submarines, returned without loss of, men or ; material., In Belgium and Franpe heavy fighting is proceeding all along the line, with little change in the position of the contending . ! armies, but at Lomljaortzyde, on the'coast of Flanders, the Belgians 'executed an outflanking movement which'enabled them to capture a ,- force of two rthousand Germans. . The Belgian losses were slight. • In Galicia the Russians aro sweeping the Austrians before them, in a lang, cross-country drive, iSi the' direction of Cracow, and have made heavy/ captures.' On the' extreme ■, south- the Austrian® t are -reported to be 'retiring precipitately upon the Dukla, .Pass, by ■ which they oroflwd: the CarpatHianß not long ago, intent upon. out.t: flanking the Russiaa line.. No change is- reported in' Nortihem * Poland, where the.Russians have penetrated to 'Wloclawek, twenty . ' miles from the German frontier, and command a railway vital to the • German Annies in Central Poland, but these central Armies have - been repulsed with heavy loss at several points, notably Slrierniewice, 42 miles south-west of Warsaw.- America has addressed a Note to Britain on the subject of neutral trade, contending that her industries and commerce are suffering as'a result of thererstriotions imposed on. shipping. The Note is described as being vigorously worded and . the strongest addressed 1 to a belligerent since the. war began. As against - this American protest it is pointed "out , the_ ,work of the British **. ■ Navy would be nullified if Gerinaany were permitted to freely obtain . supplies -from . America per medium "of neutral countries. Excellent accounts are'given of the New Zealand troops 1 who are now busily prosecuting , their training in Egypt; ; It is suggested that thfcy will ' ultimately proceed to Europe. lier9 are continued reports of serious discontent in Turkey and it is stated that'there are' apprehensions of a Nationalist coup which would destroy, German plans.