RESULT NOT YET KNOWN

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2358, 14 January 1915, Page 5

RESULT NOT YET KNOWN

VIOLENT BOMBARDMENT BY THE GERMANS ENEMY MUSTERING IN FORCE UNDER 'SEALED ORDERS ITALIAN WARSHIPS SAIL REPORTED SINKING OF THE KARLSRUHE A ... '. Interest in the Western theatre of the wap at present centres upon the country northreast of Soissons, where an important action, the result of which is not yet known, has developed from the determination of both sides to dominate a tactical position of great value, To the north, the British are stated to be in virtual possession of Lille, the Germans having evacuated that position. There is no news from Flanders. The capture of Perthes, we are told, has endangered . the German lines of communications and supply between Reims and Verr dun. A heavy concentration of'the enemy's troops in the neighbourhood of Spincourt, and Metz points to some fresh effort, and the Germans are also hurrying reinforcements to TJpppr Alsace, fearing the fall of Mulhausen. In the Eastern theatre the fog of war has descended uppn the operations of thq centre armies in front of Warsaw; a private correspondent asserts that the Russian operations eastward of Cracow have pushed the Austro-German line back in the direction, of Cjans'tochowa, ■'; near the Silesian frontiers the Austrian rout in Bukowina has been complete and overwhelming, and large numbers' of refugees lave been interned in Rumania. Aus-' trift and Germany are preparing a big move against and Rumania as calling out her reserves. There' are no fresh developments of importance in the Asia -Minor theatre. The Turkish debacle at 1 JSari Kamysh hag apparently so impressed the Sultan that he 6ent one of ;■ . his staff officer|S, Nouri. Bey, to investigate the causes, and the investi- |' . gator fell"into the lands qf the Cossacks! An .Italian.fleet hae saile'd under sealed order's, and in the meantime the.i Hqdeida incident has been settled. The Italian war loan has been over-subscribed, a practi- • Ml demonstration of the spirit of the' nation. The Atlantic raider . ' Karlshuhe is reported to have. been.sunk off Grenada, in the West In-.; . dies, and tie Bremen, anqther German ..cruiser, has limped into Wi(helmshaferi: badly crippled. ■: A high personage in Berlin'has confessed te the brejikdoivn pf the German offeneiye, but from various , soiirceß indications are accumulating of /a. tremendous cjaßlj of arms in the ■ spring. . ' ■: ]' mmm evacuation of mm VIRTUALLY IN BRITISH HANDS IMPORTANT BATTLE RAGING NORTH OF SOISSONS 3j Ti&trravh.—Pros Aesopfyttaa-rOoPTrteM ~, ' , „ ■,"' j. London, January 12. 'A report from Boulogne says that confirmation has been obtained of a statement that the Germans have evacuated Lille, which is now virtually in possession pf thp British. .VIOLENT CANNONADING PROM THE SEA TO THE OISE ? n- • ' a , lm . \ , ' ~ Paris, January 12. A communique states: "There has been a viqjent cannonading from the sea to the Oise, and very lively fighting round the trenches north of Soissons, which we captured on Friday. On Sunday several German attacks were repulsed, and we captured more trenches. "There.have'been artillery duels from Soissons to Reims; also at'Souain. A desperate, struggle' took place, at the Beausejour redoubt. The enemy haß established a trench inside the fortifications,'of' which" we still hold the salient. The struggle continues. ,' ' "We repulsed Cferman attacks in the Consenvoye and Lehouchot woods which are on the Meuse hejghts (north-west of Verdun), and surprised arid routed a German company pillaging Saint Saiiveur, near Oirey-sur-Vesouze. ' "Snowstorms continue in the Vosges and Alsace." The proximity pf Perthesjo the Baisancourt-Apremont railway renders its capture important, as it endsngers the German suppjy lines between Reims and Verdun. ... . ■ ■ .• ■ ENEMY ATTACKS' NEAR SQISSONS. The High Commissiqner reports, under date, London, January 12, 7.80 p.m.': "Paris reports: On the 'Aisne,' norfh of Soissons, several attacks by the enemy were repulsed, the Allies capturing fresh sections of trenches. Perthes and the redoubt north qf Beausejour were the scenes of desperate struggles The enemy established a trench mßide the redoubt, where the Alljes hold.the salient. The struggle continues." London;- January 13, 3.40 a.m.: "Paris reports that the enemy, having violently bombarded.the position north-east of Soissons throughout the night and yesterday, made an important attack. The result is not yet known." (Rec. January 13, 8.55 p.m.) ,„ .. „ , Paris, January 13. • Official.—"North-east of Soissons. throughout the night the' enemy yiolontly bombarded our position on the plateau and the spur of Hill 132, at the latter point making an important attack, the result of which is' unknown: "There are no incidents to report on the rest of the front!"' W£\ BIG CONCENTRATION OF GERMANS AT METZ. Amsterdam, January 12. Strong German forces have been concentrated at Spincourt and Briey. It is.estimated that there are 120,000 concentrated at Metz. GERMAN REVIEW OF THE FRONT. A Gorman communique says': "The French attacks in Crony, also east of Perthes, were repulsed with heavy losses. "We captured a French point of support in the Argonne. The French losses in the Argonne since January 8 totalled 1900 killed and wounded and 1600 taken prisoner. The French attaoks south of Saint Mihiel failed." GREAT PREPARATIONS BY THE ENEJMY \ SIGNS OF BIG EVENTS IN THE SPRING. gome, January 12. Accpiding to official reports, Germany is hastening her preparations en an unprecedented scale. She is summoning' a l) reserves, to make a supreme effort at the heginnirij; of spring, and is assuming the direction of all the camr paigns, including those against Russia and Bsrvia, and those of Turk** «gain»t. Rus.Bia and England.

GERMANY WILL "STICK IT OUT AT ANY PRICE.". New York, January 12. Field-Marshal von Moltke, interviewed at Berlin, said that Russia and France had. entered Britain's service, the latter aiming at the extermination of German shipping, commerce, and industry. Germany, he said, had three million more soldiers. The war will last until the ' enemy had had enough. Everybody—prince and pauper—was filled with a determination to stick it out at any price. i GERMAN OFFENSIVE DEFINITELY BROKEN. (Rec. Januai y 13, 11.5 p.m.) Paris, January 13. A high personage in Berlin has .informed a Copenhagen correspondent that German governing circles have recognised that the German offensive has been definitely broken. Germany still hits considerable resources in men, but is not powerful enough to undertake a new and notorious offensive. The public is still kept in ignorance of tho real state of affairs. 1 Amsterdam, January 13. While some German newspapers gravely ask their readers to believe that I/ondon has been reduced to straits, there has been generally a marked change o'f tone in the German Press. Professor Parseval, in an article in the "Cologne Gazette," saya that if Germany is defeated it will he impossible for her to pay an indemnity because her last man will have fallen exhausted, and her last penny spent. "This must be made clear to Germany's enemies," he sayß. BRITAIN RESOLVES TO FIGHT TO THE LAST MAN. London, January 12. Paris reports Btate that the declaration in the House of Lords by Lord Haldane (Lord Chancellor) regarding the Government's attitude towards the obligatory service system has caused the greatest satisfaction in France, where it is-taken as indicating that Britain j's resolved to fight to tho last man. The French have all recognised the loyal'ty of the British efforts, but few appreciate their effectiveness, and it is widoly believed that only one hundred thou- | sand British are fighting.—"Times" and Sydiey "Sun" Services. (Rec. January 13, 10 p.m.) Paris, January 13. The London correspondent of "Le Tempts" considers .that England has made, a remarkable effort in improvising an army of' half a million, and also in supplying the needs of the Army in Egypt and Mesopotamia, and furnishing the Allies with everything which their industries, crippled by mobilisation or invasion, were unable to supply. "It was a veritable tour de force i which no other country could have achieved," he adds. GERMANS REINFORCING IN UPPER ALSACE. (Rec. January 13, 5.15 p.m.) , London, January 12. The Germans are rushing reinforcements to Upper Alsace, fearing the fall of Mulhausen.—"Time?" and Sydney "Sun" Services. AUSTRIAN ROUT IN BUKOWINA FUGITIVES INTERNED IN RUMANIA NEW OPERATIONS PENDING IN SERVIA London, January 12. The "Daily Chronicle's" Milan correspondent states that the Austrians' at Bukowina were driven out of their camp .at Kimpolung in great disorder. Many refugees and soldiers, in a famished condition, have been interned in Rumania. Mostly they had been hastily enrolled, had obsolete weapons, and had had only a fortnight's training. They say that the Austrians aro moving fresh forces from Hungary to strengthen the Rumanian frontier. The remnant of the Bukovina army is massed at Dorx. (Rec. January 13, 8.55 p.m.) Amsterdam, January 12. Vienna reports state that serious outbreaks of smallpox, cholera, and typhoid have occurred at thd capital. A great number of refugees frpm Bukowina, thousands of whom are on the verge of starvation, are flocking intoVienna. i THE CAMPAIGN ON THE MASURIAN LAKES. (Rec. January 13, 8.55 p.m.) Petrograd, January 12. The" Germans are utilising ice-breakers on the Masurian Lakes to enable their gunboats to operate, and also to prevent the Russians from crossing ou the ice. SIX ATTACKS REPULSED BY THE RUSSIANS. (Rec, January 13, 10 p.m.) I _ Patrojjrad, January 18. . -Official.—"Tl?e Germans continue, ineffectively, their stubborn offensive in the district'.' Six attacks were repulsed. The scouts' on some {>ajis of $]e front threw grenades into the Gerpian trenches, causing, heavy o'ssps. . ' "The Germans left five hundred dead fit Samice on the night pf January 10." , THE RUSSIAN ADVANCE ON SILESIA, (Rec. January 1?, 11.5 p.m.) _ _ Petrograd, January 13. Private advices of the fighting eastward of Cracow show that the AustroGermans have been gradually pusned back towards Czenstochowa, near the Silesian border. • POLAND OPERATIONS ACCORDING TO GERMANY. ' Amsterdam, January 12. Gennßn o(pcial report: The Russian offensive in North Poland has failed. Our attacks west of .the Vistula are progressing, despite the weather. EMPEROR FRANZ JOSEF TALKS OF PEACE. > ( London, January 12. > The Emperor Franz Josef of Austria, replying to a deputation of Galioian noble's at'Schoenbron, twice referred to the possibilities of and Sydney "sun" Services. CALM BEFORE A FRESH STORM IN SERVIA : AUSTRO-GERMAN ATTACK PENDING. London, 12. 'A correspondent with the Servians says: "The situation is stationary. Tho Austrians are digging themselves in «n the northern frontier, and opinion is divided as to whether they will immediately resume the offensive."—'Timps" and Sydney "Sun" Services. ' The Berlin newspaper "Lokal Anzoiger" announces that new operations in : Servia are pending which the Austrians regard with the greatest confidence, because they haye strengthened their forces. The Milan correspondent of the "Daily Cbropicle" states that Austria is massing a further tnree hundred thousand men against Servia, to |ie joinod by sixty thousand Germans at Sarajevo. Athens, January 12. The Albanian insurgents have placed guns against Duraz?». Servia, with the Triple Entente's consent, has occupied strategic positions in North Albania, to project the Servian frontier. v 1 RUMANIAN RESERVES BEING CALLED UP. > Londpn, January 12. Bukarest reports that threp classes of -reserves will be called up on January 23, and three more a week later. THE WAR IN THE NEJAR EAST A RUSSIAN CAPTURE ITALY AND THE HODEIDA INCIDENT Petrograd, Japary 12. Official: The Russians captured two guns and took two companies prisoner at Karingan on January 10, * , Copenhagen, January 12. German papers have entirely ignored the Turkish defeat in the Caucasus. AN INTERRUPTED INVESTIGATION. (Rec. January 13, 8.55 p.m.) Pfltrograd, January 12. The Sultan sent Nouri Bey, Chief of the General Staff of the Third Otto- ' man Army, to investigate the cause of the Turkish defeat at Sary Kamish. The Cossacks captured Nouri Bey at Kamirgan. Amsterdam, January 12. Turkish headquarters deny the defeat at Sary Kamish.'They allege that the operations were delayed by snow, and that the Russians merely attacked and captured a transport column of lurkish wounded. ITALIAN FLEET SAILS UNDER SEALED ORDERS HODEIDA INCIDENT SETTLED. London, January 12. Vancouver messages from Rome that five Italian warships and a Mills, of deitrwm, under Admiral Gbrm, left Tmwlfl na SsHirdny evsalug under ;eal«ci own, Uout* after the ultimatum to lurkey cad espited.

It i 6 unofficially stated that the object of the expedition is to enforce satisfaction for tho Hodeida incident. Rome, January 12. Official.—The Hodeida incident has been settled. The Hodeida incident was the arrest by the Turks of the British Consul in tho Italian Embassy, the Turks forcing their way, in. It was stated_ on Monday that the Italian Government had fixed January 10 as the time limit within "which Ttirkey must apologise for the incident. Italy insisted on the release of tljo Consul and the punishment of the violators of the Italian flag. ITALIAN GARRISONS BEING REINFORCED. (Reo. January 13, 5.15 p.m.) Rome, January 12. A corps of Italian Bersagljeri, with mierous officers, has crossed to Piraeus, en route to reinforce the Italian oversea garrisons.—"Times" and Sydney "Sun"- Services. ITALIAN WAR LOAN LARGELY OVER-SUBSCRIBED, (January 13, 8.55 p.m.) _ Rome, January 12. The Italian war loan has been .largely over-subscribed. AUSTRIANS AND GERMANS LEAVING ITALY. . . (Rec, January 14, 0.10 a.m.) • Rome, January 18. Large numbers of Germans and l Austrians are leaving Romo under advice from their borne authorities. The Vatican has asked Germany for an explanation, besides Cardinal Merger's arrest, of the seizure of the Pope's letter to the Cardinal. ISLAM BETRAYED BY ENVER PASHA . VICEROY OF INDIA REVIEWS THE POSITION. Delhi, January 12. The Viceroy (Lord Hardinge), in a speeoh to the Legislative Council, Baid that Enver Pasha, under German compulsion, betrayed Islam's interests and abdicated the sovereignty of Turkey to the hands of the Germans. Wlien the character and motives of the war became known, any religious sympathy of the Indian Moslems had been swept aside by a feeling of unswerving loyalty to the Empire. A towering wave of patriotism swept India from shore to shore. This was one of Germany's miscalculations. India, he said, had dispatched, or was dispatching, two hundred thousand men overseas, -while maintaining enough troops on the frontier to meet any emergency. That India was able to do this was a supreme mark of the absolute confidence and fidelity of the troops and the loyalty of the people. Confidence was daily more justified. Ho appealed to tho Council not to discuss controversial questions at a time when all minds should be fixed oil the protection of the Empire. The only feeling prominent was the necessity for united action to conquer a common enemy.