THE EASTERN THEATRE

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVI, Issue 16749, 2 January 1915, Page 9

THE EASTERN THEATRE

THREE WEEKS OF FIGHTING. THE POLISH BATTLES. HUGE AUSTRO-CERMAN LOSSES. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. LONDON, December 31. "The Times’s’’ Petrograd correspondent soys that trustworthy sources assert that during tho Inst three weeks on tho Upper and Lower Vistula, and along tho lines of tho Bzura, Jlawkn and Nida, and also in Galicia, tho Austro-Gorman losses in killed, wounded and missing reached 300,000 of tho 1,250,000 engaged. A GERMAN ADMISSION. * LONDON, December 31. A wireless message from Berlin states: —“ Tlie foot must bo faced that the Russian extreme left wing is proving superior.’’ AUSTRIAN WOUNDED. TRAIN LOADS FROM GALICIA. VENICE, Decomber 31. One thousand wounded have arrived at Moran from Galicia. They are in an indescribable condition, and 1 almost reduced to skeletons. They ;journoyod five days in goods trucks, unheated, and aim os food less. Being without medical attention, they endeavoured to bind' up each otbor’s wounds. Tlie suffering was aggravated by the intense cold and insufficient clothing. 'Tho majority of the wounds are gangrenous, and wholesale amputations axo necessary.

BERLIN COMMUNIQUE. LONDON, Decomber 31. An official communique issued in Berlin states that tho western front is quiet, while the situation oil tho eastern frontier is unchanged, except that tho Germans aro progressing in tho Rawka district.

EMPEROR’S MESSAGE. . VIENNA, December 31. The Emperor Franz Josef sent a message to tho Army and Navy, saying that ho was confident that their proved warlike spirit would enable them to emerge with honour from any trial, however severe. THE GERMAN STRATEGY. “ Times ” and Sydney “ Sun ” Services. LONDON, i December 30. Petrograd reports that the Gorman attempt towards Warsaw was never tho enemy’s principal movement, but was intended to divert the Russians threatening Cracow. • The attempt temporarily succeeded, but the Russians in front of Warsaw have now broken tho German advance. Critical issues are again approaching.

GERMAN CASUALTIES. “ Time* ” and Sydney “ Sun ” Services,

(Received January 1, 7.5 p.m.) LONDON, December 31

The German casualties in Poland and East Prussia since November 9 are estimated at 600,000.