In the West.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 4, 6 January 1915, Page 5

In the West.

RETIREMENT OR AUSTRIAN CENERALS. United Press Association. London, January 5. Vienna announces the retirement of two Generals, allegedly owing to illhealth. Other retirements from high commands are expected as a result of the rout in Servia. FRENCH PROGRESS REPORT. (Received 9.40 a.m.) Paris, January 5. A. communique state%s that, despite the condition of the ground, our infantry progressed on the dunes facing Xieuport. We won two hundred to five hundred metres in the vicinity of Saint Georges, carrying houses and trenches, and we silenced the German batteries at many points. In Belgium oiyr mortars and grenades stopped the enemy sapping at Notre Dame de Lorette. Germans near Lille captured a trench, which we l'e-took. We entered Creuxargent, near Orbey. Our progress between Thann and Cemaywas maintained to a point a kilometer east of Old Thann.

GENERAL London,January 5. Yard by yard the Germans are being forced towards the Dutch frontier. A large force of German marines is constructing defence works two and a half miles from the frontier. Fifteen houses at Heyst were demolished to clear the way for guns commanding Zeebrugge. . Times and Sydney Sun Services. London, January 5. Le Temps, says that on Boxing Day General Von Bissing delivered a long harangue to the Germans, urging them to capture Ypres at all costs, in order to offer it to the Kaiser for a New Year's' gift.