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E CHA
KILO
Bright
JL
Witness
Describes
At The Front
The Methods
Of Attack Now Employed
gv Associated Press.
Dec. o, li :4a a. m. me
today issued a report
Louden
re55 Dureai
German Tactics.
So far as the use of explosives is
concerned, the greatest activity is
found in tho
an eye-witness at the front cov- J grenades and short range howitzers.
operations aunng tneiine enemy has practically ceased his
November 26 to No-
wins military
fa from
ber inclusive. This report is
Seized as follows:
General inactivity is recorded
vthe English front, with the Ger-
the Indian troops, who
efforts to break through the line by as
saults, and he is now devoting his en
ergies to the same type of siege opera
tions which have been familiar to the
allies since the beginning of the bat
tle of the Aisne.
Subterranean life is the general
rule in the neighborhood of the firing
line. Even those men not actually
engaged in fighting live in under
ground quarters. Some of these quar
ters, called "funk holes," are quite
elaborate and comfortable and contain
many conveniences not found in the
trenches on the firing line.
Method of Attack.
They communicate with the firing
line by zig zag approach trenches
which make enfilading impossible. At
tacks are made on the firing line by
blinded saps, which are constructed by
a special earth borer. When this
secret tunnel reaches the enemy's
trench, an assault is delivered amid a
shower of hand grenades. The storm-
ers endeavor to burst their way
through the opening and then try to
work along the trench. Machine guns
are quickly brought up to repel
counter attack. Most of this fighting
takes place at such close range that
the guns on either side cannot be
fired at the enemy's infantry without
great risk of hitting their own men
Bombs have come to take the place
of artillery and they are being used
in enormous quantities. The short
range howitzers are of three types and
those used by the Germans have come
to be termed the "Jack Johnson" of
close attack. The smaller bombs and
live bee1'- extending lut-u uculubs m
an endeavor iu 111 viuoc
ith the enemy. There has been
'one eteliins: o'f the rear of our front
L south of 'Jie Lys, but this form
If annovance diminishes daily along
whole front. Sniping, however, is
arried on almost incessantly. There
Wm5 to be little doubt that the Ger
man?' are employing civilians, either
Tfillinsly or unwillingly, to dig trench
ed soine civilians have been seen and
6hot while engaged in this work.
German Attitude.
While it is necessary to accept the
evidence of all prisoners with caution,
ere is a change in the views express
ed by seme officers captured recently
vhich appears to be genuine. They
admit the failure of the German
strategy and profess to take a gloomy
view of the future. At the same time
it must be confessed that as yet there
is no sin that their view is that gen
erally held by the enemy, nor has
there been any definite indication of a
lack of morale among the German
troops.
The highways of northern France
are crowded with men responding to
tie various mobilization orders is
sued by the French government.
Thousands of such troops were en-
rainrcrpr! in the .course of a short
automobile trip. The strange proces- j grenades thrown by hand, although lo
tion includes a curious mixture of
types. A considerable proportion of
these new drafts are composed of
middle aged men of good physique
and likely young men from the coun
tryside. Change of Battlefield.
The change within the last few days
oi what may be termed the atmos
phere of the battlefield has been
marM. The noise of cannonading
cal in action, are very unpleasant,
particularly in the enclosed space of
a trench
These grenades are thrown continu
ously by both sides, and every; trench
assault is first preceded and then ac
cdmpanied by showers of these mur
derous missiles. This kind of fight
ing is very deadly, and owing to the
difficulty of observation, it is at times
somewhat blind. This difficulty has in
a measure been decreased, however,
has now decreased to such an extent 'by the use of the hyperseope, an in-
thar for hours at a time nothing is
heard but the infrequent boom of one
0! the heavy guns of the allies; the
occasional rattle of machine guns, and
the intermittent fire of snipers on
either side.
strument which works very much like
the periscope on a submarine. It per
mits an observer to look out over the
top of a parapet without raising his
head above the protection of the
trench.
ios
Wa
t Pitiless Battle Of
r Was When Germans
Cut Out Of Russian Trap
FULLER DETAILS OF
POSITIONS HELD BY
ARMIES IN EAST
By Associated Press.
Petrorad, via London, Dec. 5, 6 : 55
a. m. The heaviest fighting m the
vicinity of Lodz during the past two
days has occurred in the course of
maneuvering for the possession 01
Lask, 15 miles southwest of Lodz.
On the Saczerczow line which is
15 to 20 miles long east of the
Warta, the fighting appears to indi
cate that the Germans have been
heavily reinforced and that they are
filling the gap between their right
wing and the isolated body which has
been striving to turn the Russian
left.
The German defence on the north
ern front in East Prussia occupies
a position along the river Angerapp
from Gumbinen to Darkehmen and
thence to the northern extremity ot
the Mazurian Lakes at Angerburg.
Here the Russians are - entrenched
close to the German line. On the
east front of the lakes and to the
"Vistula the Russians have taken a
position slightly back of their line of
advance of ten days ago. Both sides
appear to be awaiting the outcome
of the struggle at Lodz. The main
German forces in this region are con
centrated about . Mlawa.
The military critic of the Bourse
Gazette reckons that the loss of the
Austrians in prisoners is equal to
their number of dead and wounded
and places the fighting strength ot
Austria 'now at two-thirds of what
it was at the beginning of the war.
He cites the smaller percentage ot
Austrian artillery falling into Russian
hands and says this is accounted for
by an explanation in a recent issue
of the official War Messenger to the
effect that since the second Aus
trian retreat from Poland the Aus
trian artillery is always withdrawn
from the field before the final issue
of the battle. This, he declares,
amounts to beginning a retreat be
fore they are actually defeated. .
The critic also points out the large
proportion of officers, including colo
nels and lieutenant colonels ; among
the prisoners, as indicating the de
moralization of the Austrian army
and the loss of the fighting spirit.
He states that the last fifty" thous
and Austrian prisoners included 600
commissioned officers. The writer
contrasts this with the results where
the Russians are engaged against the
Germans. There, he declared, the offi
cers fall fighting. - , -
SCHOONER
FOUNDERED; TWO
LIS LOST
By Associated Press.
Newport News, Va.. Dec. 5. Two
men were drowned and a third had
a thrilling escape early this morning
when the schooner William Donnelly
of Baltimore, coal laden for Hamp
ton foundered off Thimble Shoal in
Chesapeake bay. The schooner was
in command of Captain John R. Phil
lips and his nephew and one . other
man composed the crew. The vessel
encountered severe; weather and- early
last night she began to leak. Be
tween 3 and 4 o'clock this morning
she went down suddenly, before those
aboard had time to launch a boat Cap
tain Phillips managed to grasp a
hatch cover as the schooner went down
and after about six hours of
desperate fighting for his life he was
washed ashore near Willoughby beach
in Hampton Roads, in an exhausted
and almost dying condition. He was
later taken to Norfolk. The other
two men went down with the schoon
er. The Donnelly had aboard 175 tons
of anthracite coal consigned Ho a
Hampton merchant.
COTTON CONSUMP-
V Associated Press.
Petrograd, vit London, Dec. 5, 6:25.
-The most tragic moment of the
sting about Lcdz thus far, it is
reported here occurred between
Tu-zyn and Brzeziny, southeast -of.
odz. Heavy German forces which
--u uruarea to Tuszyn, it appears
to prevent the junction but the Ger
mans cut a passage, at the point cf
the bayonet for a distance of la
miles.
This battle is called the bloodiest
and most pitiless . fight of the war.
Ninety per cent o the German offi
cers were put out of action and
manv regiments had less than one
Tiiinrirefi men left. The fiahtins: lasted
"e surrounded and obliged to fight 36 hours. The Germans fell in rows
neir way to Brzeziny to unite with but ther comrades pushed forward
&e mam body. The Russians essayed 1 over the' bodies and hurled them
oiHHer attack after counter attack selves against the Russians.
R OF MILTON
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-CASHIER GONE
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a t con.
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accounts of
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... Of CaRWpll at TVTiH,
November 28, are
according to a state-
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H iw out here today by state
ir n? T r Hubba?d- B. Hines, Jr.,
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Recount:
mg a note stating his
SOUTH CARO
LINA MOB
LYNCHES NEGRO
TION OF NEXT YEAR
TO BE ESTIMATED
By Associated Press.
Washington, Dec. 5. Representa
tives of the state, treasury and . com
merce departments continued today
the work of preparing estimates of
the world's cotton consumption next
year. .
The committee had before it for con
sideration cable reports furnished by
American consuls and commercial at
taches giving estimates on the cotton
consumption from various European
and South American countries. These
are the first of reports to be received
in response to Secretary McAdoo's
suggestions and are being gone over
by the committee with a view ulti
mately of formulating a method of
compiling the estimates on the pres
ent and prospective consumption of
cotton in all parts of the world.
CARD!
By Associated Press.
Florence, S. C., Dec. 5. A mob
took "William Green, a negro, from
officers near Coward, S. C, yesterday,
hanged him to a tree and then rid
dled his body with bullets, according
to reports received here. .Green was
arrested after he had been . detect ed
in the act of .hiding undr; a house
cm,-. "tre trior., it is cnirl n. ' a, nv.nnnno
mer wi rti , . ' - aunng me uwuei o ouuvc
ihe itp , "x-l-lx-a"J' cuiuyitae list
ban?" f, the sbrtage
a5 "lU n be re-op.
fct UJe Dank examiner
the
opened, ac-
The
are nlnool ia ode OA
naoisities at $19,814.92. "
atchoJf
for Seed
Potatoes from Maine
ociatea press;' .
UfD!t0?' Dec- 5. The depart
ing ?f ;culture today issued a
Midd'J taAri?ers of New Jersey,
tes a-a; Atlantic and Southern
"Om ir ?dnst buvina- seorJ Watnos
ent'-r; u ess they bear tbe de-
?toes cemficate showine the no-
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'uev n. 11 e rrom nnwdprv spah
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ThA neero's presence unaer me
house was detected by the women
occupants who were unprotected and
who summoned the officers.
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WILL CARRANZA DE
STROY RAILROAD?
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:'annt a-ese accoriing to the de
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It. "11' ft!,. wv
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By Associated Press.
Washington, Dec. 5. Sir Cecil
Spring-Rice, the British ambassa-
dor, informed the state depart- '
ment today of a dispatch from
British Charge Hohler in Mexico w
City saying reports were current
that General Carranza was plan- w
ning to destroy the British-own
railroad between Vera Cruz and w
Mexico City by blowing up cer-
tain tunnels. w
L ANCELO
Dl PIETRO DEAD
London, Dec. 5, 12 : 19 p. m The
Central News has . received a dis
patch from its Rome correspondent
saying that Cardinal Angelo di i'le
tro. doyen of the ' sacred ' college,
died this morning.
Cardinal di Pietro was born May
26, 1828. He was papal muncio at
Madrid in 1887, and he was created
and proclaimed a cardinal priest in
1893.
WAS SWISS NEUTRALITY
TO BE VIOLATED?
Paris, Dec. 5, 4:25 a. m Proof
that a violation of the neutrality of
Switzerland was included in Germa
ny's original plans has been found
says the Matin, in the shape of or
dinance survey maps discovered
among the . papers on killed German
officers. The maps are similar to
those used ,by Swiss officers, the
Matin says, except that all the names
are in Italian and information of
special nature printed on them shows
they were intended for the use of an
Itlian army marching across Switzer
land to attack France.
Chicago, Dec. 5. Indictments were
returned today naming two police of
fleers and a former detective involved
in the "graft" confessions of "Barney''
Bertsche, and the brothers, Frank
and' James Ryan. The defendants.
charged with conspiracy to obtain
money by fraud and with bribery, are
Captain James , J. Halpin, Lieutenant
John Tobm and former Detective Wa
Jter O'Brien. .
Gre
K
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1
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at Struggle In Russian
Poland Not Yet Decided;
Gigantic Battle In Alsace
IS WIN TRYING
'III FORCE ITALY
INTO LINE?
BIG LINER
DISABLED
N
ANTONY
BY STORM
DISTRESS
By Associated Press.
London, Dec. 5, 2:40 P. m.- The
Booth steamship company's liner an
tony, bound from Liverpool for Para,
has been disabled by the storm t now
sweeping over JLugiauu ana is m dis
tress fifty miles north of the Liz
ard. ';-? .
The captain of a local steamer re
ceived the siknal "Want assistance"
but was unable to help the Antony,
his own vessel geinb short of coal.
The Antony is of 3,760 tons net reg
ister.
r
STEAMER WATER
LOO WITH MOST OF
ER CREW LOST
By Associated Press.
London, Dec. 5, 2:40 p. m. The
Norwegian steamer Waterloo of 1,-
283 tons, foundered off the Lizard
at midnight. Three . persons were
saved. The remainder of the crew is
missing.
By Associated Press.
Rome, Friday, Dec. .4, 9:25 p. m.
The formal announcement that Prince
Bernard von Buelow, former chancel
lor of the German empire, had been
placed at the head of the German em
bassy here while the present ambas
sador, Herr von Flotow, is to be ab
sent for three months on account of
his health, has aroused .much com-!
ment in Rome.
Although this move has been report
ed as probable for sometime, it may
be said to have produced a consider
able sensation. It is remarkable that
a former chancellor would become the
head of an embassy whicli is by no
means considered the most important
in the German diplomatic service.
The appointment was discussed with
animation in Italian political circles
today. Some statesmen declared it
to be Germany's answer to the dec
laration of Premier Salandra to the
Italian parliament Thursday that there
was no cluse in any treaty binding
Italy to participate with the Teuton
allies in the present conflict, and
that Italy would maintain her present
attitude of watchful and armed neu
trality, while others recalled that
Prince von Buelow had been most
popular in Rome since he was ambas
sador to the Quirinal twenty years
ago, and that his wife belongs to a
very prominent Italian family.
Many observers are of the opinion
that the appointment of Prince von
Buelow to this post means that Ber
lin is about to exercise strong pres
sure to prevent Italy from, passing to
the side of the allies. .
TISH CRUISER
VENUS ASHORE
By Associated Press.
London, Dec 5. The British cruis
er Venus ran ashore in the storm to
day, striking with her full force. Her
foremast and a portion of the bridge
was carried away Dy an enormous
sea. The warship was running. for a
port in the south of England when the
storm broke.
Another victim of the gale, which is
still raging along the coast, is an uni
dentified steamer which is ashore near
Mersey. Three lifeboats have gone to
her assistance. '
SAYiOPP
PLANT WAS
OT BOMB
By Associated Press.
Berlin, Dec. 5. (By wireless to
London, 2:15 p. m.) An official state
ment was issued here today denying
the report that the Krupp plant at
Essen had been bombarded by a for
eign aeronaut.
Although Russia Claims Victory at Lodz General Reports In
dicate That Positions of Opposing Forces Have Not
Changed for a Week Heavy Fighting in Alsace and West
Flanders Details of Battle Show With What Bravery Ger
mans Cut Their Way Out of Russian Trap Losses on
Both Sides Heavy Attitude of Italy Causes Much Specu
lation Austrian Advance Checked by Powerful Attack of
Enemy Przemysl and Cracow Still Hold Out Both Sides
Claiming Progress. "
The desperate character of the hand to hand fighting in assaults or
trenches, the use of hand grenades and bomb throwing machines are
described in a British official eye-witness report issued today, which also
discloses that the allies are using tunnel boring apparatus for subter
ranean approach to the German entrenchments. It is said that subterran
ean life is the rule along the firing line, where defensive operations
have been brought to a state of such efficiency that the Germans have
practically ceased their efforts to break through the line of the enemy by
assaults. Opening fighting consequently has almost disappeared, and the
contest has taken on the nature of siege operations.
This report, however, covers tho situation only up to November 29.
since which time, as is shown by recent official statements, there have
been heavy infantry engagements. Today's announcements from the
French and derman war offices contain claims of progress on both sides,
At one point north of the Lys, says the French statement, an advance -of
500 yards a noteworthy movement in view of the character of the opera
tions was made. The intense character of the fighting is indicated by the
fact that the war office considers it worthy of remark that one part of s
hamlet" remains in possession of the allies and that a ferryman's house
which had been in dispute for a month had been captured.
The German statement asserts that French assaults in Flandert
were repulsed and that the German forces made progress in the regior
of LaBassee, northern France; in the forest of the Argonne and in the
vicinity of Altkirch, Alsace. -
There was almost no news from the east. In one minor operation Ir
east Prussia the Germans report 100,000 Russians were captured. The
war office gives out without comment a newspaper report that the loss
es among the French troops amount to at least fifty per cent.
Italy's attitude in the European war has again become a source oi
concern, in view of Premier Salandra's declaration that his country was
in no way bound to fight with Germany arid Austria, and the intimation
that if her loyalty to treaty obligations . were questioned further she
would disclose the text of the Triple Alliance agreement. The German
government's appointment of Prince von Buelow, former chancellor, as
temporary head of the embassy at Rome is interpreted by 'Rome de
spatches as meaning that Berlin would exert strong pressure to prevent
Italy., from.-joining forces with the:allies.' - -V "'v . "'
The-newest phase of the war, so far as was indicated by the day's
. despatches is heavy fighting in Alsace,' where the French have succeed-"
ed in maintaining a foothold on German territory since the opening
of hostilities. Comparatively little has been heard of the struggle there,
which is virtually a separate campaign, but now the French apparently
have begun a vigorous offensive movement. The main battle is in prog,
ress near Altkirch, where, the German war office says the attacks of the
French have been repulsed.
Despatches are beginning to come in from Petrograd which give a
closer view of the war in the east. They indicate that the Germans who
fought their way out of the Russian trap performed a most desperate and
valorous feat. The heavy force southeast of Lodz which, was hemmed
in is said to have cut its way with bayonets, step by step, for 15 miles,
in the face of constant attacks, until it was able to rejoin the main body.
This battle is described as the bloodiest and most pitiless of the war.
Conditions Same in Poland. 1 : ; ' ' :
London, Dec. 5, 12:30 p. m. While in siege operations and that the Ger
reports continue to come into London ! mans have almost entirely abandoned
that the battle of Lodz has ended m j their infantry assaults in force. A
a Russian victory, any official contir- novel kind of warfare recalling the
mation still is lacking and it is ap-' hand to hand combats of a century
The report referred " to was con- ( parent to British observers that con- ago, but with entrenching and engi
tained in a dispatch from the Hague to ditions in the north of Poland are'neering features undreamed of db
the Exchange Telegraph Company in today virtually the same as they fore the days of the present powerful
London on December 3, .which stated - were one week ago, after the. Ger
that a message had been received man army had been saved from over
there from Berlin telling of the bom-! whelming defeat by the brilliant oper
bardment by an aviator of the build-, ation of General Mazkenzen.
ings at the Krupp plant which are
devoted to the manufacture of can
non. It was stated that the airmen
" r T rZaTfliZ, hort rmt easily prove it to . have been the most
tent of the damage inflicted had not .... TOQr
Details of Lodz Fghting.
. Details of the Lodz fighting are be
ginning to. filter through, and they
been ascertained.
HEAVY FIRING HEAR
N UPPER ALSACE
bloody struggle of the entire war,
The Germans are described as fight
' ing their way through the Russian
lines over the heaped up bodies of
their . comrades. Berlin claims heavy
captures of prisoners in this struggle,
.while from Kiev comes the announce
ment that the fortress there is crowd
ed with German prisoners. Incidental
ly, Kiev reports that since the be
ginning . of the war 130,000 soldier
I and 2,500 officers have passed through
BIG GBOWD GREET
ED GEN. CARRANZI
By Associated Press.
Vera Cruz, Dec. 5: General Venus-
tiano Carranza returned to Vera Cruz
late last night after : a six-days' trip
into the interior. He was received
with military honors at the station
where a big crowd gathered to wel
come him. It is expected that the
general will leave soon on a visit to
the Isthmus of Teuhauntepec.
General Carranza has named Gen
eral Alvaredo, formerly post com
mander at Mexico City, as chief of
the zone covering the states of Vera
Cruz, Publa and Tlaxcala. . General
Pablo Gonzales will, be in charge of
Tamaulipas, Nuevo Leon and . other.
northern states, and General Obregon,
according to the plans will be sent to
the west coast. - '
Berne, Switzerland, via Paris, Dec. 1 Kiev L prisoners
5. 3:15 a. m. The sound -of heavy rT " TC; "r, TT,. trv
the SwTss STtS. JHS
explosives, is a feature of the fighting
along the western battle front.
An official report from Vienna ad
mits that the advance bf the Aus
trians has been prevented by violent
attacks from strong hostile forces
covering the Servian retreat. No hint
is given, as to the identity of these
forces, but the opinion is expressed
in London that Russian aid has reach
ed the sorely pressed Serbs. Berlin
reports that such help will be no
longer possible for the reason that
the blowing up of the great tunnel
near Tekija has blocked communica
tion with Rumania and made impos-.
sible the passage of Russian trans
ports along the Danube.
Aviators of the allies, according to
Berlin dispatch, have resumed by
dropping bombs in the neighborhood
of Frieburg and Breisgau.
cannonading in upper Alsace has been tw thA OT)firations there
heard as fai
Cannes near me dwi&s uuuua. j. . , or1-Ql viotnrv fnr Rus
struggle between the French ""J "
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Cloudy tonight and Sunday,
probably with rain. Fresh to
strong northeast - and east winds, w
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reaching the Swiss frontier is around
Altkirch and Damerkirch.
The inmates of a large mad house
Fortresses Hold Out.
The Russians would appear not yet
to have been diverted from their at-
near Sennheim. more than 400 in tacks in uancia ana xne mvabiuu u
,mv,0r wpr n frieht.ened bv the Hungary, but the tortresses oi
uuiuuv.., ... - i j r oill a-ra in-
roaring of, the guns that tney became rrzemjfhi auu w.w
.---j x i i. ho font ' a-nrt are, llkftlv t.O DUt UD ci
I ran uc ana meu lu uiccus. ii. - -. -
.,rin, Th normnn anthnritips wpre stronger defense against the Russians
obliged to convey all of them to Mul- than did the Belgian forts against the
i:.::r J Germans. Unless a decisive defeat
A newspaper dispatch states that can be inflicted on the Austrian army
4-U . na ora mnimtincr curia . nf- a.L UiBUSUUCiiuna. i- 10 cusuou "
Lilt? UC1 rXAClAAO CAA UiU"ill..-0 I 1 . . . . 1-1 i. il. . TJ
fore the city hall and church in Col- don, it is not prabable . that the Rus-
mar with the object of forcing the sian army of the south will be in a
French to bombard the town in the position to begin any serious mva-
hope that the population will be thus sion of Silesia until Cracow has been
turned against the Frencn. neauceu.
: . ' In Flanders.
An eye witness with the British
SERVIA AND ROD
'forces in France reports that both
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PORTUGUESE
CABINET RESIGNS.
Amsterdam, via London, Dec. 5.
f 9 : 58 A. M." The great tunnel near;. By Associated Press.
Tvchietchar (TekijaV has been blown London Dec. 5 (12:58 P. M.)
un bv dvnamite. thus severing com-.w A dispatch to the Exchange
TYinninatinn between Servia and Ru- TeleeraDh Company from Lis- if
mania, according to advices f rom'Nish, ' bon says that all the members of w
Servia. to the Rotterdam Courant. The the Portuguese cabinet resign--
passage of Russian transports along! ed today in a body.
tha narmhp tYia. disTiatph states, has i
J therefore become impossible j Vyjn
GERMANS REPORT
PROGRESS IN WEST
By Associated Press.
Berlin", Dec. 5. (By - wireless to
London, 3 p. m.) Progress of Ger
man 'forces in the west is reported in
an official statement given out this af
ternoon at the army headquarters.
The statement follows: t
"French attacks yesterday in Dian
ders and to the south of Metz were
repulsed. We made progress at La
Bassee,: in the forest of, the . Argonne
and in the region southwest of Alak
irch. ; r w " :. . 1 .
"In the fighting to the east of the
Mazurian lakes the situation is fa-:
vorable for us, and in minor opera
tions there we took 1,200 prisoners.
"Our operations in Poland, are
taking a normal course.
""The Corriero del Terra estimates
that the losses among the French
troops amount to at least 50 per cent
of those engaged in the war and . that
losses of even greater proportions
have been suffered . by the territori
als." ' - '
1 New York. Money.
- New -York, Dec. 5. Closing: Mer
cantile paper 4 l-4a5; sterling ex
change weak; 60 day bills 4.8525; for
cables 4.8785; .for demand 4.8725; bar
sito.r49.3r4,
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