| Show Campaign i. i Developing Steadily y 1 3 BERLIN ERTAN Dec 23 The 3 The Teutonic c i f operations in Dol are de de- e- e loping further writes Tiles the he Over Over- Mas as agency's military critic c. c Tho Russians hmo havo been een repeatedly y Defeated in that war ir area loren abandon abandon- ing g two fortified positions an arid and t the then ben n resistance on OH another lin line e 1 order to cover a retreat on th thad the heid lio he e and id ad to awl ami Ma Mu bin in J In eastern I ft the Russians and Rumanians h I arc nr trying to Continued on Pa Paso iago 2 2 RUSSIAN TROOPS STILL RETIRING Rear Guard in in I and 1111 Fighting icing to Cover Retreat Continued From Pae Page 1 I. 1 I cover tover the retreat of oC tho the remnants of oC thom thom- thol defeated armies and Rumanian ian refugees across the line lino Ino of tho the eroth I by y un effort t 1 to hold up the tho advance of I 1 me LIO Li U I powers it ai at L a it point ut s of 01 Sarat This effort also I id is intended in intended in- in tended to cover the flank of the nu Russo- Russo so- so Rumanian b bodies fighting In the toe Molda Molda- l l' l vian Ian A nu Russo Rumanian or offensive from Crom this position I la is c not considered considered con con- probable The he bl big guns guns are arc active also In tho the region of and Cham- Cham brets n near nean- ar Verdun Suc Success BerHl Dec 23 The hc 3 The report on the campaign n on 0 the various fronts Is Issued Issued issued Is- Is sued b by German headquarters today says Western war theatre theatre theatre-In In the Ypres and sectors yesterday the artillery reached a considerable intent intent- sit sity Southwest o of English do- do attacked el bu but t wore were repulsed by our fire firc at ono one place In to hand-to- hand fighting South of oC several se sev se- eral en-al of our patrols entered hostile I trenches and brought back prisoners hostle machine guns gums guns and other booty On the Champagne and Mouse Meuse fronts there thore was only moderate act i activity In the northwest of ot Muenster I German raiding detachments took a French sapping post by surprise Near Frapelle east of oC S1 St St. Dlo lila and south o of the Rhine Rhone canal French canal French de de- de- de attacking ng after aCter strong artil- artil arti- arti lory preparation were werl repulsed Eastern war var theatre Prince Leo Leo- LeoPolds LeoPold's olds old's There front There Is nothing nothing- of or Im inn inn- InI In- I to report Archduke Jo Josephs Joseph's phs ph's I front front In I In in th the e wooded there wore were several patrol cn engagements during which prisoners and anI machine guns uns were brought In South of ot I Austro detachments detach detach- I intents ments recaptured from the Russians an ant advanced position that recently tl had boon boen abandoned Field Marshal on von Mackenson's arm army group in II Teutonic troops several elal Russian rear rca rearguards guards positions position after ater Intense storming I and anil occupied on the lowe lower Danube Tho nun number of ot prisoners prisoner I I reached more than 1000 1600 Several machino ma ma- maI I I chino hino guns and other othel booty were wore tak taker taken n Macedonian front In front In the region lot o of Jc Lake Lalie thore there f wa was vas sonio I ire fire On tho tino truma plain there were I I en engagements of or vanguard I fluid London Dec Dc 23 3 A A British official 1 Statement C Issued today sa says 5 s. s I Yesterday our raft aire-raft carried oti out t several evon-al successful raids In the El gl Ansi region regIon Egypt g- g pt A At t ta h about a lon Ion on of or high bight explosives wore dropped on tine the enem enemy concentration causing I man nant many to the personnel Attacks Atack were made mn on t southern border o of Palestine and anti 1 Auja arid and an ann Important railway bridge C Wet over a deep ravine at Tel El 11 Sharla Shania fifteen unties miles mies north of Beersheba was va S I ly damaged All 1 our machines S i returned safely A repot report t on the Mesopotamia I earn cam pal n sent font out officially toda today reads roads I On the morning In of December bel 21 2 1 British airplanes dropped nearly a ton tonof tonof I of f C explosive on the tho Turkish advanced I Ilass base lass and on shipping near lag twenty five miles mies west of ot Kut el Amara Amala On the same ame day cay hostile hostle trenches 3 of if the tine south haul bank of oC tho Tigris near neni r Kut-el-Amara Kut and on the north bank bani t tear near yat at were subjected to a n m heavy artillery bombardment Airplane Air Air- plane lane observers r reported ported that both boti I bombardments wet were very ery effective At Al cT c dawn lawn December 22 2 a second airplane aix raid ail on the tIne Turkish base near Bagh was sas carried ou out la t. t RaW Haiti Trent London Dec 24 4 1255 a a. a in Tho m. Tho re report re- re port ort from British headquarters In France rance issued last night reads Wo We successfully raided enemy trench trenches s south of ot Ypres la last t night In In- In man many losses The Tho enem enemy In i turn urn after a hea heavy bombardment raided raid raid- t ed edour ci our lines J inca near al causing a few tew e casualties There was considerable artillery ac ac- ac o on both sides during during- the tIne day be between be- be f tween the tIne Azicre and the Somme and amid In t the he Loos 1005 area East Bast of ot Berlos we ef of- bombarded hostile hostle trenches and anel south of or Pys Ps our fire tre dispersed a U large enemy Inar parly I Italians I Attack Rome nome Dec 23 The 23 The Italian war of office ot- ot fice today issued tho the following officialS official S statement Ia I e in e n t In the valle valley an attack atack a against our advanced positions on the Maso taso Torrent in the evening was wa rc- rc pulsed Throughout yesterday the enemy shelled our oun positions on both sides of ot the val valley but no attacks attacks at at- at- at tacks matured On the tine remainder of or the thc front there were WEre some somo artillery ac actions ac- ac tons which hindered by bad w weather ather La Lant t night an enemy attempt to attack at- at at tack our positions on Point IH on the Carso was checked promptly |
