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Show FIGHTING IN THE VOSGES REGION GHOMIODS French Report Claims the Germans Were Repulsed on Whole Front of Cap- j tured Positions GERMANS ASSERT ATTACK SUCCEEDED London Reaches Conclusion Battle for Possession of Hartmanns-Weilerkopf Is Not Concluded LOVDONT Dec 24 9 11 p m. To morrow the second Christmas of the great war w 11 differ but bttle from fa r,,, ii. l ts predecessor judging from the visl ble signs of the past twenty four hours Although there is small likelihood of an exact repetition of the strange truce of last year here and there it is probal le thit the opposing lines will come to some sort of an understand mg which will permit them to celebrate their one common day of rejoicing with out undue annoyance The fighting around Hartmanns Weil erkopf which has been the chief mci dent in the recent news from the west em front has not yet reached a de ' cision, but reports indicate that the four days losses on both sides have been so severe that some kind of a loll is almost inevitable Clash Coming in Greece. i The news from Greece oontinnes to presage a clash!- m the near future but most of the dispatches put the date of the conflict off until the new year Events recently have developed rapidly rap-idly in Pers a with the Russians ad vane ng on Teheran The two, chief centers of rebel act v ty in Persia al ready are in Bu6s an hands and the rap dity with which the Russians are moving ind cates the oppos t on wi h which they are meet ng this week uvuuudaui; U OLitiiCtJ BLlil I1CS Veen. II the Bnt sh pos tion at Kut el Amara II and the neare t Russ an forces but if j the Russians have continued successes a junction between them and the Bnt ih may be expected before long t Urges Agreement j Dav d Lloyd George the Bnt sh min I ister of munitions is spending his I Christmas holidays vis t ng the muni tions works in the Clyde districts ; where he is urging the imperat ve need of soma measure of labor dilution ' wh ch includes an agreement by the labor unions to perm t of the employ ment of a percentage of unskilled men with skilled men in mun tions works. An interest ng feature in Mr Lloyd George s programme today was the chnstening of a new mumt ons nana factur ng center Georgetown. The figures given by Premier Aqu th today Bhow how heavy have been the Br t s'h casualt es during the war These total nearly 530 000 w thout count ng the men inval ded on account of sick ness i FRENCH REPORT GERMAN DEFEAT IN THE VOSGES PARIS Dec 4. 10 40 p m The French off c a communication ssued ton ght a s 4rt ery f ghtlng wh ch was espe c a y v o ent In Be glum is reported Son e Ge man infantry w hlch was as semb in0 In the trenches and connect ing tunnels n the region of Lombaert ! zjde was d spe sed by our fire Between the Somme and the Oise our ba ter es demol shed a German wo k to the west of Lasslgny and ser ous y damaged the Roland tower On the southern bank of the A sne at s oper 10S to the southeast of Berry au Bac we simultaneous v exp oded t vo sma I mine3 which shattered the enemy s works In the Vosges at Hartmanns We e kopf t e e e ny af er a vio ent bombardmen made an attack on the who e f ont of the pos t ons ecen y captured by ua between the summ of Har manns Wei erkopf and the ap proaches o Wattwi er T e Ge nans we e rep Ised everywhere Army of the O lent The situation has not been mod fled on our front dur ng the last two days Entrench ing works around Sa o lk are be ng pushed actively The enemy has made no attempt to cross the GTeek frontier Bxped tlonary corps in the Daxda ne es The night and n orning w ere ' qu e During the afternoon of t e (Continued on Page Two.) FIGHTING 1 VOSGES REGION DESPERATE (Continued from Page One) 3rd Inst, our ca j artillery shelled effectively the T klsb trenches snd also retaliated against the enemy s artillery on the European shore |