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Show SLIGHT GAINS IDE HI ALLIES IH RIDERS Offensive Movement Said to Be Rapidly Developing at Several Points Along the Battle Front. SALIENT AT YPRES TURNED INTO WEDGE Germans Continue to Shell Arras, Their Artillery Being Be-ing Also Active in the Region of Roye. TOKIO, Dec. 31, 11:26 su in, Tho foreign office says the reports in circulation that Japanese troops have landed at Vladivostok, or at any other place on the way to Europe Eu-rope aro absolutely untrue. PARIS, Dec 30, 10:30 p. m. Tho following official communication communica-tion was issued by tho war office tonight: "There are no Important Incidents Inci-dents to report except bombardments bombard-ments in the region cf Arris and on the height of the Mouse, and progress in Champagne, which seems to have been quite prononuced. '"The bad weather persists along tho greater part of the front." IS7-fi) Ca! b Armnjrmrit With Lotion Dally T'.-lfrg-np'j and iDterriutiOi.a Nwa Stv1c.) 1'AKIS. l)e?. 3U. 8iiarp ai varies againpt both flanks of the German marines ma-rines and infantry under Grand Duke Albrocht cf Vuorttomber in the rapid-ly-dveloping offensive of the allies in FlniKlers v. ere reported in official state-meets state-meets issued today, while from Alsace it is announced ti.at the French punters pun-ters have siieacpd a GermBn battery nhieh was bombarding upptr ppach. (lu the remainder of tho battle front, all of which is etill enveloped in a rweeping gale, bharp artillery actions I were fought, the Germans' attempts be- I i o cr everywhere abortive. j The allies salient, in front of Ypres, held npainst the most vigorous counterattacks counter-attacks of the Herman s for weeks, has been turned isto a wedpe, which, with the capture reported today of an important im-portant point of German support to the potitheast of Zonncbeke, on the road from Becelaero to Papsehendaeln, baa been thrust forward a distance- of five- miles, threatening tho left flank of the Wuert-tembergcrs. Wuert-tembergcrs. Capture Important. This capture is all tho more important because the position commands the military mil-itary highway, a highly valued acquisition acquisi-tion in this region, whore the ground over which opposing armies have been fighting bos been turned into a veritable bog. ' To the north, where the Franeo-Bel-gian forces are operating against the left flank of the grand duke's army, more ground was gained among the sand dunes to tho north of Lombaertzyde and northeast of Xieuport, while the allies occupying St. Georges, two miles south of Xiouport on the Yser, were compelled com-pelled to withstand a furious bombardment bombard-ment by the Germans, who attempted unsuccessfully un-successfully to retake the town captured two days ago. Operations along the remainder of the Flanders front have been stopped by tbe condition of the ffround and the effect of the eale. Arras was again under bombardment, the Germans shelling tha allies' position with desperation tn an attempt to regain home of the ground taken during the sharp advances of the pant week. Artillery Active. Renewed activity of the German artillery ar-tillery also was manifested In the region of Royo nnri alona; the valley of the ; Alne but the violence of tho German cannonade was met with equal force by ; Llie French Runnern and there was no , change In the situation. In th Champagne country the French ; apaln took the offensive and matle appreciable ap-preciable progress at certain points. That the Germans realize the importance impor-tance of the movement being developed by the French on the right was evidenced bv the resumption alomy the line from Arras to Moselle of their artillery attacks. at-tacks. Thece were delivered with great energy, particularly acalst the French positions on the heights of tha Meuse. In the Vosges district tho Germans made a sharp attack on Tete de Faux, i but they were repuloed with heavy losses. On the line from Rteinbach, which the : French have successfully Invested, past ' Cerenity to Ispach, the French aro strengthening their positions against the possibility of renewed Genua n counter attacks at-tacks arid heavy artillery engagement have been fought along alt this front. Daring Airmen. Grcnt daring Is being displayed by the French aviators in reconnolterfng the po-sUtnnn po-sUtnnn of the Germans in this vicinity, the riving being particularly perilous because" be-cause" of the storm and thp treacherous I pockets created by the peculiarly moun- I (Continued on Page Two.) SLIGHT GAINS IRE MADE BY THE ALLIES (Continued from Page One ) tainous e ara ter of tl e ter a n How e er they ha e been ab e to keep the Frenc corps, comn ander nformea of a 1 &e man ovements and these genera y have been n et with effective aefens ve measures v - |