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Show TWO TALES ABOUT THE 1 FIGHTING mjpo; Both the Russians and Germans Claim to Have the Advantage! ' in the Desperate Battles Bat-tles Now Raging in Vicinity of Capital. KING OF SERVIA LEADS TROOPS Flight of the Austrians Continues; Turk Fleet Bombards Environs of Bafeim, a Seaport on the Eastern Coast of Black Sea. LONDON Dec. 14 12 25 p m-A m-A dispatch received here from Con Etantlnople by way of Berlin, says a Turkish fleet yesterday bom barded the environs of Batum, the BuEslan seaport on the eastern coast of the Black sea. One nun dred Russians were killed and a number were wounded by the fire. LOtNDOX Dec 1", 9 30 p. nLr There, j havbeen ne vYy mttrkehdervIopmOEts in thj last twenty four hours either in the eastern or western battles eo fax as available official reports disclose, al though fighting of a more or less violent vio-lent character is proceeding along the two fronts. In this the opposing head quarters claim the advantage fell to their respective armies As an offset to the Russ an claim of having checked the advance of three of five German columns invading their ter ntory the Germans state today that their cavalry has repuLed the Russian horsemen on the East Prussian frontier that in North Poland the German operations oper-ations are developing and that in South Poland the Russian attacks have been ; unsuccessful. It is admitted in Berlin however that the Russian resistance is by no means broken, although accord ug to ' the German estimate in the battles pre ceding the evacuation of Lodz the Bus sians lost loO 000 men including the 80,000 previously reported captured while the German losses, it is stated were light. The town of Lodz suf fered little damage. The faer tans continue to announce successes by their troops who are said to have been led by King Peter andv his two sons. The Austrians tried to stem defeat by sending a force from Belgrade southward against the Serv lan r ght wing but this army like that wnioh is retreating we tward, suf fered heavy losses after repeated fierce attacks. HOLD TRENCHES AS LONG AS POSSIBLE PETROGRAD Dec, 1 via London, 3 0) p n Russ an military observers contend that the Germans in withdraw ing before partial successes of the Bus s ans along the battle front to the north of Warsaw are following the r well known tactics of delaying the ad vance of their ooponents as long as poss ble by holding each succe s ve trench until it becomes untenable Reports Re-ports reaching Petrograd today how e er indicate that the German front has been pierced at least on two points between Ciechsnow and Przasnys? which has resulted in the severing of communications between the German col mns A German repulse here, m litary critics crit-ics say will ba more s gnificant sis a strategic advantage than as a deci Ive factor in the campaign now raging on all sides of Warsaw It will give the Russian forces operating to the northwest of Warsaw Russ ans point out space in which to maneuver on the right bank of the A istula their right wing which h therto has been era nped by the fall ng back of their own troops upon the Pol sh cap tal. The uninterrupted f ghting in the last three weeks is now being augmented it is said by dav and night attacks on the R ss an posit ons between Low cz and the river Vistula Con tant Ger man re nforeements from other parts of the battle front are reported to be entering the str gle m this locality PRZASNYSZ TAKEN BY THE GERMANS BERLIN Dec 1 by w relesa to Sayv lie L I O cupat on of the tv of Pr7asnvsz by the Ge man forces which have been advancing on Warsaw (Continued on Page Seven.) J (TWO STDR1ESAS TO THE BATTLES ON EAST FRONT 'Russians Say They Have ; Checked Advance of Enemy, En-emy, While Germans Claim Success (Continued from Fisa One.) from tie aorta recently reported unof tfldaUy was wuJ definitely bT the of ,Ual prf a bureau today1 to ha bees accomplished. i "Dia is tie most important factor ,-Jn the latest developments from the eastern theater of war the v rem bu-xeaa bu-xeaa statement continues and while in it'elf it ia not important it chows that the Germans have begun a U e offensive operation north of the is tola. Friasnvax lww on the d rect line of communication between Willenberg ;East Prussia and W arsaw This shows (hat the advance is directed against the fortified line alon? the arew ner if this line were broken the Germans wooM be in the rear of Wanatr which would eier.ie a deciding Influence on the Polish ampaign ' News from south Poland and Ga ileia makes it clear that norwithstand iag certain so ceses achieved bv the Germans and ustnans, severe resist aace is oein. encountered everywhere, l Evidently the Austrian forces m the Carpathians are too small to clear KIonKvrtan territory of the enemy at nee, and mus attack and repulse one column alter another ( The Austrian report that 10,000 Russians have been captured, but the. mill to say within what period making Ifihd report meaningless. HE 'Operations in aervia also are meet Bag with dogged resistance at some Fpoiati, but are proceeding to the south Ifef Belgrade. ft The loss of the cruiser squadron fklt tSa Falkland islands is the oeca Mc on of general regret, but t s hardly ua surprise, since the most optimistic had not dared to expect that the ships could tsiape from their pursuers. |