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Show BERLIN ADMITS RUSSIANS ARE MAKING GAINS BERLIN Dec 9 Among the Items given out for pub cation today by the German official press bureau we e the fol owing The Russians have stre gtl ened the r fo ces oppos ng the Austrlans n Galic a and tea ter It s unde stood will be competed to make new d spos t ons which wn 1 requ re some time L6cal m tary experts are n aklng attempts to picture Russ a s occupation of the 1 ne of Krosno Jas o as heing no real gain for the Russians but, on the cqntrary as weaken ng the r position Th s v ew howe er Is cons dered too opt mis c and the fa t must be faced that Tl e extreme eft wing of the Russ ans s pro ng itself super or to its oppo nents The present action of the Russ ans In strengthening the r forces ts due to their rea zation of what an enc rcling of ter fiank in Ga c a w ou d s gn f y News of nportance is likely to come from the Vosges district at any t me s nee the Frenc have assem b ed trong forces a 1 along the 1 ne of Be fort Ep na Tou Nancy They st I ho d al t e Vosges passes a d appear to be deve op ng new actlv ty along an extended 1 ne aga nst Alsace and bundau Major Moral t m litary expe t of the Tageb att, in an art cle d scuss ng t e Eng & reconna ssance of Cuxha en dec a es that t e land Ing of troops o t e Holsteln or North Hanover coast wou d be extremely d fficu t In w nter but says t at e en f it were carr ed out the in aders wo Id get a warn we come The If rench n tary adm nlstra t on has dec ded to emove t e Mo roccan Span s fron the f ont as be iner unfit for t e p esent warfare n the tre ches The German govern nent w pe mt pr ate t affic on e Be gla ra way from Ja uar . A pasto a letter from all the Ger man Catho c a ehb shops and bishops ca s the wor d war a d v ne judg ment for human wickedness The le ter lays emphas s on the staten ent hat Germany was not to b ame for t e outbreak of the war |