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Show DANUBE IS OPEN, MACKENSEN REPORTS TO HEADQUARTERS VIENNA, via London. Dec. 4, 11:30 p. m. The official communication from Austrian headquarters says; Front of Field Marshal von Mackensen: Mack-ensen: The Danube has been opened. No approximately correct estimate is yet possible of the extraordinarily rich booty captured; it increases hourly. Front of Archduke Francis Joseph: Although the Russian attempts to ; create a diversion in favor of Ru-I Ru-I mania are not yet concluded, the de-i de-i molishing yesterday of the Russian attacks at-tacks showed that the exhausted and strongly-reduced enemy urgently needed a pause in the battle. Only on both sides of the upper Trotus Tro-tus valley did the Russians continue their attacks with undiminished violence. vio-lence. At certain points they stormed as many as ten times, but, apart from unimportant fluctuations, they were repulsed everywhere. Italian theater: Artillery fire continues con-tinues in the Carso sector and engagements en-gagements with mine throwers have recommenced. |