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Show TEII "IPS COITIPliF uuvi IhUL Several Positions, 1400 Prisoners, 1 8 Machine Guns and Three Cannon Can-non Captured by the Invaders; Town of Ratchelu, in Dobrudja, Is Taken. GERMANS PRESS ON IN MOLDAVIA Forces of the Kaiser Also Active in the Verdun Ver-dun Sector on the Western Front, Where Reports of the Fighting Are in Direct Conflict. Pressing in upou southern Moldavia from three sides, apparently with all their vigor, the forces of tho central powers are making progress against stiff resistance. On tho Trunsylvunian-Moldavian Trunsylvunian-Moldavian frouticr, in the region north of Iwmnik-Saral, and in the lubnulja opposite Bruila, Berlin reports, tho Aus-tro-Germnn and Bulgarian troops aro advancing. A new tli rust seemingly has been started by the A ust to Germans along the Moldavian frontier, thus adding to the difficulties of the Knssians and Rumanians, Ru-manians, already htird pressed from tho south and eftst. fcevernl linos of new positions aud 1400 prisoners were taken by the invaders in the first day of their offensive into Moldavia from the west, which may have for its purpose tho cutting off of the retreat of tho Kurso-Kumauijvn Kurso-Kumauijvn troops now operating along the southern Moldavian border. Rumans Driven Buck. Along the river Kasino and west of Covesha, Petrograd says, Rumanian troops were driven back nearly a mile. A desperate battle also is reported nj taking place near Sesmczo, near Oeana, and within tho Moldavian boundary. North of KimniU-Warat all attacks were repulsed, according t,o Petrograd. Ki old Marshal Von Maskensen has reached Dumitrcsti, about twelvo miles northwest of Rimnik-Sarat, and northeast north-east of that town troops under his command com-mand have captured several villages. The number of prisoners taken by this army totals 1 100, in addition to cannon and machine guns. Tho Rinnan urn province of Dobrudja now is almost Heared of defenders, us Berlin says Ratchelu, nort hen at of Matchin bridgehead, across the Janubo from Braila. has been cunquered. Ratchelu is on the Danube. Fighting Around Verdun. West of the Meut-o, in the Verdun region, re-gion, the forces of the German crown prince have repulsed attacks by French troops against the new German poi -tiotiH on Le Mort Homme, where, second and third line trenches were entered by the Gf,nna.ns and prisoners and seven ma e hi ne guns taken. Paris a limits li-mits a flight MierH for the Germ aim in this sector, saying that, one trench south of Be Mort 1 1 unime was entered by the aMaHvers. Other efforts to advance ad-vance between the Mense and Avocourt and in front of both l-e Mort llomnui ami hill iio-l, wore repulsed by tho French. Kxffpt for tome fngagemrntp between be-tween patrols around lirody, in Galicia, no activity is report ed from the eastern, east-ern, Macedonian and Auslro Italian fronts. British and French troops have carried out snccr-sfn raids on the wost front at various points. TEUTONIC TROOPS CAPTURE GUNS AND DEFENDERS rnr.MN. Tn--. I'f. hv wirrlr-KH to Sav-v- i If. In l!'iin;uii;i ves I w fin v Teutonic, tro.;iv ,',, Mirr. HeV'TNl pn." i t r.n , takili'? 1 1 ''p prison! h. eit'ht T-n ma r hi nn i' u tig ;i !i'l I h r"' '; n noii. Th" jv! vjj ii'1' in Wai -!a'-hin hc.-n ,i',Hio p, a (iistnrvo of twenty kilomr-f-r s j:"1"1 h west of Hhnnlh-Sunti. Hhnnlh-Sunti. In th" hike p"'tor 100 RiiKi'iiiM, t h r '-; cannon nH H'"-'"i'a I rrm "h inn en nr? -c. -r. !;i kr-n. Th". town of Tin tr-rtohi. In 1 '' iPi'! U . ?ias l.r-r-n :i ntnr'-'l. Th" official M;:t"ni"nt re.-i: Front of Ar"huke .los-ph: Thn po;i' h' rn winir of the ;irniv ci-oup ha.s arlv.-in''"'! nMn;!r'l In thr monn-1n:r;s monn-1n:r;s ",r--v:n ;inrJ A uv t rn-H ijtiia ri.- n tr'.ops In ('. bite r'ctc liifh la nrl terrain of the Transylvn nian oast em (Continued on Page Two.), TEUTONS COfflUE CHI III ! (Continued from Page One.) front cEiptured by storm and hand-to-hand fin 1 1 tins several posit lona lyiriK out; iK-iuiKl tiie other. Fourteen, hun-drr-n Russians and Runiuniatifi were made prisoner and eighteen machine k'uns iind ttnee ciinnon ciptured. Annv group of Kield Marshal von Mri.-kenx'fi: On the Uilt wing of the ninth ,-uniy Bavarian and Auatro-M Auatro-M u n qa r la n t roups. com inanded by I.it-utenatiL General Kraft't von Del-nienshmcn, Del-nienshmcn, broke the ti-ong resist -mice .if the allied adversaries In t.ne mountains and reached 1 mm it res tl. twenty kiolmeters northwest of Rimnik-Sarat. The rislit win of ! the annv advanced northeastward be-1 be-1 t ween the Kimnik sector and the i course of the Ruzeu and captured sev-eial sev-eial tonacioufly defended villages. Tho prisoners brought In on December Decem-ber '8 number 1-100 Russians and the booty consists of three cannon and several niachlno guns. In Dohrudja Ratchely has been capt urea", FRENCH TRENCH PENETRATED BY GERMAN TROOPS PARIS. Dee. '20, noon. German troops last night delivered un attack In strong force on a three-kilometer front between hill 30 and Dead man hill, northwest of Verdun, the war office announced to-da to-da v. The French infantry and machine mm fire broke the a t tack, hut one of tli?. French trenches south of Deadman hill being penetrated and this only by a few hostile troops. The attack was delivered after long and violent artillery preparnt ion. North of Verdun, on the right bank of the Mciipo, a strong German reconnaissance reconnais-sance was dispersed cast of Hardau- mont. The communication follows: On the left bank of the river Meuse, after Die intense bombardment reported re-ported in announcement of yester-tlav yester-tlav and which later grew even more ' violent, the Germans late yesterday afternoon delivered a strong attack almig a front of more than three kilometers against our position located lo-cated beiwcen a. point to the west of hill 301 and a point east of Deadman hill. This attack was broken by our cur-t-iins of flro and the first, of our infantry in-fantry and machine guns. Certain small detachments of the enemy penetrate! pene-trate! one of our trenches south of Deadman bill. On the right bank of the river we have dispersed a strong German reconnaissance re-connaissance en si of Hard an mont. Tlte night passed quietly on the rest of the front. Flight Lieutenant Herteauv. brought down on the 27th of December his sixteenth enemy airplane. It has been confirmed alo that on December Decem-ber 27 French air pilots brought down four other enemy machines. The war office communication Issued tonight says: Rp,t ween the Alsne and tihe Olse our artillery carried out. a destructive fire on German organizations in the region of Quennevieres. Our patrols penetrated enemy trenches which had been badly shattered. They had been evacuated by the Germans. On th left bank of the Meuse the enemy violently bombarded during the afternoon our ' positions hetween the Meuse and Avocmirt. We stopped several attacks that were attempted by means of grenades at various points on this front. Everywhere else there was intermittent cannonading. cannonad-ing. Aviation: Among the German airplanes air-planes that were destroyed on the 57th and reported In this morning's communication, one wan brought down bv Adjutant Lufberv and another by Lieu tenant de la Tour. Thus far Adiutam Lufhery has brought down six German airplanes and Lieutenant de 'a Tour eight. 1 During the dav of the 27th arid on the following nfcht our bombarding air squadron dropped proleotiles on the aviation field at Grisolles, on the station at N'esle and on various rnlli-tary rnlli-tary factories, among the latter tnose at Neukirchen. Bel aria n communication: Artillery duds occurred today south . of Pixmude. and toward Xoorschoote. Wo carried out an effective fire in the direction of Meroken. j Adjutant Lufhery Is an American, bav- j ing been born in New Haven. Conn. j RUSSIANS CLAIM REPULSE OF THE GERMAN ATTACKS PETTI ctGR M". Dec. 29, via London, Z:fi p. m ( Trtt ish Ad ml rait y per Wirelass Press). Violent fighting took place between be-tween Russian troops and forces of l tie central powers ysmrday in central Rumania. Ru-mania. In the region of Amara, according accord-ing to tho Russian official statement issued is-sued todav, a Teutonic force 35.O00 men strong launched an attack on the Russian lines. The battle continued until evening, even-ing, when the engagements slackened. In tho sector of Rimnik-Sarat and Boldu, all the attacks of the Invaders were repulsed re-pulsed by the Russians. The text of the. sui lenient reads: All attacks on the Fector from the railway near Rimnik-Sarat to Boldu, southeast ot Rimnik-Sarat. were repulsed. re-pulsed. The enemy was overthrown by our energetic counter-attacks. In the course of the day the enemy, about two divisions strong, conducted attacks in the direction of Amara station, ten versts to the south of P.oKUi. Toward evening the battle slackened. Near Filipehtl station an enemy attack was rpulsed hy us. Elsewhere Else-where there were artillery attacks. Dobrudia: Along the whole front the enemy conducted atta-cks against our patrol guards. AUSTRO-GERMAN TROOPS CONTINUE GAIN IN MOLDAVIA PET ROGR a P. vl London, Pec. 29, 3:Jr p. m. i Rvit .sii Admiralty per Vir!eFS Press i. A ust ro-German forces continue to advance at several points on the Moldavia Mol-davia front'-'.-, suys the Russian official statement issued t od a v . Patties are 1 n progress for domination of t lie heights held bv the Russians and Rumanians to the east of Scsmezo. The statement Rumanian front: The enernv attacked at-tacked the Rumanians on t he f ron t i : ri ,i n 1 south of the river Kasino nea i the Rumanian iroiRiwr uiJ wntl i of Govsh and pressed them hack oiy verst lo the eastward. i In toe n-gtou of K:oshdeni and I Ktitornira. thirty ar.d fifteen vts'.s, j rt-speH'-i-iv, north of R :n.r.:k -Sa rat. J bat tl-.-s are proceeding and ad at- i tacks have been beaten back hy the It il man ia ns. Run. an. an and our own detachments which h:-u; oc'-iipi.-d po;tioi.s on the left bank of the rivr Riu.n.k -"il-lantly repulsed with counter-attacks all onemy attacks. Western front : Attempts made by enemy ncouth to approach our frncis in the region of S id o n u v k t . so u 1 1 1 of Rrody 'G.iIm la;, were rr-p ilsed by our fire. Tiie entjtny continues Ids bom-hanin-.ent of our positions in the region re-gion of Gukaluv forest and the village of Gra!)ovafz. On the Moldavian frontier, in the valley of t tie river Olcu, the enemy's advance continues at several points. I J.at ties pre taking place for do mi nation na-tion of the heights in the region east of Susin"j;o. i Caueas'an front: There is nothing I of importance. BERLIN REPORTS ADVANCE UPON THE " FRENCH TRENCHES BERLIN", Dec. 20. by witdess to Pay-ville. Pay-ville. On the Verdun front yesterday German troops transferred from the Homme front entered French positions on Hill 304 and ot: the Southern slope of Deadman hill, the war office announces. The Germ a ns advanced to the second and third French positions. capturing seven machine guns. Several French counter-attacks were repulsed, tho statement state-ment says. The Germans brought back prisoners. The statement reads: Western front, army group of the German crown prince: On the west bank of the Meuse yesterday on Hill ;!04 and on the south slope or Dead-man Dead-man hill portions of infantry regiments Nos. 1H and 155 and of fusillier regiment regi-ment N"o. 37 all gloriously known for their operations on tite Homme. made advances in to French posit ions. The detailed Preparation hy the artillery and by 'lie frequently tested mine throwers, which through their efficiency effici-ency have become indispensable weapons weap-ons for the infantry, opened tiie road to the advancing detachments into the second and third lines of the hostile positions, from which 20 prisoners, a mong whom were four officers, together to-gether with seven machine guns, were brought back. Several French counter-attacks upon the captured trenches, which also were repeated during the night, were repulsed. Several prisoners were brought back from hostile portions in the Cheppy wood and MalancourL MINISTER OF WAR PRAISES WORK OF MARSHAL JOFFRE PARTS. Dec. 2:h 5 p. m. General Lyau-tey, Lyau-tey, minister of war, delivered his maiden speech In the chamber of deputies today when the nomination of General Joffre as a marshal of France came up. "I regard it as a high honor," said General Gen-eral Lyautey, "to have been called upon to raise to supreme distinction the man who has saved this country." M. Viviani. minister of justice, said the government had determined on the decree making General Joffre a marshal because it was their dutv to recompense worthily the glorious soldier of the Marne and the Vser. The government in so doing was in accord with the opinion of the country and the army, M- Viviani added. The debate was brought about by an interpellation by M. Aceambrey as to whether the question if General .Toffre had been legally elevated to the rank of marshal should be. discussed. The chamber cham-ber voted to consider the interpellation when It is called upon to ratify the decree. de-cree. BRITISH TROOPS MAKE SUCCESSFUL RAID ON TRENCHES LOXDON, Dec. 30, 12:33 a. m. The British communication Issued shortly after midnight says: A party of our troops successfully raided the enemy's tines east of Le Pars Thursday evening. His trenches were found to have been greatly damaged dam-aged by our artillery fire. 'A raid was attempted Friday evening even-ing on our positions east of Armen-tieres, Armen-tieres, but was repulsed. After a comparatively quiet night, the artillery activity was resumed with vigor today (Friday) by both sides, reaching a pitch of some intensity in-tensity along our front south of the Anere and in the neighborhood of Berles. In spite of adverse ..weather, some successful work was done yesterday (Thursday) by our aeroplanes in conjunction con-junction with our artillery. One of our machines has not returned. FRENCH DEFEATED IN ATTACK ON NEW GERMAN POSITION BERLIN, Dec. 29. by wireless to Say-vllle. Say-vllle. French forces today made counterattacks counter-attacks on the new position captured by the Germans on Deadman Mil, northwest north-west of Verdun. The war office in this evening's statement made this announcement announce-ment and reported the repulse of the attacks. at-tacks. The official statement reads: A stronger artillery fire has developed devel-oped north of the Somme. Attacks launched against the front and flank of our new position on Deadman hill by the French were repulsed. re-pulsed. On the eastern front nothing of Importance Im-portance has occurred. The army group of Field Marshal von Mackensen ia making further progress. Conditions in Macedonia are quiet. ITALIANS REPORT ACTIVITY ON THE TRENTINO FRONT ROME. Tec. 29, via London. 4:22 p. m. "On the Trentino front the artillery was especially active," says today's war office announcement, "and small encounters encoun-ters in the neighborhood of Sano. in the Adige valley, resulted in our favor. "In the Gorizia yesterday the artillery continued to be active. A small attack attempted by the enemy south of Monte Fa.it i was repulsed promptly by us. "Hostile aircraft dropped bombs on Ala. in the Lagarlna valley, and on Tezze, in the Sugana valley. No victims nor d amaze have been reported and the airplanes air-planes were driven back everywhere." ARMY LIEUTENANT LOSES HIS POSITION PAN DIEGO. Dec. 29. Lieutenant Harold Har-old H. Talntor. Twenty-first UnKed States infantry, who was tried here recently re-cently hy a general court-martial on charges of unbecoming, conduct, has been dismissed from the army, according to word received here today from Washington. Washing-ton. Lieutenant Tain tor left today for New York City. The specific charges against Lieutenant Lieuten-ant Talntor. who is said to be a member Of a prominent New York family, were passing checks on a hotel here and on a bank at Yuma. Ariz., when he did not have sufficietit funds to cover them. |