Show ALLIES ALLIES' NEXT OFFENSIVE WILL BE BEIN BEIN IN YPRES IS BE ERLIN LIN BELIEF I tB IB Bj United rr Pr 3 to ta The TIle BERLIN DERLIN via Sayville wireless Dec 9 A A new offensive in the Ypres bend may be expected next from the allied forces on the western front declared the review of operations in this theatre I of the war issued tonight by the tho press bureau The new offensive is based on the prediction that with the failure of the Somme offensive so far the allies have two alternatives whether alternatives whether to continue continue continue con con- the Somme offensive or to prepare a new one Reconnoitering advances with other other oth oth- er places on the front for instance in inthe inthe the Ypres bend indicate the latter intention in intention intention in- in the statement declared The last great attempt on the I on November 18 failed completely The British and French carried earned out serious I e set oel rate rato attacks Neither the sort of I surprising coups in the main such as astIs astI's I the tI's French made ag against St. St Pierre wood nor attacks such as the British attempted yesterday in the morning fog east cast of the road from Al Albert Albert Al- Al bert bart to had any success In both cases the attacks were bloodily repulsed The situation is us similar to that of August when after failure of the thi first WK hi thrust the enemy attacked herron herr here on one flay day and there th the next noat Continuing prediction of or a R. fri drive at Pf 8 the th review rp ARR asserted I Certainly Ihn erman p n. n which nn answered nil all allied attacks b by i I I counter to attacks attack show that on th the Ocr Ger I man manent west ent front there them ar s as-s no pale points Our assailants on em the Somme came into a difficult situation by bv ar arrival ar- ar rival of ot Herman reinforcements cape espe dally daIly artillery In oidor to veil ei I failures of the last fortnight th the Krench report pretends theae these attacks were Herman German erman and that calm cairn was wa reigning on Summit Somme of ot the taint forget that f aIm i on the Continued on page 2 2 ALLIES WILL NEXT MOVE IN YPRES BERLIN SAYS S Continued from page pae 1 means the most annihilating judgment of military activity of the west powers powers pow pow- ers era at the present moment Progress of th the the- pursuit against the defeated Rumanians according to plans was reported in the second official statement of today Hostile attacks in inthe inthe inthe the Cerna bend Macedonian 1 theatre following an artillery duel artillery duel are ing lug By Unit Unit-el to lo Tin ThO Telegram LONDON Dec 9 British British raids Of f German positions in iii the neighborhood of Saint and also near Sou Souchez chez were successful General Sir Douglas reported tonight In ad addItion addition addition ad- ad to other losses an enemy machine machine machine ma ma- chine gun was taken N NOrth rth of Ploegsteert in eastern areas the British comm commander in chief re reported reported reported re- re ported activity of British trench mortars mortars mortars mor mor- tars and hostile artillery firing active around La Bassee and By United Pras to Th The Telegram PARIS Dec 9 A A surprise attack against a German salient in the region of Butte Dumesnil was successfully carried out by French troops tonight's official statement reported The en enemy's enemy's enemy's en- en emy's mine galleries were destroyed and a number of men taken prisoner Around hill on the left b bank of the Meuse the statement declared brisk shelling continued Intermittent artillery shelling was in progress else else- where In th the east bad weather continues with artillery fighting reported at various points By Ry The Tho Tel Telegram am s News New Service PETRO PETROGRAD GRAD Dec 9 Russian Russian troops in the Rumanian theatre of war captured two mountain height po positions positions po- po and OO prisoners from the Aus- Aus tro-Germans tro y yesterday according to a aval war val office announcement today The captured positions are In u-i the sector of the Putana valley on on the eastern frontier frontier- of Transylvania The prisoners included ten included ten officers In addition the Russians took six machine guns two bomb mortars and one cannon |