Show i 4 J t r GERMANS TAKE 1 tw K AND HAVE HA VE DRIVEN DRIVEN J BACK CZARS CZAR'S ARM BERLIN Dec 7 by Wireless Wireless' to London 3 p. p m. m The m.-The Germ German an official statement given give ou out in Berlin this this' afternoon says s that in northern rt Poland German forces forces' were successful in hl 11 prolonged pro prolonged pro pro- prolonged longed longed fighting around in defeating g strong Russian forces stationed to the northwest and and- t to the southwest of this thi dt city i. i The Thet t text of the announcement t follows vs J j No tt No especial reports have been rec received ived from the western theatre of th the war var war nor f from m. m the region to t the h e east of the plain of the Mazuria i ilak lak lakes s. s S' S SIn In In northern Poland we ve gained important t sues S sue G s in prolonged fighting around Lod z b by y de defeating Je strong Russian forces forces' stationed to th the northwest and to the southwest of this city is in our possession i Details of the battle giving us ca cannot 1 f yet be made public because of the extended fi field ld over which th the engagement was fought The Russian losses were very large An lIAn attempt by the Russians to come to the assistance of their threatened armies armie in the north from Poland was vas foiled b by the activity of oJ th the Hungarian Austro and German troops in the dis district pis- pis southwest of Delayed Delay d. d R Rus Russian lan an Claim li PETROGRAD I Dec c 6 Delayed l in m T Transmission n j An official i J fM corium nu cati lt d b by bJ general n er aLlsta I s f s sa says says' ys S lIY Yesterdays esterd ys y's fighting passed without changes The es essential engagements are re continuing and rind th German Germah attack ck has been repulsed j I The word yesterday In tie the foregoing dispatch refers to Saturday b J DB-J f cember 5 G. G before the capture o of ol Lod was reported fro from In B Berlin 1 aJ t French Continue We West t Attack V Vt t 11 j PARIS Dec 7 2 45 p p. p rn The m.-The The French war office gave c out aD an official communication this afternoon as follows In In the region of the Y er wo continue to attack the few still held by b- the enem enemy on the left bank of the canalIn canal In In the region of or and of Arras as well as in the Hie Oise territory in the Aisne region and in the Argonne there is nothing noth noth- nothing nothing ing to report except to refer in general terms to the superiority o of our offensive In Inv Champagne our heavy artillery on several sc different occa occasions i- i has shown show marked superiority over oyer the enemy There is nothing new on the eastern front of our line where the positions pf f pre i previous days have been maintained LONDON ADMITS OF BY LONDON LONDO Do Dec 7 1153 a. a m. m m. A A comparison of the reports from B Berlin flin and Petrograd leads to the condu conclusion on that the Germans Germans' again o occupy opy from which city they thoy were driven diven on their first retreat from Warsaw Berlin makes positive announcement that is In th their r ban lianas hands s while Petrograd Potro- Potro grad admits that the situation there is ie desperate orate I If the tho fall of or tho the city 15 is a fact it indicates that communication with Warsaw war war- Warsaw War War- warsaw saw again is seriously menaced ed but a semiofficial statement nt front from declares that the Russians are strong enough to hold invaders in in in northern i Poland and will content themselves I with doin doing this while whilo devoting their main ener energies ies to the tho reduction o of Cracow and tho the of oi Hungary Hungary a Weak Point Hungary according to rc reports from the Russian capital is the weak point In tho armor of ot the he leuton allies nUles These Those messages ell from tram P Petrograd tro rl d say nay that e even as ae 1 early as s at the tho tune time of tho the fall inU of Lemburg Austria Austrin asked Russia for terms of ot peace The negotiations to this thi end if any really too took apparently proved pro abortive The Tho story IB Is n again tn revived rei in in Petro Petro- Petrograd Petrograd grad grad in the form of at a report that tho the Hungarian prime primo minister on a R recent visit to Emperor William demanded better better bet bet- ter military protection for Hungary n lack of ot which would cau cause e tho the loss los of f tho the kingdom i iThe The latest latent la t French official communication ti tion n declares thero there is is nothing to report i ion on tho the western front and 1 with the ex ox exception IX of a R special po al di dispatch to the tho er ef cf effect feet that Ostend is burning nothing ba has bas I b been beon on received In London to o di dispute the tho accuracy of at this laconic onic statement Tho latest latest reports from Irom Montenegro ro roand and Servin indicate that B Balkan allies at bay bar in n their mountain strongholds strong strong- holds boldt are holding the tho Austrian Au Invaders in check Action on OD the Water lomo minor minor- it has haa On the water rater some activity boon beon noted resulting in tho the reported de destruction of ot Turkish au auxiliaries iu in the tho Black k sea plea i ea b bv by Human submarines j destruction de do by bv mines of t two ta a Swedish S merchant merchant mer mer- chant ships off the Finnish coast and the lV ov y a mine of tho famous lamous Turkish Turkish Turk Turk- ish cru cruiser which Thich is said taid to have huc Te regained 1 Con Constantinople with con considerable con rabi difficulty Diplomatically interest is centered on onn i n Romp m whore bore the statement of ot former Premier 1 Giolitti that planned planned war against against Servin in 1913 has hns caused something ng of a sensation Tho Balkan states are said paid to lie bG bo nearing a a. rapprochement which will ill e ea- ea abl j them to o make mako common cause causs caussa a against tho the O Germanic allies ACCUSE GERMANS IANS OF WILLFUL DESTRUCTION ION P PARIS RIS Del Dee A am a.m. m.-A m. A dispatch h to tho USA as lI agency from Petrograd says ears a The Germans have destroyed th the monastery of or about aboni fifteen miles northwest of ot Led which has been in existence nee for for- fora a th thousand years on the tho poor pretext that the tho ringing ringing of o of the tho angelus was a signal al for the tho Russians In In tho the attack n a priest and two two monks were killed SINK BRITISH SHIP VALPARAISO Chile Dec 7 The Tb Tho British h steamer Charcas from New NewYork e York October 1 1 has hait b boon bon tn sunk Bunk at nt sea off oft Port lort Corral Chile Chite by tho German tr transport Prim Prinz T Eitel rich The crew of the Charcas Chareas has bas ba been landed at Papudo forty vo miles mUes north Dorth of Valparaiso SINK SWEDISH SHIPS LONDON Dec 7 7 7 3 n. n am a.m. nt A A dispatch dis patch from Stockholm to R Routers Renters Telo- Telo grain gram company states that the he Swedish Vedi h. h steamers Luna and Everilda E struck mines off th Finnish coast and that both at steamers camera fank The crew of the tho Luna Iuna was waa saved lirI hut but all seamen aboard tho except one no man worn werl lot lost |