Show T g TWO BRITISH r Lt 1 fl i 1 DESTROYERS DAMAGED IN INEA r f IEA EA- EAF F liT T 4 LONDON l' l Dec 21 P p. p m. m m Persistent ni rumors are current that a German cruiser has b been en sunk off the coast of Scotland I It t is s al also o r rumored ru-nored ored that two British destroyers destroy rs arrived at Leith Scotland Scot Scot- land badly damaged There is no official confirmation of these re re- ports f y i LONDON Dec 21 21 1225 P p. p The m. m The in-The The gre great tt battle to the thc w west nest st o of Warsaw saw has yet J-ct to be fought out judging from the indications conveyed in r recent dispatches hes from Berlin and anil Petrograd It ft t a appeals appeal's ap ul- 1 pears peals today to BritIsh military observers that th the German contention conten tion that General von vou Hindenberg had scored a notable success over the Russians must be qualified A parallel case i is found in tho the recent claims of a u crushing Russian Russia victory near which sub subsequently proved pro to be premature and ex exaggerated The German arms army commanded by br General von lin has madA a u. steady a advance vance iu in mu tho the direction of tho time I Polish capital but tho the Russians in falling back appear to have o taken now nOt po positions in stron and in of the tha fact that the invaders in are arc within two or three days' days march of Warsaw there thero is b good reason to believe that much hard bard ti must come he before Core it can ho boo determined deter mined whether or not this latest attempt to occupY Warsaw will be crowned with success Along the tho southern frontier of Eat East Prussia l the Russians claim to have hoo the tha upper hand but further to tho the south in southern Poland as ng well as lS asa in Galicia tl the tho o leaders of tho Gennan Austro-Gennan forces declare they are ura sweeping time Russians Russian before them They assort assert further that they have bae cleared all the l Russians ans out o of West Galicia This means that tho the lou long 1011 g siege of Cracow has been raised and it if this advance on tho the part of tho the Teutonic LIlies continues it may mav br bring brine JJ similar relief t to tho Austrian garrison at D by tho the Russians n since 1 tho the early days duys of the warThe war nr The vigorous Austrian increment mo in this thil arena of hostilities has necessitated the tho withdrawal of many maD troops troop heretofore USo used against l Sonia and there are indications that the tho Austrian attempts to crush Servia Ser will for the time being bo be abandoned Emperor William Las has so 10 far recovered reco from his recent illness s' s a ax as to rO return to the tho front Hero here he will spend Christmas The dispatches from German Germany do not say to which lJ front his majesty has bas gone ono ono but received earlier from B Berlin lead to the Belief that lie has hns turned Wc westward If this is HO so fI the tho battle conditions the tho emperor will vi find far less spectacular than th those tho o prevailing pre iti iii t o cast for that with the exception of tho offensive o operations of othe the allies on thO tha north encl cud of their line little but siege e warfare being il corded au tb the we western tern front This Thit condition is driven home in nil aU tho official cial C which measure tho days das gum gain uin in scant yards lU and chronicle th gain ain or Jo loss s of n a trench n na as an achievement worthy orth orthof of note A prominent neutral traveler tra who vho rc reached ch d Lon London on today from Berlin rUn expressed ex IX expressed pressed tho the o opinion that the tho Germans are rc not miot thinking t seriously lv of a a. Zeppelin invasion of England According to this observer cr they regard the lie apprehension and tho precautions against Zeppelin attacks In fn London Jondon and other En English cities as ns a great lat joko ALLIES FORCE GERMANS OUT OF THEIR PARIS Dec Doc 21 21 p. p m m. Thc m-Thc Thc Fr French r ch war office rave gave e a out on an official c communication com m this afternoon as QS follows The Tho da day of December 20 W brought noth- noth In Inc In Inot of ot Importance In If It exception tion lion is made mado of dame come progress pro In tho the re ro region ro- ro glen gion of Loni a and St. St G Georg orso and at a n point to tho the southeast st of tho the Inn ot oL which I Is southeast of time tho occupation of sumo some houses In fouth south of or and und the bombardment nt by the enemy of the Ypres hospital t. Between et cen the Lys and the we tho the route muta he- he he have o occupied a forest near tween and Souchez and we fC also aillo took po possession of all 1111 tho the first hue lino of ot German trenches es between this hl hwa h- h wa way and ami the houses of ot Notre Dame do de Lorette southwest of or Loo Loom Our r heavy heMy artillery artillery silenced d on ro occasions th thC tho artillery of or the enemy one ene my 10 to time the north of G Carney cuno which Is to tho the thoat cast at of Albert This artillery artmer also aillo demol demolished hed tho the German trenches an and 1 s sent emt nt head o or over r heels l two o cannon annon of ot a no battery established near Horn Hom which Is to the southeast of Carney The Thc het heavy artillery nl also o scored distinct tnt advantages on the and ami In t the he sector sector of ot a mss In In Champagne ne In tn the region on of Pro nr and na as 3 well 11 ia vas In the wo we mantis made along tho entire front appreciable advance ThU Is eo to tho northeast of where we vc won vy-on sad ami 1200 yards ral S of the enemy's I Ithe In Inthe the forest fONt of ot La Ln Crone wo we blew up Ull four fout saps saps' and we C r. r ourselves In the po positions thus ma madly do Fet H Between veen the ant and n t the o othere thero there h haM ban H been boen progress ro refS along all tho the front particularly in the region relon of or V Vt- renne ennes where when tho the Drool of pr has hns been cn left lO yards 8 In our rear TUr and In the tho region of On On t the tha h ht bank of ot time the we W we have I ground and nt at t La Group at n. n point paint two kilometers northwest of Tn- Tn Cant bant and In the forest of or oc Finally on mm tho the heights of the Blouse wo we have e mode slight progress In the tho forest forest for for- est Des Deli Chevalier to the northeast a 0 of the tho fort tort of or COon Coton RUSSIANS STILL HOLDING HOLDING- GERMAN FORCES AT BAY Via tits London D Dec w. 21 a. l IMS S p. p m- m The Tho Tho Russian fOr forces t oro nrc till holding at b has bay th the German column which fi Is 1 to cro cross J tho Iho Brute Bzura zufa river at ty v and ud nd on Warsaw thirty miles away For three this German Ger Ger- German man army of pf about aboul men has hac been to cross the rh river r and throwback thru throw beck back the tho r Russians who are uia holding the tha right ban hant S continues to b be th the tho Or i jar r- r ou on page e tJ 2 II SINK GERMAN SHIP Continued from Pa page e 1 man objective in tho the alt attempt to reach Warsaw Va w. w Tha Tho Russian Bus forces on the right hank bank of the of-the the tho Bzura Baura are arc heavily 1 Their artillery is BO so placed that it commands com corn mands the river to it Ita Junction with tho the Vistula el eighteen miles s north Southward South South- ward card the Russian l ln n extends to Opo no I twenty miles mUes east of or I which recently was evacuated and forty forty- iivo O miles mUes east cast of or where the tho Russians first opposed tho German e extreme extreme ex ex- right It Is pointed out that tho the Russians thus bavo have assumed as positions on their third line of ot defense The e evacuation of or Lods which lies to th the tha west we-st of ot this line Uno was vu thus in logical sequence to this move move- went ent and according to the general opinion ion here had no bearing on tho the attack on Varea The Russians for tor tho the present apparently apparent apparent- nt- nt ly 11 aro O Attempting nothing more than to retard the tho enemy and to defeat attempt attempts at flankIng movements |