Show PROGRESS OF WAR OF GREAT POWERS FORWARD MOVEMENT OF THE ALLIES CONTINUES ACCORD ING TO FRENCH REPORTS I 1 the german ruoh ruch t to 0 warsaw appears to have been checked russians C claiming lal ming to have beaten back invaders the long expected attempt by tha allies to advance seems to ke be under N lay way in belgium gium and it full credence la is to bo be given the official reports tin gains havo have been made by the french british and belgians wrom from nieuport says saya tho the french of lelal statement the franco belgian troops have debauched debouched debou ched clied and occupied tile the line alno from the west of Lom baert to tho the farm of st georges lorn lom llos lies about ono one and ond half miles to the northeast ot of nieuport and st georges la Is about one mile southeast of nieuport this operation therefore has given them a line running virtually a mile to the east of nieuport and extending almost north vid and south tor for a distance ol ef aboul abod two miles I 1 similarly the french report gains along a three mile line from diarle belto beko to 6 to the south of ypres cypres against which city german attacks of a violent nature were being directed almost incessantly a few days ngo ago further furter to the east there has been n gain of nearly a third of a mile in the direction of the french war office admits the of the gorman german infantrymen in gaining a foothold at steinbach in alsace sace although declaring that the french still hold tho the heights overlooking that place in russian poland the russians claim continued success in alawa region but report large forces of germans concentrating on the left bank ban of the vistula with tile arrival of german reinforcements along the front for two days there liar has bep ben tierce fierce fighting in tho the neighborhood of lo 10 each side alternating in taking the aggressive regarding these operations berlin announces that owing to the numerical superiority of the russians the german column which had advanced from east prussia by way of 0 alawa in the direction of Cle chanow has had to reoccupy its old positions that warsaw which has been the germans objective tor for weeks past la Is not particularly disturbed over the outlook Is in indicated by dispatches from the polish capital which de tho the city AS as sally gaily decor decorated atod crowded with shoppers and pervaded ded with the christmas holiday spirit i 1 though tho the austrians Aust lana rians havo have been forced to withdraw from froin belgrade and sow nov occupy only a very small section of servia they balance against this a strong offensive in western galicia Gall cla which they declare has compelled tho the russians to retreat and resulted in the capture of prisoners every casualty list carries tho the names of men of distinguished family who have fallen or who are in the hands bands of the enemy word now comes that tile the son of the former french pi premier louis barthau Bar thou has died from wounds received at tho the rout and that a son of the imperial german chancellor dr von reth beth inabin hollwig has been wounded and la is a prisoner among tile the russians |