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Show ir'ksumMy 1 Upper Alsace scemB to bo tho center cen-ter of tho most Important fighting In tho western arena of tho war. Engagements En-gagements of a violent nnturo oro being fought In tho region ot Scnn-holm, Scnn-holm, which tho French call Cernay, lying about eight miles northwest of Muclhauscn. Tho French forces havo occupied tho heights around Sennholm and In nddltlon havo drlvon tho Germans out of Stelnbnch a vlllago farther to tho north. At other points along tho front extending ex-tending to tho North sea thero has been only intermittent cannonading. Doth Russians and Gormans admit that no Important chnngo has taken placo ot lato on tho front along tbu loft bank of tho Vistula. In Wist Gallcla tho Russians aro making steady progress and, according to their olllclal statement, have captured captur-ed many Austrian prisoners. Russian troops havo crossed the crown land of Bukowlna and occupied the town of Suozawa, within a short dlslnnco of tho Austro Roumanian frontier. Urltlsh warships havo bombardod Dar Es Salaam, capital of tho German Ger-man East Africa, where it Is reported report-ed much damage was indicated and all the Gorman vessels In the harbor were disabled. The British governmont will reply to the American note concerning con traband within a few days. England and her allies, are said to have reached reach-ed an understanding with Italy, that promises to be satisfactory to all the countries affected. It was a Uermun submarlno whlcU Bank tho Urltlsh battleship Formidable Formid-able on Now Year's day In tho English Eng-lish channel. This announcement Is mado from Berlin which was so nd-vIbo nd-vIbo by a wireless from tho submarlno. submar-lno. Tho Formldubyo, according to the samo authority, mot with disaster oft Plymouth. An Italian battleship has eholled Durazzo, Albania to check a revolutionary revolu-tionary movement on tho part of the Mussulmans. |