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Show LODZ FALLS INTO THE HANDS OFGERMANS C . Which Mas Gccn Co.iter of San- ij nary righting Taken During Movo to Envelop Russians Berlin, Deo. 7. It is rffnclally announced an-nounced that tho Germans occupied Lodz Sunday, London, Dec. 7. An ofllclal tolo gram from main hondnuartcis ro-coived ro-coived nt Berlin nnd transmitted by way of AniBlitdnm to Router's Telo-gram Telo-gram company, nays that LoiU wns o'Tuplod by tho Ocrrann tioops Sunday Sun-day afternoon, tho Russlimn boatlug :i i 'rent nftor sevcro losses. 11 'ayed dispatches to tin Dally ii i rnph from Petrogra'l indicate ti.u tho IluntIon at I.odz Friday, ii.'' ii iythe dispatches were Hied was Bril rs. i ,r the raat Otreo days." says (" of theso dispatches, "the Gcr i i . In Russian Poland around Lod U ' been stronuously acgresalve. 1!ii- wedge, which already lmu boon tlrii i n Into Russian Poland, is ilolng i v ii -'1 "with tremendous rolntoco-i. rolntoco-i. The baio or this wodgo la "' n nnd Kallrz. Tho anex .Is Lo - This Rives tbo Germans con- ' of all the railroads to pour Tn i tipnaslng stream of frosli troops ' onRlnwj of war. ra- for Operations ' Tho ouemy's plan nround LoiU In-plvos In-plvos tho cutting of somo of War saw's most Important lines of communication. com-munication. Tho Germans Plnn to hold this wodga nil winter, Inaugurating Inaugur-ating nn elaborate trench wnrfaro ( Continued on pago eight) LODZ FALLS INTO THE HAND0 OF Glinfi'lANa . (Continued from page ono)' , ; i i lL system like that on the west front." Led, a tily of some 350,000 poptl-lulon poptl-lulon Is the chief manufacturing con ter ef Russian Poland. It has num' troiis textile mills, tho mijorlty of them for U10 manufacture of cotton cot-ton goods. In addition, It has Hour mills, dyeing establishments, brick-yurds, brick-yurds, mochluory plants and breweries. brewer-ies. Tho population Is mndo up of Pcleu, 0 ciuttus and Jowa. Germans Try Again From iiiiofnjclai8ourco3, however. It Is authored that on Thursday last, tho Cerqianfy. having foiled. In thplr attempt to plerco thollusslnn con tor, cominonccd, vh,h tho. aid of ro Inforcemonts, another attempt, to envelop en-velop tho Husalans on both" flanks. This Is Indicated by tho fact that thoro Is fighting near How to tho north of Lodz, nnd at Plotrkow to j the Routh. Doth of these places aro In advanco of tho positions at which tho Germans previously havo " been reported In their second Invasion of Poland, nnd like Lodz, they are situated situ-ated on tho main roads to (ho Polish capital. Thore Is no nows from south Poland, Po-land, beyond a German denial of a success reported to havo been achieved achiev-ed by tho Hussions nt Czenstochowa. Tho capture of ono of tho advanco positions at Przomysl Is regarded as conferring n valuable advantngo to the Russians in their attack" on tho fortress. Leaving this city to tho attentions of tho besieging armies, the Russians are pushing In small' bodies steadily across tho plains ot Hungary, and fugitives are said to bo pouring toward Budapest. In the faco of tho Austrian ad vanco In Sorvla, there has been talk of tho removal of the capital from Nlsh to Mltrovltza, but Servla denies that this step actually has been taken . |