Ogden Daily Standard | 1914-12-09 | Page 1 | Time Working for the Allies

TIME WORKING FOR M ALLIES British Holding But Not GairJ ing Ground Constant Strategic Progress Made. GOOD FEELING EXISTS Thousands of Men Thrown Together Not Slightest Friction Between Armies. London. Dec. 9, 4:20 p. m Of major ma-jor tactical actions of British there has been an entire absence, nor for home weeks, has any strategical advantage ad-vantage been won in a geographical sense, since there has been no Jain in ground. Colonel E D. Swinton. the British eye witness on the battle front in France and Belgium, under (late ot December, thus sums up the situation. situa-tion. He adds, however, that while j there has been no advance by the allies, there has been a constant ! strategic progress, In that time ib vorkinf; on their side. TVie remainder of the accounts of the later incidents at the front emphasize em-phasize particularly the good feeling which exists between the British .mil French soldiers and French populace "There could be no more cordial lelations, " the observer writes. "There never has been any sort of friction . This appears to be all the more re i markahle when It Is remembered t'lat . many thousands of men are thrown together and that wine is the ccm roon drink of the country." oo