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Show PETROGRAD REPORT OF WAR PROGRESS Petrograd. Dec 9. (Delayed in transmission. 1 An official communication communi-cation Issued by the general Btaff tonight, gives the progress of the fighting In the various fields. It says: "In the region of Mlawa, on December Decem-ber 8, the conflict assumed a less tenacious character "On the left bank of the Vistula on the evenlui: of December 7 the Germans Ger-mans under cover of darkness, suddenly sud-denly began an offensive movement alinultaneouslv along the eutlre front from How (west of Warsaw) to Glow-no Glow-no (aouthweal of Waraaw. The movement was remarkable for Its stubborn nature The attack v ii repeated again and again, the Germans Ger-mans advancing ,u compact columns "Aided by searchlight, however our fire decimated the enemy, who was everywhere repulsed With the rising of the moon the attacks of the enemj i eased. The next day the desperate fighting on the Lowlcz-How front was lesunied but without success suc-cess for tht enemy. "In the PlotrkOW region the situation situa-tion is unchanged. "Hghting south of Cracow has con-tinned con-tinned tenaciously, presenting alternately alter-nately offensive and d. fensive movements. move-ments. The Germans twice attempted attempt-ed to breal: through our fronts but were repulsed with serious losses "On the Black sea, on December Rf the whereabouts of the enemy's vessels ves-sels was not revealed." |