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Show I GREAT BAHLE TO GAIN CONTROL I OF BUK0WI1 IS PROGRESSING ' Russians Check German Advances in North and Drive En- I emy Back Miles in Galician Territory Turks' Attempt 1 1 to Approach Caucasus Positions by Way of Black II Sea Fails Fighting Continues From Belgian 1 1 Border to Vosges Allies Arrest Over Hi Thousand Alleged Spies in Saloniki. mh v I Paris, Jan. 3, 30:44 p. m. The Bel-i gian official communication of to- , night follows: ; "Last night and today violent artil- mt lery actions took place along the I Yser front. The enemy bombarded j several groups of men to the rear of t ; our lines and attempted without sue- . . cess to counter attack our batteries ; : which had brought German barracks II. ; wider their fire." If ' French Artillery Active. Paris, Jan. 3, via London, 31:59 p. j. m. (Delayed). The war office toll to-ll night gae out the following stately state-ly ' ment: It' "In Belgium our artillery continues IK its activity. Its bombardment seem- II; ed to be effective against a battery llj of the enemy stationed east of St. It George's. To the east of Boesinghe Me. and in t,he region of Steenstraete we It! have successfully shelled groups of It ' the enemy. I ' German Line Bombarded. I "South of the Somme we borabarcl- If ed the German first Hue trenches It near Nompierre. A supply train which II qame under our fire in the region of ll! i Ilallu, south of Chaulnes, was scat-l scat-l ' tered. Iff "In Champagne a fresh attack with j - hand grenades, directed against our l ; positions to the west of Tahure, It Tailed. IF "In the Vosges there has been an It : artillery duel of great intensity in If ; the sector of Hirzstein." II ; Greek Premier Denies Espionage. If i Athens, Jan. 3, 11 p. m. (Delayed). It M. Skouloudls, premier of Greece, If : states that he has not yet received If ' an answer to his protest to the en- Ir f tente powers regarding the arrest of Ir the consuls at Saloniki of Germany Irf and her allies. The public has been ft greatly aroused by the arrest of the lI consuls. The claim of the entente ifft officers that the consuls were en- InL gaged in spying is characterized as mix, Jaughajile. U isassertedthat they. Ira were so ""carefully watched by the en- If tente secret police that espionage was If impossible. IE' London, Jan. 4, 2-20 a. m. The If Amsterdam correspondent of Reuter's It Telegram company sends the follow- . in: "The Athens correspondent of the II j Wolff bureau reports that the total II ' number of enemy subjects arrested II : by the entente allies at Saloniki is If one thousand." t i If : Athens, via London, Jan. 3. (De-It (De-It ' layed) King Peter of Serbia who is Ir now on board ,a French destroyer at Mv Saloniki, yesterday gave an adlenco l to General Sarrall, commander of the l French forces there, and Lieutenant-Iff Lieutenant-Iff General Mahon, commander of the Iff British troops. If Russian War Report. I ; Petrograd, Jan. 3, via London', Jan. I:' 4, '1:08 a. m. A statement given out I ' f hy the Russian war office tonight I i says: I- "In the Caucasus on the Black sea H : ; coast during the night of the first ; of January, the Turks attempted to ; f approach onr positions but were stop-H stop-H ) pod by our fire. H; "In the direction of Ilamadan (Per- Ml sia), southwest of the town of Ahada- Ih bad, we attacked a body of 500 Per- Wr siau grendarmes and drove them back Ir toward the village of Chena north of m' Kangawar, killing dozens of rebels m ' l and capturing prisoners and supplies. M We suffered no losses. On the first 9 ; - of January our detachment holding M ' Hamadan rendered military honors to My the British flag, which was hoisted M ; over the British consulate." M ) "In the region of Czartorysk, in M - Volhynia, Russia, and on the upper fl i : Stripa we repulsed enemy attempts I:) to approach our trenches. The enemy B r sustained heavy losses. m i Fighting Continues in Bukowina. ' M , "Northeast of Czernowitz, Buko- m " wina, the fighting continues with un- 9 . abated energy, our forces contlnuous- f ly advajicingdesplte numerous enemy M counter attacks. The enemy losses V 2 have been very great. We took an-jfl an-jfl other group of sixteen officers and V: 7GG unwounded men prisoners, wlth-W wlth-W out counting the great number of 9 " wounded remaining on the battlefield. m 9't Berlin Imposes Amusement Tax. M i Berlin, Jan? 4, via London. The au- M ': thorities of Neukollon, one of Berlin's fl;! largest suburbs, have decided to iut- sl?r pose an amusement tax. Ten percent ymy- of the receipts of all theaters and jBj- similar amusements will be collected. 1 1 Turks Report Heavy Battles. 9 J Constantinople, Jan. 3, via London, 9 office tonight gave out the following 9 ( statement: 9 4 "On the Dardanelles front there 9 , have been heavy battles. A hostile j9 (' cruiser and a monitor retreated after II a temporary bombardment of our po-W) po-W) sltlons. Our airmen made a succeBS-9 succeBS-9 ji ful reconnaissance. Near Arl Burnu S i four hundred cases of munitions '9 which were concealed by the enemy 9 were found. There are no other Q ! events to report" |