Berlin, Dec. 20, The German Foreign Office publishes the following report:
Headquarters, Dec. 19.
On the west front yesterday the enemy made a series of attacks. Fighting is still being continued near Nieuport, Bixschoote and north of La Bassée. The enemy's attacks west of Lens, east of bert and west of Noyon have been repulsed.
On the East Prussian frontier an attack of the Russian cavalry west of Pillkallen has been repulsed.
In Poland the pursuit of the enemy is being continued.
Berlin, Dec. 19.
The "Deutscher Ueberseedienst reports:
Headquarters, Dec. 19.
Troops who were landed at Akabar by a British cruiser were attacked by the Turks and forced to re-embark.
It is reported from Petrogra that the General Staff has state that Turkish re-inforcements have appeared on the Persian frontier.
Two British steamers were blown up yesterday by mines near Scarborough.
The Copenhagen" Politiken reports that Great Britain has put into force certain restrictions of the harbour rules, thereby em-harassing neutral shipping. Two shots were fired at the Norwegian str. Irma.
Sofia reports that Russia, in default of reserves, is forced to call in her recruits of the year 1915.
In the absence of further details from the east the papers are making little comment on the situation. While it is announced that the retiring Russians are being followed up nothing is known with regard to the character of their retirement or of the pursuit and no details are to hand about the victory of Field-Marshal von Hindenbur; view of the conservative character of the official reports from headquarters, Friday's announcement that the situation near Ni port is favourable, gives rise generally to the expectation that the next news of importance may come from there, The Austrians appear to have abandoned for the time being all operations in Servia. It appears highly probable that it had become question of strengthening their forces either in Servia or in west Galicia and that they have chosen the latter as the most urgent. Subsequent events have fully justified the decision. The operations in Servia will probably be resumed as soon as west Galicia has been cleared of the Russians, The gold reserve of the Reichsbank at the end of last week was 2,052 million marks, showing an increase over the preceding week of 33 millions.
The German papers are praising the activity of the German and the Austro-Hungarian societies in Chi-cage in transmitting large sums to the German and Austro-Hungarian Red Cross societies, At the reception given in the Berlin town hall on the occasion of the delivery of the American Christmas gifts, Chief Burgomas-Wermuth expressed the thanks of the city of Berlin in the presence of the sons of the German Crown Prince and the American and Italian Ambassadors.
While the press is devoting columns to reports dealing with the arrival of Mr. O'Laughlin with the American Christmas—ship, Count Reventlow in the " Deutsche Tages: ritung" renews his att the Was of ammunition, war provisions, et to the bellicevonts. He says, that of Mr. Bryan, the American Secretary of State, is an officer in t Britain's service and—that Mr. Bryan himself has openly taken sides with Great while_a expected from Italian papers report that guns are searce in certain places in France.
The Rome " Tribuna" protests against the continued vexations caused by the searching of Italian steamers by British and French men-of-war, and says that this is causing great annoyance throughout Italy Great Britain has established cruising officers in the Greek islands of Crete and Cepholonia; re-over "a The Persian paper " Chawer"' reports that an understanding has been arrived at between the Mohammedans and the Hindus in India, and that a great rebellion is imminent.
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