Berlin, Dec. 3.
The Foreign Office publiclies the following report:
Headquarters, Dec. 1.
Referring to the report of the Russian General Staff of November 29, the following facts about the German successes near Lodz, some days ago, are stated.
Parts of the German forces fighting cast of Lodz, against the right flank and the rear of strong Russian forces advancing from the east and the south, were getting faced by the enemy's troops from all sides. They succeeded, however, in cutting their way through the Russian ring, in furious fighting Tasted three days, and carried away 12,000 Russian prisoners and twenty-five guns, without themselves losing one single gun, while they brought home nearly all their wounded.
The losses have, of cours:, been serious, but not enormous. Indeed, it was one of the finest military successes of the campaign. The Kaiser has visited the troops in their positions near Gumbinnen and Darkeh-
Dee. 3 There are no important evente to record from either theatre of war. The Kaiser was yesterday at Bre. sian, where he conferred with Archduke Friedrich, the Commander-in-Chief of the Austro-Hungarian army, Archduke Karl Fran Joseph, the Heir Apparent to the Throns and General Baron Conrad von Hoetzendorf, Chief of the General Staff.
The "Deutscher Ueberseediens'" reports: So far as can be judged from the reports available, the situation in the east has not matkedly changed since the last summary. Although no news has beer received about the operations near Lowicz, it is assumed that the German attempts to flank the Russisa right wing are being continued.
The value of success in these operations would be so much grest er as it would force the Russisos southward, away from the route toward Warsaw and would bring the Germans into the rear of the Russian main army. Much on the progress which the Germsas and Austrians make against the front and the enemy's left flank.
So far, the Germans and Austrians have maintained their positions an! have repulsed all attacks, but it is not yet known whether they have been able to advance. It is, boi ever, a known fact that the Ru sians have lost 100,000 prisoners an! many guns during the last '0* days.
Great difficulty seems to prevail in replacing the latter. Military experts consider this as bound seriously to weaken the Russians It is officially announced io that the garrison of 1 made a sortie against the sieging the fortress st drove them back from the outer fortifications. Fighting being continued around the Carpathisa News of further Servian defeats, east of the Kolubara and the Luk Rivers, seems to confirm the predict tion that the end of the Servisn resistance cannot be far off. cording to Vienna reports, the Servious have lost, since the preseat offensive of the Austrians begs. 19,000 prisoners and from othe sources it is r=ported that the tots! losses of the Servians amount 100,000 men since the beginning of the war, which is practically out third of their entire fores.
Despite the news from Holland of renewed activity in the western theatre of war, no authoritative German reports have been pubbs ed. There is no news of the Turkish operations.
Unofficial advices come from Alsac2 about active fighting now progress. Heavy cannonading ported from this minor theatre of war. The Germans are making fahesjqgainst Belfort.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.