An official communique has been issued which states that Austro-Germah fores have appeared to the northward and southward Cracow. The German reinforcements have been brought up to stiffen the Austrian troops.
The communique affirms that during the fighting which took place in the Inst half of November Lodz acquired great military importance, but, when the German offensive against Lodz and Lowicz failed, the former enormous city, which had drawn upon it the enemy's bombardments, lost its importance and presented the greatest difficulties from a military point of view, giving our front an abnormal contour and embarrassing our communications.
Consequently the city of Lodz was evacuated and opportunity taken of a lull in the fighting to reform our line.
London, Dec. 9.
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