Berlin, Jan. 4.
The German Foreign Office publishes the following report: Headquarters, Jan. 4.
Beyond some artillery duels it been generally quiet on the front.
Near Thann the enemy has shown considerable activity. After an overwhelming fire had been directed on a height west of Sennheim, the enemy succeeded yesterday evening in taking several German trenches on this height and afterwards the village of Steinbach after a stubborn defence by the Germans. Duri the night the height mentioned wa recaptured by a bayonet charge of the Germans. The fight for Stein-bach is still proceeding.
The situation in the east is unchanged. The German attacks in Poland east of the Ravka are being continued.
The " Deutscher Ueberseedtenst"" reports:
A German submarine sent a wireless report to the Admiralty in Berlin that it had torpedoed and sunk the British battleship Formidable in the Channel off Plymouth. The submarine was pursued by British destroyers but escaped unhurt.
The French assertion that the bomb attacks on Freiburg had served military purposes is officially refuted. The bombs fell on private dwellings, on a hospital vi bearing the Red Cross and near the Municipal Art Collection. Other French bombs have been thrown on hospitals at Inorgrave (1) injuring sick people.
Jan. 5.
The former Norwegian Premier, Sigurd Ibsen, the son of the famous poet, declares that not Germany but France was responsible for the ruinous race of armaments amongst the European Powers. The Triple Alliance was intended to be a guarantee of peace. The character of it
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