POLES EXPELLED FROM CRACOW

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 140, 10 December 1914, Page 7

POLES EXPELLED FROM CRACOW

REPORTED PLOT TO SURRENDER THE CITY < rm, « . . . „ ' ROME, 9th December. • *Za IJI Bt ?i a 3"*u* V « 1 !" 1 1 . th . (J TO all their - Polish re S imen ts Cracow, suiSr SfcHy t^&S^^' <° *" ° f a * FIERCE ATTACK ON DIXMUDE COUNTER-ATTACK ON THE ENEMY BELGIAN COAST AGAIN SHELLED FROM THE SEA rru ' c ' LONDON, 9th December. rhere was a fierce night attack at Dixmude on 6th December. Owing to the sudden massing of the Germans the Allies replied with hand grenades, Thl /&, Wlth i a , c ° unt «-attack with the bayonet, rushed the German trenches ihe Germans lost heavily, and left many dead. coast. C AlHed Fkefc ° a Tuesda y resume d the bombardment of the Belgian ANOTHER BLOW FOR CALAIS (Times and Sydney Sun Services.) „ (Received December 10, 8 a.m.) t> • , „ LONDON, 9th December. • 1 \ nv . a . te messages from Berlin declare that the Germans are nreparinz a violent attempt to break the Allies 1 line on the west wing. Paring a (Press Association.) THE TAKING OF VERMELLES TOWN OF STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE «. , ... „ , , . LONDON, 9th December. The capture of Vernjelles (which lies nearly on the line between Lille and 2£? J *E w." X i milM »°n«i-*>nfch. WeßtW eBt of La Bassee) was important, as it fmltrt inSlfrfl I t "§ Position commanding a considerable stretch of ™Shi? g Ti ai M Pont-^Vendin, where a number of railways and roads which were used by the Germans, for provisioning the troops converge. PASSCHENDAELE CAPTURED BY BRITISH FORCES I Th T,.vi 1 . ,r, AMSTERDAM, 9th December, north of Ymes) ra « a P tnr ed Pawohendaela (about eight miles east by OFFICIAL NEWS a „„„„„ • . . ,„„ . PARIS, 9th December. ♦J,p Tv«-Tni l qUe Bta . les: A iTh °re hnv ° »>ee& artillery duels from the sea on the Lys, and also on the Aisiie, where we had an advantage. - - We have made appreciable gains in the Argonne, carrying several trenches, and progressing on the entire front except at one' point, where the enemy mined and blew up a trench. "Our artillery completely mastered the enemy's heights on the Meuse, where we progressed on the whole line, capturing several trenches. -.«. . , „„. , PARIS, 9th December. Official.— Wehave repulsed a violent attack at Santelos. A very fierce struggle continues in the Argonno district." HIGH COMMISSIONER'S REPORT « T J? e , foll< ? win S message has been received from the High Commissioner fo* New Zealand ;—; — „. -. . ..„ . , LONDON, 9th December, 7.55 p.m. ihe Drench artillery in the Argonne secured appreciable gains. Progress was made all along the Argonne front and the heights of the Meuse. To the south-east of Cracow a new battle has developed, as the result of an Austro-German attempt to outflank the Russian' left wing, i It is reported unofficially that tho Kaiser's condition is aeriouj s