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December 6 (concluded).
in the northern section of the west
Galician front the Russians drew
strong forces from the north and
east into the region between Raj-
brot and Lapanov. The German
troops stationed there drove the
enemy back over the Stradomkn
until nightfall, took several heights
on the right bank of the river, and
captured numerous prisoners. Rus-
sian infantry, which advanced from
Tymowa and Lipnicza and at-
tempted to surround the right Hank
of the Germans, was checked by
Austro-Hungarian cavalry.
Small forces took up a position on the heights
east of Limanowa. to oppose the Russian ad-
vance from New Sandez. Toward the south-
east small divisions of the Germanic allies,
between Kanina and Old Sandez, were oblig-
ed to yield to the pressure of the enemy.
Fighting in the Carpathians continued. Re-
treating from one position to another. the
Russians withdrew from Austrian territory
behind the crests of the mountains.
'I'
Neither the personal efforts of the new Rus-
sian Ambassador to Serbia. Prince Trou-
betzkoy. to prevail upon the Bulgarian gov-
ernment to abandon its neutrality. nor the
statement of the English Ambassador in Sofia
that Serbia was prepared to yield a part of
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Macedonia, succeeded in inducing Bulgaria
to change her attitude. Renewed attempts
by diplomats of the Triple Entente to win
over Roumania likewise failed.
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After the "Glasgow," which had been dam-
aged in the sea fight off Coronel. was re-
paired. she joined a squadron composed of
the battleship "Canopus" and the armored
cruisers "Carnarvon." "Cornwall." "Kent."
and "Bristol." This squadron, sailing to
the south. anchored in the harbor of Port
Stanley. an English naval base on the east
coast of the East Falkland Islands. Two of
the heaviest armored cruisers (dreadnoughts) .
the "Invincible" and the "inflexible." suc-
ceeded in joining them unperceived. The
German cruiser squadron. consisting of the
"Scharnhorst" and "Gneisenau." as well as
the small cruisers "Dresden." "Niirnberg."
and "Leipzig," had rounded Cape Horn at
the end of November, passing from the Paci-
fic into the Atlantic Ocean. After sinking
the English auxiliary cruiser "Charcas." the
auxiliary cruiser "Prinz Eitel Friedrich" and
the colliers "Baden" and "Santa Isabel"
joined the German squadron. After the
"Dresden" had sunk an English collier. the
squadron made for Port Stanley.
On December 7,
the German military hospital in Lille burned
down, presumably the result of incendiarism.
There was no loss of life.-A French attack
Lifhe entire net proceeds go to the n
eedy
children of German soldiers in the tield