Allies Press Back Germans At Metz Strassburg Raid
London reports fresh Allied troop arrivals bolster attacks on the western front. British and French forces push along the Yser and Ypres sectors, repelling German counterattacks and threatening German trenches with heavy artillery. A French bombing raid from Toul hit Metz and Strassburg, dropping fifteen bombs in two targets.
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Allied Air Attacks and Front Reports From Western Front
Official bulletins recount air raids over Metz and Strassburg with gains and losses for both sides. Allied pilots claim good results from 4000 foot heights and safe returns while German guns defend Strassburg. Western front notes emphasize trench advances near Ypres, Armentieres, Arras, and the Somme, with prisoner captures and artillery gains. Russians report sinking of the German cruiser Friedrich Karl in the Baltic and UK death rate decline since 1901.
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Germans Trap Forty Thousand Russians Near Warsaw
Berlin reports forty thousand Russian troops cut off between Jesow and Skierniewice, trapped by German cavalry with infantry coming up. Warsaw rumored to be panic struck as German forces press toward the Vistula river barrier. battles along the Beura front continue with heavy Russian troop movements and German attempts to cross the river.
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Vistula Hyver
Nova Georgelevsk
Teresina
Brera river
GGrmans
Ahlers Treason Conviction Vacated by Court of Appeal
London reports Nicholas Ahlers, a naturalised Englishman born in Germany, had been sentenced to death for treason after aiding German reservists to return home. On December 18 he was found guilty, but the Court of Criminal Appeal led by Lord Reading annulled the verdict, saving him from death.
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