WAR- CHRONICLE

9 th December.
French attacks repulsed at Souain, Varennes and Vauquois.
German-Russian fighting near Lowicz.
Kriegsminister von Falkenhayn becomes Chief of the General
Staff, in place of General von Moltke.
The Austrians report progress in West Galicia.
10 th December.
Japan proclaims her intention of not. returning Kiau-Chau to
China.
The Holy War spreads in the Sudan.
French aviators throw bombs over Freiburg i. B.
Przasmysz, on the right bank of the Vistula captured.
Russian attacks in South Poland repulsed.
Naval battle off the Falkland Islands.
The German cruisers "Scharnhorst, " "Gneisenau," "Leipzig,"
and "Nurnberg" sunk. Admiral Graf Spee dead. The "Dresden"
escapes.
11 th December.
The French sentence on the German military doctors annulled.
The Gold reserves of the Reichsbank, exceed 2 milliards of marks,
for the first time in the history of the Empire.
The attempts of the Triple Entente in Sofia, Bukarest and Athens
to obtain help for Servia, can be considered as unsuccessful.
12 th December.
The English threats to Persia have remained without effect.
Afghanistan takes proceedings against India.
An important position in the Argonne captured. 200 prisoners
taken. French attacks in general repulsed.
The German authorities estimate the losses of the Russians in
Poland near Lodz and Lowicz (80,000 prisoners included) at about
150,000. The casualties of the Russians were heavier than those at
Tannenberg.
13 th December.
Russian failures near Cracow. The garrison of Przemysl makes
a sortie.
The French repulsed at Flirey-St. Mihiei.
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