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Consolidated Aui?. 3.18b 1. SUMTER., 3. 0., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12. 1914. Vol. XXXIX. No. 32
1 Uli? DA! iE II ALL
GERMANS MAKE GAINS IN FRANCE A?O POLAND, THREAT
ENING DUNKIRK ANO WARSAW.
Hundred Thojsacd Russians Said to Have Been Captured at
f all of Lodi?Decisive Climax to Hloody Battle Expect?d
Shortly?Despatches Show That Fierce Fighting is in
Progress*Both in East and West With Pvt .suIts Favoring
(iermans -Russians Recapture T.ock, Wtitle German
Line is Pierced in Cemer by English Retreating Rus?
sians Being Pursued by Enemies.
luu.uuo Russians Captured.
Perlln. Dec. 8.?Over MM hundred
thousand Uu?<?lun.*i were "apturcd
when l*n\/. occupied b' * IM GOT"
mam, according to the QM tlcial re?
port, w u aw I* now the gtal of the
Ocrm tn armli? In PoUnA T mi Of 1 a -
lions In Poland which have UoVSlopsd
into one of tho bloodiest battles in the
history of the world, are declared to
be approaching a decisive olmax. It
is olhcially announced that in the
western theatre of war all of the al
11m' Attacks have been repulsed with
heavy losses to tho allies. The Rus?
sian reports of a German defeat, at
Csesto are denied.
??wee*ll*h Steamer Wrc "keil.
KUekholm. Dec. 8.?The Swedish
stennu r N vora Sv? riK?< has been sunk
by a mine off the Swedish coast
Twenty-one members of he crew
*ere drowned.
Hu*?tan* Itccnpture Plock.
Petrograd. Dec. 8.?The Kassians
hn.o recaptured I'lock. The Kuh an;
from Combln are trying a Hanking
movement to cut th? German commu?
nication with Thorn, their cast Prus?
sian base. The Germans there are
lighting fiercely to save, themselves
from capture.
. Battle on Vser.
Rettertinm. f>or. 8.?Fighting has
been resumed on the Yser river In
Flanders with redoubled visor. lloav>
German reinforcement:- have reach?
ed the fron*. It Is MUtVtX Ifeoy gffl
making another drlce fof i M Fr sjfjti
coast.
Rrttl \\ Cut lirrm; n 1 inc.
Un Inn, l>ec. 8.?A new t dispatch
SJSSJS? that lh.- Bftti h IfOOpI have
r?'capti r? d I'. ( hendash a t"?\n
In riati l? r- 1.? , w . ? n Y pr?-.?s ami
Houlerv. If true. It m< an t that the
allies have driven a wtd;;e into the
German llr.o to force IBS rctt<at of
the i roans from thur position
near th?> ? :
lull or J.<mI/. ( itiiitrnitHl.
Lon'lioi. DsjOi V?A in v I d Is pate h
Is i ro lVtr?< rad . .. . .. t h?< < - fhial its I -
mcui today reports that tho German
:i? I "I/. i l I .<?* i i i.as 'til
id. The SJSJSflJliOtl ??f sV I i.I Lodl
has |gg| Hi Sffsjsgcy. it i bollsvod
that t?:; r. niri i Ursj 1.11 ol Le u.
(?cnimn> Take I rem it Positions.
I'.erli.,. 1 'cc. S (I ?di< i il , T .is g{?
ternoon the QtfffJsftJMI O&ptU ?d French
positions at Malnncoourt.
In the east UM (???rmanv an file
ly pursuit * the rstrsotloj Rt*ststin .
'I I.<? statement - ti.o reported
Fn neh OdjYSltOS :n ihr Affffonnt*.
Counter \ttucks by Teutons,
Pans. Dee. %, Offgg|gJ TMl ?H?f?
n??on the Qofswmi gfft ? rvelopinp
fierce counter attacks in West Fland?
ers t?? gJrWt the allies)' offensive sjovo?
mint. Ab'ttg th<> ?enn r. hegtY)
French artillery is gaining preemi?
nence over the Ooegsana, a number
of p??!nts have | | ? ? pled it V i
melleji after t I ;) t ?v? el.s : Iru-.'vlin.,'
A terrific f.torm i. swe? pin- F; tue?,
A news dispaS h fiom 1< ffi |IH<
s-?\ ?* t? .it P I 1 ndmltt- '1 t In ? ?? lhat t?..
ItgjgggM left XNlntT ;U IViud Srhlel
has been IsMMsHlll CPAOOWi Is ftglllni
la k.
OtsjsjjMs Dililsgj MUffWi
Pari'?. I're. > Takimr adVOg/lap
of the lieree galss that ; re render?
ing the aJHosf g iff lists 11 the Marti
ses iMlplesg lbs riermans ba^
brought sudden pressure malnsl tht
extreme I? ft t\lnt> ??? C ?? allies an?
nre bentlng It. Ustsjlagsi ba? k. Th?
Germans pushed Ihetff long range Uff?
tillery focward along lh? KleopoU?
Furne^ road and art n??\\ I In-Pin ? tfc
roast of IninMr1. only nfteen ntllei
from Dun' 11'. . The gflh Dg His ?>,?.
skirts of rsjtogjd wer?- fnffgod t<? ffetlri
an I the altl s' gWlSJg gfOttJld the ?I.
naa rggtll has I?. n gfToetlglll;
rheck'-d. The Fn m h h 1 .upi
Vermellcs? The artillery battle con?
tinues in the Champaignc district and
? m t of the Meuse? A German avla?
L?>r dropped a bomb on llasebrouck,
killing
latest Dispatches from PfrtlH Say
Ho Ii in u IttkNU Condition.
London?. Dec. y.?a newi dispatch
treea Afnstcrflsm late this afternoon
says: A Berlin dispatch states that
I tho Kaiser's condition is serlOUS. lit?
is suffering from pneumonia and ner
1 ?ous depression, tho result of over
?v.rtion and continual heudachey. II?
' is extremely violent toward thote
around him and ho has been advised
not to return to the front.
Copenhagen Has game Xews.
Coi>enhaKen. Pec. I).?A private dls
! patch from reliable source in Berlin
staters that the Kaiser is Buffering
with pneumonia and If in a eerlous
condition.
Servians Turn on Austrian*.
N'ish. I>ec. 'J.?The Bervlani having
[cheeked the Austriaca at all points,
j arc now taking the Olfenelve? The
< aceny at many p tints are retiring,
loaving numbers of prisoners and
' funi.
Attacks on vSeb?.sto|m>cl Failed. ?
Petrograd, I>ec. 9. -Tho Turkish
or ulcer Preelaq on Monday appeared
i off gcbaeiopool attempting to get
i it din the range of tho fortlfleatloni
tut was driven off by Russian cruis
? r i ....? aeroplanes,
Kaiser Not McjHonsly III?
Berlin Dec? |?Kaiser Wilhelm'?
Illness is not serious Ha will i.i
be abls to return to the front but will
be unable to visit the trenches, Ex
poeure during his \ i.sit i.) the German
U aches it) Cast Prussia In n violent
storm caused a severe eoldi develop*
lag bronchial catarrh and high fev?vr,
k ii rs' l'li. -i ; ni immediately
reduced the fever bul he \ still weak
Allies Uala Uro ami,
Tans. Doc, ?.?.--Th. ; I ?? i offensiv
Imovement In Weal Ktanders iv: seem*
ii ifly concent rated In an advuncc
tgalas! Roulers, They are meeting
. , i llerce counter atlucki by the
Qermam both north and south ol
vprt ??. Nlghl atta< k are again fea?
ture Of th?- OOnHlCt, Tho :.?? 111 ? ? I of
b|g guns is hoard in Hascbrouck 30
miles distant, The trlnnglo bounded
by WytachaetOi Holleboke and SSon
nebek< . In West Flanders is th<
teene of s desperate struggle. Htoloj
is the center of the- conflict wl er< the
allies made gains and the German!
an trying to recover the lost ground,
v i bout success, The loss of life there
he i been t? rrlflc, Tin- heavy storm
abating and the International war
shli*s uiii soon resume the bombard"
ment of Germsn positions, German
prisoners say thai the hulk of tho cav
airy hitherto massed in West Flai der
i!'?-: iieen sent to Poland,
(.ennuis Claim Sticcv*-?.
I < rtln, Dee, -A wireless ofllcin
announcement today states that <; :
man suceesses eontlniu nt ihe en*
i od w< They hnve gained sev< in
points in the Argonncn, Inking a uum
1 < r of prisoners. The Kronen Ioh
heavily In s battle north of Nnnej
yesterday, while t!.<> German lossoi
were comparatively small,
In Southern Poland the Russian
\ ere brought to n sta ndi till at lh<
gtronglj forflfh i\ i>? If ion < ??. i of Ml
chow. i t miles nort h of t'. iu >v.
lighting for Ihe possesloii of Lov. Ic:
contlnu
IINes Have sunc?iui hay,
Psrte, Der, B, Tin- official statt
ment this afternoon states; "In eon
t no in ?.; their ofT< nslve n.<>\ ? men
against Ihe Germane Ihe rH!< totla;
i iptured numerous trenches, The ul
Ii? . \ >re siieeersful at evory point ? ?
cept one where tin Germans mlm??
I i .. ii|i a l i ? in .i 11 < n< h?
IM GREAT BATTLE OFF SOUTH
AMERICAN COAST THREE
GERMAN CRUISERS ARE
SUNK.
Former Defeat of CmUdocI: ami
Sinking; of Knclisli war VcssoJs Is
Hovensocl und Urllalu ItawtabRshe*
I
Ifcr Roastetl Supremacy ol* the Seas!
?Bciiaiirnlioii Gnelsenau u?<h.
L?ln*lg Sunk, Two i oilier* Captured
ami Other Vessels Pursed?English
Loss Small 1
I?ondon, I ><.?.?. 9.?A Urltish squadron
u ider Vice Admiral sir Frederick
Sturdee, chief of the war staff, en
gagt d a German squadron under Ad?
miral Count \ < it Spec, off tho Falk?
land Islandi In the south Atlantic yes-j
terday and won n vlctoryi which is
being acclaimed throughout England,!
The armored cruiser Bcharnhorstf
und Gnelsenau nnd the protected.
Cruiser Leipzig three of the German
arshlps thai had menaced British!
shipping;, and part of the squadron
that sank the British cruisers Good
Hope and Monmouth In the Pacific
'on November l, were destroyed, while*
the cruisers Dresden ami N?rnberg,
the two other vessels comprising the
German squadron, made off, and, ac
cording to latest aCCOUntS) are being
pursued. Two colliers wore captured.
The announcement of this victory,
which was the most Important naval
?- ngagemcnt of the war except that
off Holigoland last August, was mado
tonight in a statement by the admi?
ralty of less thran 1OO words.
The following announcement wnrt
. '- I' d by the official information
bureau*
* At 7.30 a. m., on the Sth of De?
er mber, the Scharnhorst, Gnoiser.au,
N?rnberg, Leipslg and Dresden were
Sighted near the Falkland islands by
a British squadron under Vice Ad?
miral Sir Frederick Sturdee.
"An action followed, in the course
of which the Scharnhorst, Hying the
Hag of Admiral Count von Spec, the
Gnelsenau and the Leipslg were
sunk. The Dresden and N?rnberg
I made off J.u|taf^(a.,aj^on^.^^
being pursued.
"Two colliers also wore captured.
"The vice admiral report'-, that the
Urltish Casualties are very few in
number,
"Some survivors have beon rescued
from tho Gnelsenau and tho Leipzig."
The statoment mal ts reference to
!urvi%ors rescued from the Gnelsenau
and the Leipslg, but no mention Is
made Of any of the crew of the
Scharnhorst, flagship of the German
a imlral, being saved, and it Is pre?
sumed that Count von spec, his offi?
cers and nun went down lighting.
The British casualties were light,
hut beyond the fact that the British
squadron was commanded by Vice
Admiral Sturdee no Information is
vouchsafed regarding ih>' ships en?
gaged nnd no\vs|>aperi are enjoined
nut to specttlute us "other comblna
I Ions muy bo ?ffi cted,"
Tho greatest enthusiasm prevailed
In London over the victory and ihe,
general Impression Is that it will be
romp] tod, as the admiralty would no!
lie Iii*' ly to send chips that could not
1 korlako the Dresden and N?rnberg,
which arc slow and also at a disad?
vantage because <d their small coal
caiwclty, *
The Mritish squadron left England
without knowledge of tho general
public an i mill his name was men?
tioned It was believed that Vice Ad?
miral Sturdee was serving in homo
w?: ters,
The fnel that he was taken from
tho post of chief of tho wator staff is
indicative of the determination of
itrltlsh government to clear lite Pa?
chte and south Atlantic of German
warships, II is believed, therefore,
that the British t nnmunder is at tho
head of a formidable squadron,
;u uddltlon to ihe Dresden and
N trnberg only one German ship tho
Karlsruhe n Is unaccounted for In
ile.e wntcrs, nlthough there may be
one or iwn ; run i merchantmen which
:he ulli? a h i\0 not roundod up,
A1 ihe Scharnhorst and Gnelsenau
each carried .i complement of tin
l?ctp?.Ui 203, the N?rnberg nnd th
Dresden 261, tii ? total German loss Is
estimated tP not far from 2,000 men,
nlthough tin- nctunl losses to t!'?
Dresden and N?rnberg are not yet
r.nov n,
i.'i", Scharnhorst, Gnelsenau and
r?o|nxitr, with tie- cruisers Numbers
and Drtnd a. romposed t??? - German
Paclllc i!? ct, v. hit h in 1 he enjt ??? < ?
inonl with the british squadron under
i?- nr Admiral sir ?'hi i n phi 1
'radoi k off H?' const of 1 'hlle, No
v ntber 1. sunk 1 he llrltli h ci 11I11 ??
M ? mini ' h I'-Ud flm d Hope \\ i; h t M>
. ?"' a b?,q 1 *.?.<? na n. Sim r t ha I
Mm I'rillsh tu 1 .lap 1 nose BqundrouR
lEHBt umn FAILS, j
EFFORT TO GET "COTTON
MONEY'' COLLAPSES.
Tliroc mils .Settled?Ono Pusscd, One
Allowed to Bleep, and Third, Rear?
ing Texan's Hopes, Beaten.
Washington, Dec. 8.?The tight Cor
$250,000,000 in currencj to deposit in
?cotton and tobacco belt banks to re?
lievo farmers, waged i<? a draw in the
last session of congress, collapsed In
the house today. Contemporaneously,
r
[the house supported administration
vi< wo as to a trio of currency bills,
which the cotton filibuster blocked
last October. One of tho-> was pass?
ed by the house today, it purpos
to amend the f?deral reserve law to
[authorize the federal reserve board,
,1:'. Its discretion, to increase without
[limit the aggregate amount of ac?
ceptances a lank may make, based
on the exportation or importation of
I goods,
J The purpose of this Mil, now to go
to the senate, is to enable man:, large
State banks and trust cdtnpanics,
i which have built up an Immense bus
[Iness In financing exportations and
[importations, to become members of
[the federal reserve system. They are
virtually excluded from this mem?
bership now because of the restriction
in the present law confining the vol
[ume of banking operations to an
amount equal to one-half of the
bank's or trust company's paid-up
capital and surplus.
j Of Iho ?ither two bills, one was
sent back to the committee and the
iij her rejected as unnecessary. The
? first would have permitted member
I banks of the reserve system to de
I posit for a temporary period within
reserve hanks their portion of the
i bank reserve required to be kept In
? the vault;?.
Administration leaders contended
that with the sharp differences In
I committee and on apparent necessity
'for immediate action the bill woll
[could he left in committee.
The senate's amended bill to in?
crease use of commercial paper up
pt|^iAiL,Pcr cent oL unimparicd capi
tal and surplus as a basis of emer?
gency curency under the Aldrich
Vreeland law was the vehicle of the
Henry cotton currency plan, on a mo?
tion of Representative Henry to re?
commit the hill to the banking and
c urrency committee with Instruct! uv
to report the bill back with the cot?
ton proposition with the first untlnijh
od business. <;u roll call the motion
was defeated.
Representative Gl?sa th. -a tried to
ooall the commercial paper bill, but
Representative Henry objected, and
he bill v as deefated.
TANK STEAMER BVRXED.
!*ondon, Dec. 8.?The oil steamer
Wdra, from I'?;?! Arthur, Texas, for
UarroWi was t urned off VYalney Is*
land today. Thirty-four of ihe crea
were drowned or burned lo death.
have been searching for the German
'Vol. of which little has been neard.
Recent reports from Montevideo,
I Uruguay, were to the effect that Ihe
'German llcot was believed to have
.round I the cap" and enter, 1 the
south Atlantic, but there hat been no
authentic Information of the where
nbouts of these vessels since the bat
:h with the Rrittsh squadron.
The British official statement show*
that the admiralty reported the Ger=
man squuclron made Its way fron?
the Pnclfl ? to the Atlantic. 'The Falk
land Islands lie off the tip of SouC
America directly cast of the Strait
( I' Magellan.
The Scharnhorst and Gmisenat
were tho largest vessels of the Oer
men fleet. They were sister ships of
11 BOO tons displacement, ISO feet oi
the water lire and were rated at :
mean speed of l'J 1-2 knots. Kacl
rnrrled a complement of 7I?" men am
was armed with eight 8.2-Inch gun*?
elx 6.2-lnch guns, ~<? f- ?ir-poune?"rf
four maehine guns and four tor pod'
tut I B,
Tl*> !.<:; :!??, had a dl**p!uccm< it ?
-.l'.'.ii i ?>i . and carried iiv,'> m? n. Sh?
?? as 11 feet long on th< wafer line
had n beam of I ". 1-2 and was rate?
at 23 knots. Her largest guns, n
which she carried len, were 1.1-Inch
Sin ] -,\ \ also ten one-poui.ders, foui
machine trims and two torpedo lubes
Admir il ?'cunt von Spoe, com
? lander ??! Ihe German s-ieadron, iviii
aboard the Sehnrnhorst, hl? flagship.
\ s' !> OTHERS :v \M IGF.D.
P lit Ingo, Chile, I? C :> Report
received of Ihe sinking of the Gor
man r in I <r- Scharnhors*, Gnelsenai
ami I. Ip/.in by Rrltish warships of
, \ r land i 'lands raj that t woih i
German cruisers engaged it\ the hat
il were bndlv damage*!,
KjAIShK Km LH HnrKKIir.il
lUllULill l? 111UUli Ulli llUlllU?
Has Been 111 for Week and is Now
Out of Danger.
French Capture More Trenches, Driving Germars Back?
Germans Struggle for Possession of Lowicz, While Rus?
sians and Auslrians Enga-'* in Desperate Conflict in Gali
cia?Austrians Suffer ir S .rvia?Reported That English
Squadron Has Put Finr g Touch by Destroying Last
Two of German Ships. ?*
ODDS WERE AGAINST GEH . V.
li;i;isli Hud Nino Warshijrs . jcr
mans Elve In Naval IIa 3
London, Dec. *10.? There ' ?ic\ 1
to have been nine worst1 in the
British fleet which deefat? c Gcr
man fleet in the south Uc off
the Falkland islands Tuesday, with
a loss oi' nearly two thousand lives.
Tho German cruiser Scharnhorst,
Gneisenau and Leipzig were sunk and
news of the capture of the German
cruisers Dresden and Nurnburg is ex?
pected hourly. U is officially announc?
ed that no British ship was serious?
ly damaged. Admiral Graf von Spec
v ent down with his flagship, the
Scharnhorst, which became a seeth?
ing furnace early in the battle. Vice
Admiral Sturdee is the hero o* the
hour.
LAST TOUCH TO VICTORY.
Reported that German Cruisers N?rn?
berg and Dresden Were* Overtaken
and Sunk.
Buenos Ayres, Dee. 10.?An uncon?
firmed report today states that the
German cruisers N?rnberg and Dres?
den were overtaken and sunk by tho
l tritish squadron.
From h Make Gains.
Paris, Der. 10.?The official state
roe rvt this \ifrernoon vay?: - i ?J^tU.
gains were made by the allies In the
reg! n of Lequesnoy and Sandeehy.
Th< re Is an Increase of at .illery Arc
ulong the Aisne. The fillies' artillery
forced the Germans! to evacuate sever?
al trenchi s In the vicinity of Uheims.
Tl?o Germans desperately attempted
retake a trench in the region of
Derthes which was I st on the 8th.
They were repulsed. The French have
taken new trenches In the forest of
Lepetre.
Austrioti Di taster In Scrvla.
Xish, Deo. d>.?The Austrian in?
vaders are retreating In disorder,
bordering on panic. Tho retreat wa ?
begun along the entire fronl Satur?
day when the Austrians lost four
thousand prisoners, many heavy ^oi is
ant' quantities of munitions. The
Austrian resistance in Scrvia Is prac?
tically broken.
Japanese Chased Gcitiuiiis,
Beunou Ayres, l>:-e. !? . -it Is report?
ed that a Japanese licet chased the
German warships from tho Pacific In ?
to the Atlantic and Into the clutch*
of the British fleet. Three German
merchantmen were sunk by tho al?
lies' warships off the coast of Tcrrr
Del Fucuo Sunday.
Aeroplanes Attael; Freiburg.
Berlin, Dec. l".?Aides* aeroplanes
again Row over Freiburg today,
dropping bombs. They were driven
away by artillery and, no si rious dam?
age was done.
The Kaiser Improving.
Berlin, Dee. 10.?The Kaiser's con?
dition is steadily Improving, though
he Is unable to leave his room. He
has been it! n week, but it was not an
; aimed until ho was out of danger.
Iloai \ I i ?-hf in;* In Galioia.
Vi. ai a. I >ec. 10.?D< pite severe
storms In Galleia, heavy lighting be?
tween Austrian a and Russians con?
tinue, li Is most ro\ '. ? in the wes?
tern dls.r Is. In Poland a calm
rel.on the Southern battle front
in that country.
Kf rus gle for ! ou I;
Petrograd, Dec. 10. German night
attacks In tl?e vicinity of Low lex, j
which vor,' revealed by po\ erful Run
rlau si irch liishts, have i>een repuls
The Germans are bom hard in?;
! ..??? lex, a ml a | ? ;M of [ \\t? < jt \- Li In
Ham .-. Tho Germans are fighting
(tosperatel) to gain |H>sseseion of Ihe
railron ?. hrtweoii Glowno and i.o?
1 i have fa lied thus far. Kxport
d.eelare that the Rurstan evacuation
i?f I o i . w in be oi' no hem it. lo Ihe 1
Germans becar.se Ihey are unable to
break through the Russian lines to the
eat?t. Fierce fighting around Cracow
continues.
Kaiser Angry with Physicians.
London, Dec. 10.?a news dispatch
states that Emperor William is im*
proving. He is making life almost
unbearable for those about him. Ho
is angry at his physicians and vents
his wrath upon the empress who is his
devoted nurse. He rages because he
i not allowed to telephone to the lield
h< adquarters.
trench Capture More Trenches.
Paris, Dec. l ?.?News dispatches re?
port the capture of more German
tr< nches between the Aire and Mouse
rivers by the French and the occupa?
tion of an important piece of strategic
railway relied on by the Germans for
supplies. Heavy artillery engage?
ment.-; continue along the remainder
of the front, especially in West Fland
crs. < row n Prince Frederick Wil?
li i n is now commanding the Germans
along the Vser.
Interest Centers in Poland.
Petrograd, Dee. 10.?The Germans
In Poland have been reinforced by
three hundred thousand seasoned
troops, including sixty thousand cav?
alry, from the west. Since the wita
o>a.\&l oi iluwtians from J<odz tb>> -
have concentrated on a strategic lino
of defense southward through Howicz
to Cracow and northward across the
Vistula to the fighting area around
Mlawa. There is incessant lighting at
both onds of this two hundred and
jlifty mile line. Tho German attempt
to pierce the Russian lino south of
Cracow yesterday aas repulsed with
t? rrific bloodshed.
Germans Report Progress.
j Dcrlin, Dec. 10.?The Oermans have
captured Poland town of Prsansyss
north of the Vistula, with . i:. hundred
prisoners. In southern Poland all
I Kussian attacks have been repulsed.
At the w est the French attacks In the
?:? t? rn region in the Argonnen, at
[llecroi and Cour villes havi made no
; progrt ? >.
!
The Xarnbcrg sunk.
Loudon, lue. 10.?The German
I cruiser Nurnl>erg was sunk on Decem?
ber Bth, it was ofticially aunounccd
ihij afternoon.
London, Dec. it is officially an?
nounced that the Subhl I5cy, late gov?
ernor of i'a'ra. tsiatic Turkey, com?
mander i t the Turkish forces at
Kurna, yesterday surrendered uncon
..iii ?aa?y \ ith his troops to the In?
dian expeditionary force which Is op
'orating at the head of the Persian
I gulf.
Iturna sul sequi ntly was occupied
by the Uritisll, v. ha are HOW in com
letc c< ntrol of the country from the
'junction of the Tigris and Euphrates
rivers lo the nen and of the richest
a vi of t he fertile u< !ta.
The Indian ofllee in a report on
theeo Operations says:
" \ re unnals a nee of the enemy's
i-ovi'i ii at Krrna was made Decem?
ber 5 Ly Col. (3. S. Fr?ser, with the
? ue Hundred and Tenth Mahratta
iigiit infantry. The enemy was on
ountcrvd on th< left bank of the
Tigris opposite Kern ?. Thej \:> re at*
j tac ked nnd driven across the river,
l'.-iej.-. heavily. Two guns and 70
prisoners, leeludiiu* three officers,
r. ere captured. Kr.rnn was strongly
held b) guns ind infantry.
"The following day reinforcements
were sent from l!asra under Brig.
Gen. Chns. Irwin Fry and raptured
Ma em. - 1 nred ih?> left bank of the
Tlurls nnd look tho ihre.? guns and
Phi prlsoner?, including three officers.
* 1 hi i vcciiiber 8 the British crossed
the river and ihe next day ?ubhi Bey
Burn ndi i d.
"The [liitlsli casualties during tho
?? ' ' ? t ' :e operations amounted
?' ne l?rkiv|| oiltcor killed and three
V kMindcd. with Ifl Indians of ihe rank
und Silo killed and wounded."