23 JANUARY 1915, Page 2

In the eastern theatre, though there is nothing sensational to

report, things bear a distinctly satisfactory look. Not only are the operations north of the Vistula progressing favour. ably, but the Russians have occupied Skempe, which was hastily evacuated by the Germans. On other parts of the front there have been minor German reverses. In the Bukowina the Russians are more than holding their own, and the pressure upon the Transylvanian frontier is slowly but surely developing.