18 DECEMBER 1915, Page 1
From the Eastern Russian line there is little or nothing
to report, and the same must be said of Bessarabia. The reasons for this in the two cases named are, however, very different. Things are quiet on the main Eastern line because the German machine has run down and the Russians are not yet ready for taking the offensive. The quiet in Bessarabia and the South has a different origin, but one which it is probably more discreet not to probe at the present moment.
