Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-22
London Reports Loss of SmdI.
Steamer Destroyed by Ger
man Submarine in Irish
Sea,
STUBBORN FIGHTING
ON RUSSIAN FRONTS
Western Zone Sees Attacks
and Counter attacks in|
Which Both Sides Claim
Gains,

lnf MORNING JOURNAL bFuctsL L1AeGo wiRrl
London, Feb. II 10:45 y. m.)---A
German submarine described by some
as the u-l2 and by others as the U-2i,
which is operating In the Irish sea,
found another victim yesterday In the
little Irish coRsting steamer Down
shire. The Downshire was sunk not
far from the spot where the British
steamer Cambank was torpedoed a
rev hours earlier In the case of the
Downshire, however, the crew were
given time TO escape In their boats.
and instead of wasting a torpedo. the
Germans used bomb which de-
stroyed the vessel in a few minutes.
On the other side OF the British isles,
In the North sea, near Borkum. the
American steamer Evelyn, cotton
laden, struck a mine. She sank but
her crew were saved.
Only Slow Boats In Danger.
This makes up the total of steamers
destroyed by submarines or mines
during the past twenty-four hours as
far as known here. The submarines
up to the present time have demon.
strated their ability to attack only
slow steamers or those lying at an.
chor, as a number of liners have
passed to and from the Irish sea
where the German craft have beer
ut work, without being approached
In fact, with respect to Liverpool ant
other west coast ports. the arrivail
and departures have been above tn,
| Saturday ana sunday average, accord
| ing to Lloyd's list
Hard Fighting In Progress.
None of the official reports of th'
ftfrlaf
ant information, although there art
big battles in progress near the Eas
| Prussian frontier, where the Russians
! claim 10 have stemmed the German
advance; in western Galieia, where
| the troops have been fighting fol
nearly two months and in Bukowina
whore again the Russians have been
reinforced and are resisting the Aus
! tro-German advance.
Petrograd dispatches say that the
Germans have met an impenetrable
barrier I'm the vicinity of Oszowctze
| and that their difficulties have been
increased by the overflowing OF the
Niemen river. They are in great
force. however and the battle which
Is Just beginning, promises to be a
severe one.
About Same in Carpathians.
There seems TO be little change in
/ the relative positions in western Ga
licia, although both sides have been
making an effort TO move forward,
while in the Carpathians although the
fighting Is undiminished In violence,
the battle lines remain about as they
were A big battle Is being fought
north Of the Nadworna- Kolomea line
in southeastern Galieia, and according
to German correspondents the RUS
! slams have brought up large reinforce
ments from Stanislau.
The Russian and Turkish forces
have again come into touch in the
trans-Tch0ruk region, but the result
Of the encounters is not given.
Activity SIackcns IN West.
There has again been slackening
in the activity in the west although
at number Of points one side or the
other has made an attack. with the
| usual result Of gain or a loss Of a
few yards of trenches.
No further word has been re-
eeived of the attack ON the Darda-
nelles forts by tile British and
French fleets.