The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-04
VON bERNSTORFF WARNS AMERICA
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Summary
 OF THE w ar News

German attacks have been re- stunned in several sections of the western battle front and accord ing to to-day's official communica-s tion from Berlin, one of these. movements, in the Argonne, has resulted in a victory of import ance. Three lines of trenches were stormed and the statement is made that the precipital French positions for more than a mile were taken with the capture of 500 prisoners, guns and war ma terial.
 The French statement mentions a few small engagements which are sail to have ended favorab1y for the allies.
 The German statement con firms Perograd's assertions that another great battle is in progress west of Warsaw. Russian at tacks were repu1sed, the Berlin war office says, and the Germans were able to make further pro- gress in the vicinity of Bolimow on the section on the front closest to Warsaw.
 Germany to-day notified the United States that American yes seIs should avoid the north and west coasts of France. The state department at Washington be- Iieves this is intended as a warn ing against mines rather than as an equivalent to the declaration of a blockade.
 The remnants of the Belgian troops, which are still defending the little strip of their father land not in possession of the 11<s 7 the brunt of the fighting in the west Unofficial reports from Amsterdam state that the Ger mans are again making an attack along the Fser which was the scene of the heaviest fighting and the greatest loss of life of the war thus far due to the earlier German attse1ss-te hreak through the allied 1ihe and reach the Eng fish Channel. For the last two days Be1gians and Germans have been engaged in combat in which the possession of trenches has been decided with the bayonet- The Amsterdam reports say the German attacks have been re- pulsed.
 The struggle in the east is in-N creasing in severity as the Aus TTO-GGTman &LIdCk 0GNS4OPo. Heavy fighting is now in pro- gress along virtually the whole front except in Bukowina. An official statement from Petrograd today reports d number of inn portant victories for the Rus sians. In northern Poland. near tn ewest Prussian border, the viI- lage of Skempe, for some time the scene of hard struggle, has been captured by the Russians, the report says. Further south, to the west of Warsaw, the Ger mans brought up large masses of their first line troops and re- peated their tactics of hurling one regiment after another at select ed positions. The Russian re- port describes the attacks as. fur ious and adds that the Germans suffered immense losses but were driven back. So far as the re- port shows, there has been no change in, the. Carpathians.
 Russian aviators boYnbarded three German mobilization cen ters, another official report says. The raid is described as success fu1 but no details are given.
 The surrender of lieutenant Col Kemp. the South African rebel leader, is expected at Pre- toria to bring an end to the up rising, Five hundred burghers and their officers laid down their arms and the surrender of Col Maritz, the only one of the four original rebel leaders who is still o+ laroa is nradicted