Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-04-07
Finisterre to the nearest German
submarine base.
Russians Advancing Through Snow.
German

described in Berlin dispatches as un-
usually bitter. The Russians, push
ing through deep snow, are persist
AuStrians from the passes and
heights, but are said to have accom-
plished little in the way Of definite
successes. The Russian war office,
however, says substantial results
have been achieved.
In the campaign in Northern Po-
land an important victory is claimed
over the Germans, who are said to
have rctreatcd hastiIy in one section
Of the front west Of the Niemen
river.
French Suffer Dcfeab.
Heavy fighting has been resumed
in Eastern France, near the German
border. The official statement from
Berlin to-day says the French were
defeated in a battle near lie Pretre
forest and forced to give up ground
they had won
Elsewhere along the western front
terday, but no infantry engagements
Of consequence.
German Trenches Mined.
Paris, April 2.-The French war
office this afternoon gave out this re-
port:
"There is to-day nothing Of i'm
portance to add to the communiCa-
ton given out by this Office last
night.
South Of Peronne, near Dom
pierre, we destroyed several more
German trenches with mines.''
Russians Continue Advance.
Petrograd, April 2.-On the Me
men front our troops, after stubborn
night fighting, yesterday continued
their offensive. We drove back the
Germans, intlicting heavy losses, and
approached the German positions to
the east Of the line OF Pilwiszki-
Mariampol- Kalwarya- Suwalki- Au-
guStowo.
In the Carpathians on March 81
and during the night OF April our
offensive was pursued with success.
1t was concentrated chiefly on the
Volia-Michoai front in the direction
Of UZsok Pass. Escaladi under a
violent Austrian fire cscarpments
covered with ice, our troops, after a
long struggle, carried with the bayo-
net an important range of heights
and almost all the SUBMITS OF the
PolOnina range to the north Of the
villages Vestlina, Beregehi and Cor
nyia. Here our regiments took by
assault an enemy front we'll organ
lied and surrounded by two hedges
of barbed wire and timber Obstacles
A number of Austrian counter at
tacks in the region west Of the rail
way to MeZolaborcz with forces re-
Gently concentrated here, have been
repulsed, the enemy suffering heav-
lily. In the region of KOZiouwka we
blew up an enemy sap below one Of
his own trenches. After driving out
the enemy we occupied the trench
The total number of prisoners
taken in the Carpathians yesterday
was 80 officers and about 2,3O0 men.
We also captured five machine guns.
On the other sections OF the front
there is no change
From the latest information it
would appear that we were opposed
near Chotin on March 80 by units of
the Forty-second Honved division.
We captured over 80 officers and o.
600 men,"
Russians Rcpulsed.
Vienna, April 2.-The Aust rian
Official war statement says:
East Of the Beskid Pass, in the
Carpathians, general calm prevails,
all the Russian attacks having been
repulsed. Fighting continues east
o. the adjoining sections OF the Car
pathian front, where strong Russian
forces are attacking.
"On the frontier between the
Pruth and Dniester rivers, we re-
pulsed superior attacking forces Ten
to fifteen columns deep, the enemy
continued an assault all day at seve-
raj points on the 'front.' The fighting
lasted until evening. when the enemy
everywhere were forced to retreat,
and, particularly in the southern
most sector, this assumed the char
acter of flight.
I'm Poland and in Western Galicia