Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-04-14
Austrian BOMBS Were Deadly.


Austrian aviatOrs in the markel
place at PodgortHa, Montenegro.
yesterday, according to Cettinjc
dispatch to Havas Agency. Many
buildings were destroyed by missiles,
seven OF which were dropped from
one aeroplamc.
Austrian Army Cut i'm Two.
Petrograd April S.-Thc advance
Of the Russians in the CarpathiaaS
has cut the Austrian army undCr
Gen. Bocrovitch in two pieces. The
| carious position.
| The Russians have captured
| Smolnik, East Lupkow Pass, and also
have thrown back the Austrians in
the district Of Bartficld and in the
district Of Lupkow. Having ad-
vanced through Rostock Pass, It
wedge has been forced between the
Austrian armies.
Smolnik controls the only road
| through the Beskid mountains be
tween MeZolaborez and UZsOk. a
distance Of 60 miles.
Both Make Claims in Carpathans.
London, April S.-Fight for the
| Carpathians is proceeding bitterly:
! both sides claim local successes. The
| Russians are fighting their way
over four passeS-Dukla, Lupkow.
! UzSok. ROstOck, the last named 0r-
ing in their possession.
The Austrians seem to nave only
enough men to hold tire Russians IN
check and evidently are unable to
make an effective counter stroke
from BukOwina. therefore, their
hope must again center on the Ger.
mans, who may force back the Rus
slams, the invaders, as they did oncc
before when the Russians reached
point further within Hungary than
they have thus far gained at this
time.
Russian AirShipS Wrecked:
Berlin, April S.-An eXtraordinary
aerial fight is described in a dispatch
from Budapest. An Austrian aero
plane, it is said, encountered three
Russian aerOplanes, and, mounting
above its adversary, dropped bomb
which struck one Of them and sent
it plunging 100 yards to earth.
The resulting atmospheric disturb
ance upset and wrecked the other
two Russians.
Another dispatch says French
aViatOrS during u nocturnal ni-ht
over Strassburg dropped bombs it, a
prison camp where 800 French sol
diers were confined, woundinG five
Of them severely.
AviatorS Pursue Train.
Geneva. switzerland, April l.
man military train yesterday from
| Marbach TO Nillingcn, in the Black
, Forest, damaged the railway and
stations along the line and dropped
! bombs on Muelheim and Ncubourg.
\ French biplane, pursued by Ger
man aviators, lost it's way :" the mist
| last night and l".ndcd near P,rem-
| truy, switzerland. The two n.an
aboard wiz be interned.
LOndor. April S.-Russian troop.
are pus ling forward rapidly in the
Carpatni'ns. Petrograd claims that
the road 20 the plains Of Hungary
now lies open before them.
The Russians an said to have cap
tured Smolnik, east o. Lupkow Pass,
and driven wedge between the
western and eastern wings OF the
Austrian army in the Beskids, plac-
ing the eastern wing in precarious
position.
The Austrians seem to have only
enough men to hold the Russians in
check, and evidently are unable to
make an effective counter stroke
from Bukowina. Therefore their
hope again must center on the Ger
mans, who may force back the Rus
slams as they did when the invaders
| Hdu itd'ieu al punt luI llSi "ltnln
| Hungary than they have gained this
time. On that occasion an Austro-
| German force attacked the Russian
flank in the country south OF Cra-
COW, and threatened it's lines Of com
munication, quickly bringing about
| a retreat. A similar movement
might be attempted now, but it's
chances of success probably would
not be as great as before, for the
! Russian positions now are heavily