The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-01-23
SATURDAY. JANUARY %. 1915
PROGRESS OF THE WAR
From Sundays Salt Lake Tribune


One of the most serious setbacks
since September 10. when the Ger
mans were driven back to the line Of
the Aisne river, has just been suf-
fered by the French. A forward
movement ordered by General Joffre
placed many thousands of French
troops across the Aisne in the re-
gion of Scissors early in the week.
They advanced to the northeast OF
scissors and captured a long line of
German trenches on hill No. 1872.
The preliminary advantages gained
by the French led them to claim a
victory, but General Won Kluck soon
turned the victory into defeat.
Pressing forward with heavy masses
of troops he hurled the French out
of the trenches. drove them from
hill No. 1872 and neighboring hills.
forced them back into the lowlands.
which had long been occupied by the
French. and finally expelled them
even from that territory.
Compelled to retreat from the
north to the south bank of the
Aisne river. the French came under
the fire of the heavy German guns
and the retreat became a massacre.
The Germans claim that 1000 bodies
were left on the field by their foe.
In the three or four days of fighting
the Germans captured more than
5000 French soldiers and IS field and
machine guns.
Coming at a time when the Eng
lish, French and Belgians had adj
vanced along the coast and captured
several towns and when the French
had made progress in Alsace. the
victory of the Germans at scissors
evened matters considerably. Any
further advance of the Germans at
this point, which is the nearest point
of the battle line to Paris, probably
would compel the French to with
draw entirely from Alsace for fear
Of being cut off. No doubt the
French are making such disposition
Of their troops as will meet any at
tempt of the Germans to advance
near Scissors.
Early in the week the Russians be-
gan a forward movement northwest
and north of Warsaw and also in
East Prussia. At the same time
the Germans countered by pressing
forward a little southwest Of War
saw and were able to capture some
Russian field Notifications. In the
last few days both the Russians and
the Germans seem to have been
checked in their several advance
movements. The operations in Buck
owina province of Austria-H Hungary
seem to have quieted down in the
last week. Ten days ago they indi-
Gated an attempt on the part of the
Russians to advance from that point
into Hungary but the signs now are
that the movement was intended as a
feint TO cover the real advance move
ment in East Prussia and northwest
of Warsaw.
We were led to remark last week
that the conflicting reports sent out
by the Russians with reference to
their victory over the Turks near
Sari Kamysh in Trans-C aucasia
might indicate that the triumph vas
far less sweeping than claimed. This
view seems to have been confirmed.
Undoubtedly the Turks were defeat
ed and driven back. but the stout
resistance which they have been able
to make along a new line of battle
shows that they have much fight
left in them and that they are still
in sufficient numbers to hold the
in check.
Last Sunday it was reported from
various sources that the British bat
tie cruiser Invincible had sunk the
German battle cruiser Won Der Tam.
The report was remarkably circum-
stantial, but was open to doubt be-
cause of the fact that the Won Der
Tam was a part of the battle fleet
retained by Germany in the Kiel
canal at the beginning of the war
and there was no authentic record
that this vessel had left a home port.
Since the report got abroad there
has been nothing to verify it and the
are that no such battle
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