South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-01-30
ADVANCING ARMY
Of CAR MEETS
WEAK RESISTANCE
Northern Column of Body In
vading East Prussia Con-
tinueS March on TiISit -
Grand Duke Hero of Hour.

PETROGRAD, Jan. 3O.-The north
ern column of the new Russian army
OF invasion in East Prussia. which is
marching on Tilsit, is meeting with
but feeble resistance from the Ger
mans. it is officially announced. Only
500 of the 5000 inhabitants of Pill
kallen remained when the Russians
entered the town. The following
statement was issued by the general
staff:
The Russian occupation OF Pillkal-
len was preceded by a days shelling
of the place, during which the gar
rison sustained heavy loss. Out Of
a population Of 5000 or 1000 only
500 women and children and Old men
remained ip PillkaIlen when the Rus
slams entered The Germans have
strong defenses nOrthward in the Ma
Zurian lake region and along the river
Angerap, but further northward to
Tilsit the Germans are comparatively
weak. The Russians are still push
ing on Tilsit from both the north and
the south The German attack on
the left flank of our southern column
completely failed"
Russians Are Strengthened.
The master feat OF Grand Duke
Nicholas. the Russian commander-in-
chief of putting a fresh army of
$50 900 troops in the field without
weakening the Russian forces that are
facing the AustrO-German armies in
Poland, Galicia and BukOwina is re-
garded here as one of the most i'm
portant developments Of the present
campaign
With Pinkina. in East Prussia, in
the hands of the Russian column on
the Gumbinnen front, the invaders
are pressing forward in the direction
Of KOenigsberg despite the strong rear
guard resistance of the Germans.
The German forces at Tilsit. in
East Prussia, are also reported to be
falling back before the Russian ad-
vance and tens of, thousands of Prus-
slams are fleeing from their homes.
In the region of BOrjimowa, in Po-
land. the attacks of Field Marshal
Won Hindenberg's troops against the
Russian center have all been repulsed
The hard pressed Germans in Poland
are reported to be suffering from a
lack of both food and ammunition
which account for the weakening Of
their assaults
Fighting i'm Carpathians.
Although the Russian forces fight
ing against the Austrians in the region
of Beskid pass in the Carpathians,
were compelled TO give some ground,
an attempt of the Austrians to shell
the Russians out Of their earthworks
on their original line has ended in
failure. Both sides in the Carpa-
thians have been laboring under
oyermastering hardships 10 haul their
artillery up the steep, snow-hlIed
mountain slopes.
Fighting i'm the region of Dukla pass
in the Carpathians is in progress with
ont decisive results. The Russians
have taken thousands of prisoners,
among them many Austrian and Ger
man officers. during the week IN that
district
Efforts of the Austrians TO press
the Russians back through Uzsok
pass. also i'm the Carpathians. have so
far ended in failure The Austrians
lost heavily in the fight there during
the past IS hours and prisoners have
reported that the German officers
were under instructions from Won
Hindenberg himself. ito take the
pass or mark il with their corpses.
Artillery duels are reported from
Bukowina where the Russians and
AustrO-German troops are in contact
over a 30-mile line
The weather over the entire Russo
AustrO- German field of operations is
extremely cold and snow storms are
raging in the mountains. Hundreds
Of soldiers, as we'll as artillery horses
and sumpter mules, have been frozen
to death.