The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-01-07
RUSSIAN VICTORY
| OVER TURK ARMY
SAID T0bE COMPLETE
Interest In War Centers In
Stubborn Fighting Be-
tween French and
Germans In West

London, January 0.-1Os4O y. na.)
Apart from the Russian victory over
the Turks In TranA-Caucasia. which Ii
described In a dispatch to the Russian
embassy from Petrograd as 'complete,"
interest in the war centers In the stub
born fight the French and Germans are
carrying ON for the roads to Cernay
and Muelhausen In upper Alsace.
The battle In that region, raging for a
week. is described In Berlin dispatch
as the most violent OF the war The Ger
mans regained ono trench they had lost.
but on the whole the French reports ap-
pear to show that the forces of France
maintain their advantage, for every inch
Of which they had to fight, often with the
bay onet.
Along the rest Of the western front tho
tide of battle continues to ebb and flow.
On either side of Rheims. according to
reports, the French daily push their lines
few yards forward. while in the Ar
gonne, where more hard fighting is going
on. first the Germans and then the French
report the capture of the other entrench-
ments.
Another region where the French SEEM
ingly keep nibbling away at the German
linee il In the Woevre. where gains they
reported last night and again today must
have gone a long way toward rendering
the Germans' long occupation of St.
Mihiel, on the Muse. less comfortable.
Have Another Army
The Russians. with all their other fronts
to cover. have found another army with
which to take the offensive against tie
German position at Mlawa. on the East
Prussian frontier, and tonight report the
capture OF a village on the road to that
town.
The Germans still are hammering at
the Russian line drawn directly across the
roads to Warsaw from the west, but 1t
Is reported with less force behind them.
In West Galicia, however, where they
have reinforced the Austrians. they have
held up the Russian advance near Cor
| lice
In southern Poland rain has stopped the
hgh ting. Neither side is able to move there
owing to the high water and the mud
The Russians continue to drive the Aus
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of the Carpathians and out Of Bukowina.
and simultaneously are dealing in detail
with the remnants of the Turkish armies
Lin Trans Caucasia, which are reported
either to have been routed or surrounded.
Turkeys Dash Fails
The Turkish dash into this distant prov
| ince OF Russia Is described by military
men here as having been an unwise ma
neuver. Military operations in that part
| of the world would be difficult in this
season at any time. they say. but in q
particularly severe winter there was lit
tie chance of the poorly equipped Turk
| ish troops succeeding In their efforts.
Altogether the Russians. engaged the
Turks in 10 pitched battles, in many cases
while knee deep in snow and at an alti-
| tudc of from COCO to 10000 feet
IL the realm OF international politics the
| next move by Roumania IL awaited with
| interest. while the arrest of Cardinal
Mercier, primate OF Belgium. is attract
ing worldwide attention.
Great Battle In East
| Berlin, January 6.--(By Wireless to
! London. 7:05 p. m.)--Milttary officials
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