The Sentinel=record., 1915-01-06
ANNIHILATE TURKISH ARMY
Also Defeat and Pursue Austrians In
Carpathians, Advance Steadily on
Cracow and Hold Germans at Stand.
5tilt in Poland.

London Jan 80 p. m-Two of
the three Turkish columns which last
We'H invaded the Russian Caucasus
have met with disaster and the troops
not killed or captured are in disorder
ly retreat pursued by the Russians.
The column which took Ardahan two
days ago has been driven out of that
town according to the Petrograd Off
cial dispatches, and is Almost sur
rounded by the Russians, who hold the
ma roads
Another column which crossed ne
frontier near Sarikamysh on the road
to kars, has suffered even a worse
defeat one of the two army corps
which composed it being captured in
its entirety.
Tie Russians also report another
victory over the Austrians in the
Uzsok pass OF the Carpathians. EN-
peror Francis Josephs army in this
region is declared to be in full retreat
IN mountain pass deep in snow
While violent snowstorm RACES and
the Russian cavalry is attacking on
the flank and rear
by forcing this pass. the Russian.
gained control OF some of the most
valuable oil fields in the Austrian en-
pire and thus shut off another of the
sources Of fuel supplies which the
AusuoIferman army are said 10 need
so much. This, however. has olly
been part OF the Russian tasks. While
forcing back the Turks and Aus.
trians the Russian troops are holding
the line of the Mazurian lakes in East
Prussia; are fighting strenuously to
Withstand the German offensive in
North Poland; are advancing toward
Eracow and have crossed BukoWina
WHICH is now virtually in their pos
session.
I'm North Poland. where Russians
are confronted with the most serious
task, The weather is proving a useful
ally. The Germans. according to
their own accounts. are making only
SLOW progress with their offensive op.
erations while the Russians an ulof
tjCial dispatch received from Berlin
hy way Of Copenhagen, says are ad-
Nancing toward lCracow and southern
Silesia.
Military men look for bigger events
between the lower Vistula and the
East Prussian frontier. The Russians
are in possession OF the greater part
OF the intervening territory, and I'M
less engaged when the river freezes,
would fall on the German flanks to
the south Of the river. 1t is believed
here therefore, that the Germans are
planning a movement from Thorn and
East Prussia, in an effort to prevent
this action and as the fighting would
take place in the open, it would afford
a contrast to the trench warfare
which prevails along the rest Of the
front
Except at the two extreme wings on
the Belgian coast and il upper Al
SAGE where the Austrans have
gained some ground, the fighting on
the western front has been done by
sappers, miners, aai artillery From
the coast to the Swiss border the
troops ellnef nave OeeN engaged IL
Smelling the opposite trenches or try
ing to sap and mine them Only at
isolated points has the infantry been
given its opportunity. A few hundred
yards have been gained by the allies
among The dunes of Flanders, despite
the unfavorable weather.
Great interest attaches to the op-
elatiols OF tire trench in upper Al
SAGE. The capture OF Steiubach was
accomplished after almost superhu-
man efforts, as the Germans had
strongly entrenched themselves. Now
the French are attempting to for q
their way through to Gernay (Senn.
he.m). the possession of which would
open the door to Muelhausen, which
the French occupied for a short time
at the beginning of the war
One Of the lessons the war has
tau Int Russia is that the port Of
Archangel, the only large seaport on
the north coast Of the Russian EN-
pire and the mosl northerly point in
the railway system OF Europe. can be
kept open. IL not all winter at least