Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-30
Tells OF Successes AIonq
Virtually Whole Front
in the East.
NEAR WARSAW FORTS
East Prussia Is Menaced by a
New Russ Offensive, Says
Petrograd Official.

London. Jan. 70.-Sweeping claims
Of suecesses along virtually the entire
eastern front. except in the extreme
north. are made in an Official report
from the Austrian va Office II as
serted that In Poland. on the Warsaw
front. IN Gaiicia. Bukovina and north
era hungary the Austro-German allies
are baftering down Russian resistance.
HsarEard communicatiOns of the Rus
SLAMS iu Gaiicia are threatened. the
report says. b. Austrians. while Rus
sian forces which Invaded Bukowina
end northern Hungary have been un-
auccessfui. and In Poland trenches OF
the Austro-Germaus are approaching
Warsaw frouts-
so mention s. made. OF east Prussia.
which. according TO PetrDgrad. is ne
rtced By q new Russian offensive.
Petrorrud says the Turks have been
defeated and put 10 fieht near Tabriz.
bgf makes no mention OF rcoccupatiOn
Of that city by Russians. London and
Paris dispatches state the Russians
have reoccupied Tabriz
Germans captured 7f5 French sol
d.ers and n machine guns in the west
eru part % ArEonnc forest yesterday.
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Of these. n were oucers The Ger
mans captured also f0 smaller guns.
The encay'r lorses were heavy. There .
rere about 500 dead icft en- the held. .
one French infantry regiment seems I
20 have been aunihilated- The Ger 4,
mar losses are comparatively slight 4
iu fshtinE north of NicuDort. Jan .. 4
Frcuch losses were heavy. More than I
NH~araaHaH.ar
f-uud dead fu fle sand dane. \ Rus- 4
sian night attack near Borlimow vas T
rapulscd with vcTy heavy losses to the
enemy. the statement added.
Generally speaking yesterday passed .
quietly. according 20 the French war
ofce Near Labas1ee. the British
asmy drove back an attack by three
German battaIious- the Cermaus IN
tlis c1sc suffering heavy Losses
Asropianea Fail 20 s-surn.
Loadou. Jan. 5O-Of seven English
ae-cpIaues which bombarded Ostend
sad ZebruEse three failed 90 return.
arccrdiug 20 a wireless from Berlin.
BE- stated these three were EurTound-
90 by German craft and chased into
trf sea-
Editors Sote-The foregoing dis
raid on Belgian coast towns. The last
British raid reported in that section
occurred in the direction of ZcbruEge.
Jan. 2zJ
The General Federation OF Trades
Unions 90 London has issued mani
festo regarding the high price OF food
and recommended that the British
government take over all wheat sup ,
plies as mas been done b. Germany.
Mere Bombs on DUnkirk-
Dunkirk. France. Jan 50-BOmbard- g;
meut from the air by Germans Thurs Z
day night came from six aeropianes- /
Fifty bombs were thrown and 10 were ,
inceudiary- \ number OF private I
houses were damaged. but the raid I
from military point OF view was ,
failure =
Emperor Under Fire. 1
Berlin. Jan. 3O.-A correspondence {
agency in this city says Emperor VIII I
liam stood for a long while in heavy
Ere az the battle OF Scissors 1
italians Called 70 CoIors- 5
4 royal decree has been issued in a
Rome calling TO the colOrs Italian SOL O
dlers Of the first category. born in c
isSS. belonging to the field artillery.
and also 20 Alpine troops and soldiers r
of the third category. born in 1851 4
1892. 1898 and 1Ssf. belonging TO the II
sipins troops.
Teutors Lose In Aisshkert-
Petrograd. Jan 3O.-Oficiai: In
he valley Of Alashkert- after a stub
BORN battle. we captured the enemy's
'olors and guns and supplies The
.nsmy retired toward Tabriz. aban-
ioninE on the battlefield many hun u
IraI. of tfffa1