The Elbert County tribune., 1915-01-01
RUSSIANS DECLARE ENEMY RE
PEELED FROM 6iALA RIVER
TO pUkLA PASS.
BOMBARD FRENCH LINES
PROGRESS REPORTED IN WEST
ERN GALicIA IN SPITE OF
THE MUDDY ROADS.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

London, Dec. 30.-British point to
the admission in the Austrian official
announcements that Russia is once
more master OF the passes in the Car
pathian mountains and that the troops
along the entire Austrian front, from
the Biala river to a point northeast OF
the Dukla pass, seem to be falling
back
This means the withdrawal of virtu-
ally all the forces which swept across
the mountains to form the extreme
right in the con,.erted Austro-German
attack on the Russian armies, and 1t
marks another surprising reversal OF
form on the part of the Austrian sol
diers, whose battle fortunes since the
outbreak OF hostilities have been con-
spicuously erratic.
The following statement, received
from the Russian general headquar'
ters, was issued last evening:
"Tody, between the lower Vistula
and the Pilica, only fighting OF small
importance took place. The Germans
left their trenches on the right bank
of the Bzura near the village of Mistr-
zevice and fell back on the left bank
of the Bzura.
"On the river Rawka our heavy ar
tillery is fighting efficaciously large
number of German batteries of heavy
guns
'In the region of Bolimovo our at
tacks have alternated with those OF
the Germans.
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trench near the village of Sumino,
which they had taken from us prevf'
ously. by counter attack in which
we captured machine guns and prison
ers
"On the center between the Pilica
and the upper vistula only cannonad-
ing was heard. We made progress on
the two wings.
During an attack on n German re-
doubt to the south of Inowlodz we cap
tured three machine guns.
"Our troops met with success while
crossing the lower Nida in the taking
by storm of the villages of Starokorc-
zin and Senislavice, which were well
fortified During the fighting we cap
tured 40 Austrian officers and over
/. 200 soldiers, and three machine guns
I'm western Galicia we have made
progress in spite of the almost impass-
able condition of the country due to
mud.
1--WE have driven the enemy from
the front of k-Sorlice-Jasliska,
taking guns and large number of
machine guns.
During the first half of December
(old style calendar) we captured 50,-
600 Austriens."
The French official statement on the
progress of the war refers to compara-
lively minor French successes and
mentions violent bombardment of GER
tain French positions by German ar
tillery. The French have occupied a
village in Belgium; they have gained
ground in the Argonne and they are
investing Steinbach in upper Alsace.
News OF Importance is likely to
come from the Vosges district at any
time, since the French have assem-
bled strong forces all along the line
of Belfort Epinal Toul Nancy. They
still hold all the Vosges passes and
appear to be developing new activity
along an extended line against Alsace
and Sundgau.
THE German government will per
NIT private traffic on the Belgian rail
ways from January"
Petrograd, Dec. 29,J-Russian forces.
according to advices received Monday
from Galicia, succeeded in crossing
the Biala river and in taking posses
sion of a twenty-mile strip of territory
south of Tuchow, thereby separating
the two Austrian armies. The two
forces of Gen. Boehm-Ermolli, the
Austrian commander, are claimed by
the Russians to be retreating precipi-
lately and the western Austrian army
is said to be badly crippled.
This crushing defeat of the Austrian
armies was accomplished after re-
treat which relieved the siege of Cra-
COW.
The premature appearance of Gen.
eral Boehm-Ermolli's army to the
south of Przemysl, however, put the
Russians on their guard and the Rus
SLAMS concentrated along the Biala
river, moved down and attacked the
Austrians at Tuchow. fifteen miles
south of Tarnow. where they were
successful IN preventing junction OF
the Austrian armies.
London, Dec. ss.-Two violent at
tacks, following an all-night lombard
ment of La Boisselle and adjacent
trenches, were repulsed Sunday after