The Sentinel=record., 1915-02-11
The Fighting Was as Desperate and Sanguinary as That Which Oc-
 cured Before Warsaw.
Germans Had Their Best Troops in the Battle Line and Were Backed by Heavy Artillery
 Fighting Was Hand to Hand Order

London Feb. 10.--lO:40 ,. m.. Un- der mid winter conditions the Rus sian and Austro-German armies are fighting another series of battles for possession of the Carpathian passes which will decide whether the Rus sian troops vii commence another invasion of Hungary or be compelled to evacuate part of Galicia, as they have done Bul1owina.
 The Russians have issued two off cial reports of the operations. ac- oording to which they have thus far had all the better of the fght.n1. Their right wing, at any rate, has sue ceeded in crossing the mountains, for it has been engaged in battle near Bartfeld and Syidnik, which are on the Hungarian side of the Carpa- thians and on the edge of the plains which sweep down to Budapest.
 This army. too. threatens the rear of the AustrO-Germans. who having entered Lupkow pass to the east, have suffered severe losses in a bat tie with another Russian force which was waiting for taem there The hardest fighting, however. has o. cured on the GaliCian side of Tux holka pass where on Sunday the AustrOEermans captured the heights in the region of KisiouWka, only 10 be driven from them after a hayonet flight. which the Russian report dp. scribes as being without precedent in history
 This battle is said by correspond ents to have been terrific The Ger mans brought up their best reinforce ments to aid the Austrian army and themselves led the attack. Backed by heavy artillery, they assaulted the Russian position on the heights of KosiouWlla, but found themselves under an enfilading fire from the Russians on parallel hills and were cut off from the main German col umn. They were then attacked by the Russian infantry who drove them back at the point of the bayonet
 Attack followed counter-attack until the Russians had regained their oln positions, leaving the opes, accord ing to their report, filtered with bodies of dead Germans
 The fighting here seems to have been as desperate and sanguinary as that which has occurred before the Warsaw lines during the last week and so far as can be judged by off cial reports, has been just as m uc- cessful for the Germans The latter have now assumed the offensive on the southern border of East Prussia and as result another important battle is developing in that region. Of the battle in the northern part of East Prussia neither official com munication speaks.
 At the other extreme end of the line in BulaowiIa the Russians are falling back before superior Austrian forces. but stil' hold the greater rart of that province.
 From Rome comes the report that the Russians have reached Wlo'la- wek. on the lower Vistula, B miles southeast of Thorn. If this Is correct it suggests that the Russians, who were last reported at Sierpec, have made a move which may enable them to interfere with the transfer of troops from Poland to East Prussia as Wloclawek is on the railway from InWieZ to Thorn.
 There has been little or no fighting in Flanders. France or Alsace, a. though the artillery and airmen con tinne active. It is believed that the Germans are preparing for another