The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-04-14
FRENCH ARE ACTIVE
ATTACK GERMANS BETWEEN TIE
HEUsE and HOSELLE
STRUGGLE ARE FURIOUS
Rattles IN the Carpathians Continue
yisorously-Italy Continues Pre-
narutions for War-Greek King
Counsels Prudence, Saying Prepar-
atoms are Made Without Abandon
uoent of Neutrality.

ations are Made Without Abandon
naent Of Neutrality.
Fridays war summary follows
"On both the western ana easter,
fronts battles are in progress Whlci
nav effect vitally the fnture coufss
Of the war.
ain France between the Meuse ane
eha Moselle the allies are attemDtlns
to force back the German Weose
paris claims 8 large amount O
yronnd has been won, but Berhn con
Sradicts this. The loss Of HE prop
abIy ts heavier than that in any othe'
anSagement in the west since the oae
tie Of scissors. 49,,
.aThe furious struggle along the
Carpathian front continues. partieu!ai
importance attaching to the tgnt1ns
In the Beskids, over which the Rus
sians are attempting to force theii
vay. TO the plains Of Hungary. Al
thonsh Petrograd says the Austrian
amy has been cut In two ano tne
Russians now have . clear ROAD &c
Enngary. Vienna insists that enec'
live resistance Is being onered.
aItaly continues rapidly her m.h-
t,rv preparations, but no decision
has been reached whether sne VIZ
participate in the war. It IS report
ed from Geneva that Italy IS VIII.
drawing railroad equipment from 1ne
Swiss frontier FOR the movement ol
troops to the territory adjoining tne
Austrian Tyrol. The border fort,
ressas have been garrisoneo ano
equipped. c,oo.o &c
ouoted as saying his country is IN q
position similar to Italy, having maoe
military preparations without aoan-
6onins neutrality. The king expresses
confidence that Greeks all over tne
worla would fight enthus1astica!ly
should war be decided upon, ous
counsels a policy Of prudence.
aFu,ther negotiations between bui-
-raria and the triple entente powers
NAV he initiated for the purpose OF
ascertaining the intentions OF Buiga-
Ma A Rome dispatch says the pro-
Rnssiau party in Bulgaria, faVorans
the country's participation in the war
on the side OF the allies, is seeking 70
bling about an understanding.
Topdon reports Friday: Ihe
Erench offensive between the Aeuse
and tie Lorraine frontier Is oeSeiop
ing, while the Germans are maAin
fierce counter attacks.
An analysis Of the situation py
the French general stan SHOWS tne
Frencn movement OF the last fe"
dsys has been on three sectors: tne
Hfst is on e front OF II miles east OF
verdun. the actual line running
southwest from point near Etaln'
fha second on a front between 81.
Mihiel and Pont-a-Mousson where the
French are attacking from the soutn
and the third is in the north IN the
vicinity of Gussainvine where tne
Ersnch now dominate the valley OF
the orne and are threatening tne
railroad beyond the orne-
The French advance thus Is being
pressed from three bases IN three ol1-
serent directions. Paris oMclaI re-
ports say French forces on 1ronts
many miles long have occupied new
gronnd measuring from several nun
5red Yards to two miles deep. Tnat
the German resistance to these ao-
yancss has been stubborn is striking
" indicated, by the French report
that the Germans on one point OF the
attaex left 900 dead on the teld:
- From the diplomatic standpoint IN
terest again is centering IN GTeece.
Former Premier Venizelos, apparent
~ despairing of obtaining King Con-
staintine's support in his efort 70
secure retraction OF the repuoiatlon
OF his policy by the present caDinet'
has decided to retire from pohtics
and may leave the country.
vienna reports: obstinate ngnt,
ing I'm the sector of the East Besks9
mountains (along the boundary BE-
tween Hungary and Gaicia), wnlcn
has losted for several weeks, reacneo
its climax at Easter. Continual Rus
sian attacks, especially on ootn saces
Of the Laborcza valley, where tne
aneny Was reinforced by q majority
oe the troops which had besiegeo
Przamysl, were repulsed with enor'
mons losses to the enemy. counter
attacking, German and Austrian
troops captured on the heights to the
vest and east Of the valley several
strong Russian positions.
"Though the fighting at this point
has not vet terminated, our success
IN the Easter battle, in which some
10000 unwounded prisoners were
captured, is indisputable.
'.In some parts Of the wooded DIS
+r{cts east Of the Labordcza valley Sc
we're fghting is progressing.
.'In southeast Galicia there have
bean artillery combats at some
places. y,
"In west Gaicia and Russian 70
land it is comparatively quiet.