Albuquerque morning journal., 1915-02-27
.GE RMAN ATTACK
IS EXPECTED IN
WEST AREA SOON
Continuous Progress of French
Forces and Pressure Ex-
erted by English Troops
PreSageS Counter-offe


London. Feb. &c (10:50 y. m.)-The
continuous progress which the French
are said to be making in the Cham
pagne district and the pressure which
the allies without attempting any
great offensive are declared to be
bringing to bear on the German line
In the west have, according to news
received from Holland, induced the
Germans to make another effort in
the west before the allied forces reach
their maximum strength.
BY day and by night. say the Dutch
newspapers, big motor cars loaded
with German soldiers are hurrying
through Belgium to the western
fronts and the troops which had been
sent TO northern Belgium are going
back to the trenches. The fact that
some of the troops now passing
through Belgium come from the east
ern front suggests to the military OBJ
servers that the Austrians have decid-
ed that they are able to hold the Rus
slams in their present position while
the Germans are carrying out their
new offensive in the west.
German Silence Significant.
The silence Of the German general
staff, which today simply said that
there had been no change OF each
front, Is taken in London as conflr-
nation that some big move such as
that suggested is under way. 1t is
declared that the allies are displaying
no uneasiness They believe that the
softness of the ground must prove u
great disadvantage TO the Germans
and although all the new troops of the
allies are not ready yet, that they will
be able TO repel any new attack.
During the last couple days the
British have slightly improved their
positions iD the region of La Bassee,
while the French feport further prog
ress by their troops in the vicinity of
Perthes and in the ArgOnne and re-
peated successes by their artillery in
destroying German guns and trenches
Battle Undecided In East.
Ia the east a big battle along the
Russian fortress line which follows
rivers almost the whole way from the
Baltic to the Carpathians Is still un-
decided The same is true also of the
battles in the Carpathians and in Bu-
kowina, Petrograd dispatches, how
ever, claim that the Russians are
more than holding their own in north
and central Poland and that in the
Carpathians they are making such a
steady advance that not only the Hun
garan hut the Austrian armies fight
ing in I}ukowna are threatened,
No further news has reached Lon
don Of the hombardment Of the Dar-
danelles forts by the allied fleet, but
It is believed here that the warships
will now continue their attacks until
the straits are forced. Having de-
stroyed the outer Notifications the
entrance to the waterway is being
cleared of mines, preparatory to an
attack on the inner forts. One effect
Of the preliminary success of the al
lies in the Dardanelles was the drop
ping today of the price of wheat,
which went down several points on
! the Liverpool exchange.
German South Africa Invaded.
A serious invasion Of German
/ southwest Africa by the Union of
South Africa forces is now under way.
The troops which landed in Wal
/ fisch and Luderitz bay are advancing
I along the railways from those ports
( to the main line which runs north and
south through practically the whole
j length of the colony, while another
| force is concentrating in northern
Cape Colony to, advance from the
4 south.
General Botha himself is leading
the forces which advanced from Wal
fisch bay and is directing their opera
tons. In a speech to his troops Gem
eral Botha said the campaign would
continue until the German colony was
conquered, and he assured them also
that the rebellion in the union was
being quelled He said his troops
would be joined by strong reinforce
ments which would make their sue
cess certain.
No further losses as a result of the
German submarine and mine block
ade have been reported.