Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-27
GERMANS EXPECTED
TO STRIKE IN WEST
Motor Cars Filled With Soldiers
Hurrying Through
Belgium.
ALLIES READY FOR ATTACK
Display No Uneasiness, and Be-
lieve They Can Repel Any
New Assault.
ALLIES READY FOR ATTACl

LONDON, February 2s G0:50 p. NJ.
Continued progress which the French
claim to be making in the Champagne
district nnd the pressure which the al
lies. withou: attempting any great Of
fensive. are declared to be bringing TO
bear on the German line in the west,
have. aCcc rGinE TO news received from
Holland, induced the Germans to make
another cfcrt in the west before the
allied forces reach their maximum
strength.
BY day and by night. Dutch news
papers say. big motor, cars loaded with
German soldiers are hurrying through
Belgium TO the west, and troops sent
to Norther. Belgium are going back
TO the -renches. The fact that some
of the troops now passing through
Belgium come from the eastern from
tier. suggests to military observers
that the Germans have decided they
can hold the Russians while the Ger
mans are carrying out their new ofren-
sive in the west.
The silence OF the German general
staff. which to-day simply said there
had been no change on either front is
taken In London as confirmation that
some big move is under way. 1t is
declared the allies are displaying no
uneasiness. They believe the softness
OF the ground must hamper the Ger
mans. and believe that, although all
the new troops of the allies are not
ready. they can repel any new attack.
POSITIONS OF ALLIES
IN WEST IMPROVED
During the last couple OF days the
British have improved their positions
in the region of La Bassee, while the
French report further progress In the
vicinity of Perthes and in the Argonne,
ana repeated destruction by their ar
tiliery OF German guns and trenches.
In 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 III Bukowina.
Petrograd dispatches, however, claim
mat the Russians are more than hold
ing their own in North and Central
Poland, and that In the Carpathians
! 'heE are making such steady advance
that. not only the Hungarian. but the
Austrian armies fighting In Bulxowina
are threatened
No further news has reached London
OF the bombardment of the Dardanelles
forts by the allied feet. but it is be-
, iieved here the warships will continue
their attacks until the strait Is forced.
The outer fortifications having been
destroyed, the entrance to the water
way is being cleared OF mines, pre-
paratory to an attack on the inner
forts. One. effort of the preliminary
success OF the allies in the Dardanelles
was drop In the price OF wheat. which
went down several points on the Liver
pool exchange.
UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA
FORCES ON OFFENSIVE
y serious invasion OF German South
west Africa by the Union OF South
Africa forces is now under way
Troops which landed in Walfsh and
l.uderitz Bay are advancing along the
railways from those ports to the main
line. which runs north and south
through virtually the whole length Of
the colony, while another force is con-
centrating in Northern Cape Colony to
advance from the south.
General Botha is leading the forces
which advanced from Walflsh Bay, and
is directing their operations In a
speech to his troops, General Rotha
said the campaign would continue
| until the German colony was con-
auered. and he assured them also that
the rebellion in the Union was being
quelled. He said his troops would be
joined by strong rcinforcements. which
would make their success certain.