Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-02-14
GERMANY : ASSUMES THE
DEFENSIVE
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chantment to visit prescribed water
after February -.
AS far as East Prussian situation
is concerned, Russian official report
indicates that the Russians having
evacuated q greater part Of the Ger
man province, are taking a stand on
or near the frontier whether for a
pitched battle or to delay German ad-
vance it will take a few days to tell,
Success of Germans in East Prussia
emphasizes, according to the view
held in Berlin, the quiet STACEY of
Field Marshal Won Hindenburg which
designed to strike the enemy when
and where the blow was least expect
ed. Military critics view this success
as presaging further victories which
will have an important effect on the
final result. After the Russian
strength On the Warsaw front proved
too great, a thanking movement be-
came necessary, and Hindenburg de-
cided to choose the left wing owing to
better equipment in East Prussia with
railways and because colder weather
offered better prospects of successful
operations, the snow being no hind
rance. a@ III !,,s;
Fierce Fighting.
Throughout Poland, where fierce
fighting has taken place, during the
last week, battles do not consist of
artillery engagements while in the
C%arpathians fighting of o or less
severity continues. Germans are re-
ported to be making repeated terrific
attacks in an effort to capture the
Heights of Koziuwka, in Tukholka
Pass, which they won and lost twice
since last Sunday. . .s-'i 81
Apparently Hopeful. r., -
They are ~entrenched within forty
PAGES of the Russian positions and
despite heavy losses, APPARENTLY, are
hopeful of capturing them In view
Of British experts the air raid on Bel
GUM proves the British air.men SUI
perior to Germans, and that they have
a. great advantage in the possession
Of base on continent as we'll as Eng
land, for while the British, if unable
to return, a land in France, and
Germans mlstt take a, round trip
across the sea. It was announced
that leaders of the South, African re.
bellion will be tried for treason, and
in addition to other punishment; may
be sued for looting and damage done.
II means they will lose all their prop.
erty. |'
"A force of 200 hundred Turks, and
Arabs, under German officers, who
were preparing to attack the British
station of Torx at the entrance of
the gulf Of Suez, attacked and either
Killed Or was taken prisoners yester-
day by British force according to Off
cfal report from Cairo. One hundred
soldiers were taken prisoners and 9th.
ers are believed tc be killed.
>dt was officially stated. that German
Eas* Africa now is completely cleared
Of the enemy. The German troops
have entered Uganda, in British East
Africa.
K May Reach Brussels.
Repeated attempts were made late
~ by BritishJFrench alr.men to reach
Brussels. Thursday the English. aer-
oplane approached, Brussels, prresum-
ably, to lombard the German camp.
German aeroplane assembled and a
fierce fight ensued ending in victory
for the Germans. The British machine
crashed to the ground and its two &C.
cupants were killed.
Deli ,ers U%Itimatum.
The Chinese government delivered
to, a Japanese legation here a written
reply to demands recently made by
Japan on China. The contents were
not divulged.
President Poincare, Minister of War
Millerand, who is on an inspection
tour of the western battlefront, was
received enthusiastically by the peo-
pie of Alsace ':oday. Tears. of joy
streamed down the faces of older in
habitants while younger persons,
dressed in the national Alsatian CO.'S
tunes, presented hand made gifts to
the French chief executive.
Violent Snow Storm.
A violent snow storm at certain
points in Northern France battlefront
is h%indcring even the artillery work,
os ;ndioofod in fOnipht'S official state.