Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-04-22
GREATEST BATTLE
OF WAR GOING ON
IN CARPATH|ANS
$780, 900 Men Struggling For
Possession of Passes Which
Are Gateway to Hungary
Mud flinders Attack.
SAY LOSSES ARE ENORMOUS
Claim Austria Is Getting Ready
to Attack Italy If That Ma
ton Decides to Join
In Strife.

From such scattering reports as ar.
permitted from the eastern 'front.' it i,
becoming gradually apparent that the
greatest battle of the war-aI least SC
far as concerns the number of men en-
gaged-is being fought in the Carpath-
ians along the 115-mile front from
Bartfield, in northern Hungary to Stry
eastern Galacia. This line roughly
parallels the boundary between Hun
gary and Galicja running through 8
difficult mountain region through
which the Russiahs hope to break q
way into the heart of Hungary.
German war correspondents call this
battle the greatest in the history of the
world. and IT is estimated that 100000
men are taking part. According to the
German reports. the Russian advance,
which d week ago seemed to be threat
enins the integrity of Hungary, now
has been checked definitely. 1t is said
that the Russian losses in killed,
wounded, sick and prisoners, are 500
900.
Held BY Mud.
Russian reporls throw little light on
the situation. The official statements
of late have mentioned detached en-
| III Niil't ciji Y ~
cesSes have been claimed. Newspaper
dispatches from i~oetrograd are SINH
larly restricted. 1t appears probable,
however. that the Russians have sus-
tanned at least a temporary check. This
is indicated by the statement in the
latest official Pctrograd report con
corning the bad effect of the roads,
which binders military operations. A
Paris dispatch from Rome avs the he
lief is general in the italian capital that
Austria Will attack Italy, should that
~county's determination TO enter the war
become evident. Ii is understood that
this possibility is viewed complacently
on account of the strong concentration
{. Italian troops along the border.
England is expecting another raid by
German airships following three at
tacSs in rapid succession. The German
aerial attack Yesterday on Amiens,
France. resulted in the killing Of seven
persons and the wounding of eight.
London. April 1.-THE allies on one
side apd Germany on the other are to
day taking Inventories of the injuries
inflicted by the recent aerial operations
and with the usual contradictory re
suits. The attackers claim that their
assaults from the air have resulted in
the destruction of military transport
and equipment. While the defenders re
port that the only tangible effects of
these operations have been casualties
to civilians and slight damage to prop
erty. The people OF England, under the
Influence of their recent eXpelttnces,
are today looking Tor a repetition of an
aerial attack from German Zeppelins.
or Tauhe machines. Up to noon no
fresh occurrences had been reported.
With news of the resumption of ac-
tiNi1y by the allied fleet off the Darda-
nelleS. comes a report that the Grecian
press is giving the Impression of a mod
ifcation OF the present policy of Greece.
The British colonial officials hav is
sued an official report claiming victory
for an invading British ndian force
over the Turks in Mesopotamia. On the
western front signs are showing that
the erman may anticipate the long
predicted general allied offensive. but
actual operations seem to have lapsed
into the status OF m:dwinter quiet.
London. April 17.-Probably the
greatest interest attaches to the spec
tac,llar flights of Gernan airmen over
portions of County Kent, Eng. and the
city of Amiens. France. and a bomb
dropping raid by allied aviators or
that little material damage and only
slight causalties resulted from the at
tack on several Kentish towns and
villages. Ten persons are reported 20
have been killed or wounded by bombs
dropped from a German Taube in the
vicinity of the cathedral in Amiens.
Two civilians We're killed and one
person injured in Rottwen, Wurtem-
berg. by the explosion of missiles from
q French biplane which attempted to
destroy the powder magazine. while
other allied aviators threw bombs on
! Leo%poldhoehe and Maizeres Les Metz.
10 miles north OF the German fortress
of Metz.
Blew Up Powder Magazine.
Ten bombs. according to Paris,
found their target in Leopoldhoche,
work shops of a railway station, and
40 fell on the electric station of Maiv-
ieres Les Metz. Six struck the powder
a huge red flame shot up surrounded
by dense smoke. The army commander
of Stuttgart. however. declares that
aside from the fatalities, the damage
done at Hottwell was slight.
England believes that the three air
raids made along the coast in three
days are only "Reminiscences and that
an attack in force by Zepperlins and
aeroplanes may be anticipated. Where
fore anti-aircraft gun have been
loaded and all preparations made TO
warn the people of the coming of the
Germans and give them, if possible,
a warm greeting.
The official German statement of to-
day, evidently referring to yesterdays
raid over England by a German aero
plane, says shells were dropped on
Greenwich, in the Metropolitan district
of London. Dispatches from London
Yesterday said the aeroplane ap-
preached no nearer than 80 miles from
the city. Unofficial advices from Ber-
lin are that considerable damage was
done by the Zeppelins which raided
England twice this week, and that Of
ficers and men on British patrol boats
We're killed or wounded.
The French ministry of marine an
nounceS further naval operations
against the Turkish forces which pro-
ceeded against Egypt. 1t is said a
French battleship shelled a Turkish
position near the Egyptian city of Ell
Arish. which is close to the border of
Palestine.
There were no important engage
ments in France yesterday and in the
east operations are being delayed by
the spring thaW.