New Britain herald., 1915-02-16
TWO POLISH TOWNS a
 FALL BEFORE ATTACKS OF GERMAN FORCES
Flock and BIe'sk Lost by Rus. S
 slaas- --kaiStI's Troops Advance ip East Prussia. X &t
ALBANIAN INVADERS DRIVEN
 ACROSS SERBIAN FRONTIER

Italian Patriot, Riccioti Gariballi
 Predicts Italy Will Mobilize Her Ar
 my Within Fortnight-Cl Claims There Will Be Revolution Unless ..ssss Italian Government Decides to Par sticipate in the War.
 k-a !, German forces have captured the N Important Polish town of Flock, the Es BerlingWar office announced today. PIpcHdies on the sNistula northwest of " lrsaW, and the Russians pushed their advance far beyond it in their &ssmovement against the West Prussian &sborder, which apparently has now | h4en ended Not only Flock but the !HEfbWn of Bielsk is stN to have been lost Hsby the Russians. In East Prussia, the Rerlin communication states, the ad- k XHnce of the German forces continues Ses44fe Russians having been :. pursued Ky kFoss the border. Fit is expected in London that to- sNa8 ght or tomorrow England will pro-
 
 x from Germany, in retaliation of Ger sSsmany's declaration that the waters surrounding the British Isles sconst1- N tuted war zone.
 sFE Merchantmen Run Risk.
 A note from the German fchancel- efbr, as transrnitted to the Rotterdam sssGhamber of amerce. says that etsSSs..In most cases Herman submarines EWill be unable to distinguish between Eheutral and British vessels encoun- ixEered in the war zone,1 and that all z H1erchantmen, therefore, run the risk Gsspf destruction. Tn Berlin an official < Statement was issued suggesting that & British submarines might purpose1y sink neutral vessels in order to pre- z scfpitate a conflict between Germany and neutral nations French, newspa- l, pefs commend the attitude of the { sTJ6ited States, which is said to be { the first step toward 'the inevitable pAN icipation of neutrals in the great ' AhVknts which are dividing the wor1d.'' The departure of the Greek minis ter from Turkey is not regarded in gSB erlin as implying a rupture of sdiplo- nAtic relations. It is thought that ] 1.-the minister, for personal reasons, 2 asked to be relieved.
 AIbanians Driven Back. sss eThe Albanian force which invaded Serbia has been driven across the bor- der, says a Nish despatch. The raid is believed to have been melted by Moha edans preaching a holy war. , It is reported from Milan that Italy thas asked Vienna and Berlin for as surances that Austria will not make an attack on Rumania, whose nili- tary preparations have been inter- Il. In the war.
 German Official Report
 Berlin, Feb. 16, by wireless telegra- phy to Sayville, N. Y.-The German s staff today gave out a report on the progress of the war, reading as fol- lows:
 Western theater of the war. The attacks of the enemy upon the trench es taken by German troops from the English near St. Eloy were yesterday repulsed; otherwise there have been no important developm ents in the west.
 Germans Take 1 1000 Prisoners Eastern theater of the war: The fighting and the pursuits on and be- yond the East Prussian frontier are proceeding very favorably. In Po- land north of the Vistula German troops have occupied Bielsk and Flock after short engagem ent. About 1,000 prisoners were taken. < South of the Vistula there have been no important developm ents.
 Foreign newspapers are publishing the most absurd rumors concerning immense German losses in the fight ing to the east of Bolomow Russian Poland, which began in February. It can be said that the German losses in tion to the successes attained"
 Predicts Italian Mobiliza ton.
 London, Feb. 16, 4:36 D. m.--The prophecy that Italy would mobilize her army within fortnight was made here today by Riccioti Garibaldi tie Italian patriot. He said that unless the Italian government decided to participate in the war there would be \ g revolution.
 Italy Asks Assurances.
 Milan, via Paris, Feb. 16, 5:55 a. m.-The Italian government, as the result of reports that Austria was about to invade Rumania, says the sCorriere Della Zera, has asked the governments at Vienna and Berlin to give assurances that no attack will be made on Rumanja
 Albanian Raiders Routed.
 Paris, Feb. 16, 4:45 a m-A Nish despatch to the Havas Agency says:
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