The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-03
RUSSIA REPORTS
MORE PROGRESS
Official Communication Says
Offensive is Developing
With Full Success.
CONDITIONS VERY DIFFICULT
Soldiers Compelled to Haul Guns
Across Deep bitches Fortified
with Enthusiastically Prepared
for General Mobilization.


Petrograd. March 26.-The following
official communication was issued to-
night:
"On the front toward the west of the
Middle Niemen we continued to make
progress.
-On the right bank of the Narew
and on the left bank of the Vistula
| there has been no change of import
| ance.
In the Carpathians our offensive on
the front in the direction between
Bartfeld and Uzsok is developing with
complete success. Our troops operat-
ing under extremely difficult condf-
| tiOns gained a most decisive success
in the region of the Lupof 0upkow)
Pass, where We carried by assault a
very important Austrian position on
the great crest of the Beskid Noun
tains.
Having forced wood which was a
perfect ENHANCEMENT of barbed wires
and surrounded by several layers of
trenches, our infantry pushed forward
to the principal position of the enemy,
the men hauling the guns, After
bombarding it at a distance of six
hundred PAGES they crossed deep
bitches fortified with palisades and
carried the enemy works, which were
strongly armed and provided with in
ternal defenses.
The Austrians made several furious
counter attacks in close rank forma-
ton, but were dispersed and partly
annihilated by our fire and bayonet
charges.
Toward morning of the oath the
enemy began a retreat on certain posi-
tiOns. Throughout the day we took
as prisoners about 100 officers and
$500 men, and besides captured sew
eraI dozens of machine guns
Italy Is Ready.
London, March ga Rome dis
patch dated March "a, received by the
Central News by direct route, says:
Everything is in readiness for a
general mobilization of the Italian
army Seven complete classes are al
ready under the colors.
THE departure of Austrian and Ger
man families is reported from all prats
of Italy; it is estimated that about
5000 persons of these nationalities
have left Rome Trains from Milan
and Venice to the frontier are filled
with Germans and Austrians and large
numbers of Hungarians have left
Venice by steamer for Trieste
Report U-29 Sunk.
London, March 26.-The admiralty
has good reason to believe that the
German submarine U-29 has been sunk
with all hands" The admiralty gave
no details of how or where the U-29
was sunk, but the report she was dis
posed of was received in shipping cir
cles wiwth a sigh of relief.
Big Battle in Carpatbians.
London, March 25.-The big battle
of the moment is in progress between
Dukla pass and Uzsok pass in the Car
pathians, where. in their official com
munication the Russians claimed to
have captured number of Austrians
and to have made a general advance.
Austrian correspondents declare this
battle is likely to continue for some
time. 1t is possible that the Russians
will use part of the troops released by
the fall of PrzemysI in an endeaYor to
bring the battle to an end.
The Austrians have developed a
fresh offensive in Bukowina, to which
territory they some days ago sent re-
Inducements and have, according to
their account, driven the Russians
back towards the frontier and removed
the immediate menace of Czernowitz-
On the other extreme wing of the
eastern front the Germans have reoc- |
cupied Mcneil with the assistance OF
their warships, which have since bonn |
barded the roads by which the Rus |
SLAMS were falling back The Germans
also apparently have checked the Rus |
sian advance on Tilsit.
Land Troops on Turkish Soil.
A force of allied troops was landed /
on the Peninsula of Gallipoli yesterday |
from transports in the Gulf of Saros, |
according to a dispatch from Athens |
to the Daily Express.
A general attack upon the fortifica- |
tions of the DardaneIles is to be IN |
dertaken Immediately on the arrival OF 1
further French and British Warships /
now on their way to join the attack
ing squadron