The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-04-08
Petrograd Reports Capture Of
More Passes in the Car !,
pathian Mountains.
PROGRESS IN NORTH POLAND.
cxar's Forces Take Heights Despite
Stubborn Resistance Of Germans
and Austrians-Quiet In
France and Belgium.

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the public for the time being is d.
rected toward the great struggle for
the Carpathian passes where the Rus
slams apparently are making very
steady progress, despite the obstinate
resistance offered by the Austrian and,
German troops.
The Russians are on the Hungarian
side of both the Bulka and Lupkow
passes and, with the aid of continual
reinforcements, are gaining the
heights which dominate Uzsck pass.
Even the Austrian official report ad-
mits that fighting is now taking place
in the Laborcza valley, which is south
If LupkOw pass, while the Russians
announce the capture of Cisus, an i'm
portant station on the high mountains
between Lupkow and Uzsok passes,
where they captured a great stock of
war munitions and provisions.
Capture 1000 Prisoners.
The Russians also are advancing
from Dukla pass on fairfield, which is
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ming south into Hungary, and fighting
not far from Mezolaborcz, another i'm.
portant railroad head. On Saturday
and Sunday they captured in the Car
pathians upward of 5000 prisoners.
They also claim another success in
Bukowina. and the capture of another
1000 prisoners, while the Austrians
also assert that they repulsed Ru:
sian force which attempted to cross
the Dneister river.
The Russians also are making prog
ress in northern Poland, while Ger
man official report tells of the repulse
Of a Russian attack on MariampOf1
which is considerably west of the re-
gion that few days ago was, in the
possession of the Germans.
Calm in West.
So far as the western front is con-
cerned, comparative calm continues,
the French having less to report,
while the Germans announce the re-
pulse of French attacks in the Woevre
and Argonne regions and of Belgian
attempt to recover ground which they
recently lost In Flanders.
Austrians Admit Defeat.
Vienna, via London, April 5.-Re.
treat of the Austrian forces in the
Beskid region OF the Carpathians,
where some Of the heaviest fighting
has taken place in the struggle for
control of the mountain passes leading
into Hungary, was announced today at
army headquarters. The statement il
as follows:
THE presence of large Russian re-
Inducements arriving from Przemysl
the Austrian army to with.
draw from the Beskid region.
In the Carpathians, fighting on
both sides of the Laborcza valley con-
Yesterday we attacked the
eastern trenches and dislodged the en-
envy from several strong positions.
attacks east of Virawa were
repulsed.
tured 1920 prisoners.
North of Uzsck pass the situation
is unchanged. Renewed Russian at
tacks miscarried, after short fight.
There is no news from the other
fronts"
The Beskid mountains form part Of
The boundary between Hungary and
3alicia. They are section of the
great Carpathian range, the natural
barrier upon which Austria Hungary
relies to halt the Russian advance.
A Protest to Bulgaria.
London, April "a dispatch to the
Daily Mail from Saloniki says:
THE Bulgarian irregulars who were
lriven back from the Servian border,
ater descended upon the Greek town
Il Doiran (about thirty-fve miles
forth of Saloniki) and Greece is rush
ng important reinforcements thithsr
md to other frontier points, prepared
or any eventualities.
1T is alleged that in the Servian
'illages through which they passed the
,ulgarians committed atrocities"
Scale Icy Mills.
London. April She Russians now
70 ON the offensive along the whole
their froht. from the Baltic sea 10
be Rumanian border and In the eau
asus. and according to . Stockholm (,
ispatch they have concentrated an
normous number OF soldiers on tho
oast Of Finland to prevent any At