Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-01-16
PREPARE TO
GRIP ENEMY
IN BIG WISE
RUSSIAN ARMIES IN NORTH
ERN POLAND AND EAST
PRUSSIA INITIATE A FOR
WARD MOVEMENT.
GERMAN 1RlUMPHS IN west
Retake Ground Near Scissors
That Required French a Fort
night TO Capture.

night 10 Capture.
London, Jan. 15.-The latest off
cial reports from the Russian gen
eral staff discloses new opera atio1
on the part of the Russians which ma.
have far-Teaching results.
In the East.
Starting on New Year, the Russial
gala day commenced a forward move
ment in northern Poland en- the righ
bank of the lower Vistula and reach
ed the Skrwa river, 40 miles east o
the German fortress at Thorn in wes
Prussia, driving a small force of Ger
man cavalry and infantry before
them. 1t is believed that Grand Duke
Nicholas, commander in chief of the
Russians, intends to use in this regi
ment al entirely new army, consist
ing OF S00,0o0 tc 100000 men ant
operating in conjunction with thu
army advancing in east Prussia, &C
cording to Petrograd dispatches. Thi!
will place the Germans at MlaWa il
a wise and at the. same time threaten
the rear of the Germans in front o
Warsaw, the latter making occasiona
attacks on the Russian line. Berlir
claims to have taken a Russian poi1
of vantage near Rawka.
In the West.
In the west the German success il
retaking French ground near Sois
sons, which took the Allies a fort
night to capture, remains the out
standing feature, although somewha
offset by the reported British success
near Labassee and the capture by th'
the region Of Arras.
The Russians continue to press tn
Turks, who made stand on the Dor
ders of the trans -Caucasia, after thei
recent defeat, and claim to have cap
tured numerous prisoners.
POPE FAVoRs EXCHANGE.
Rome, Jan. 1J.-Pope Benedict to
day opened negotiations with repre-
sentatives of the warning nations will
a view of procuring an extension .
the agreement for the exchange o
prisoners. The pope suggested thi'
agreement be so modified to have i
include provisions for the exchange
of certain classes of civilians who ART
detained in the various countries
Reference was made particularly tt
the women and children, aged per
sons and men who, while of age fo1
military service, are physically un
fit.
Germans Make Haul.
A wireless dispatch from German
headquarters at Berlin announces "a!
a result of the three days fighting tt
the northeast of Scissors, about 5,2O(
prisoners, IA guns, machine gun!
and some revolver guns were captuc
ed."
1t further announced that the
French suffered heavy losses, there
being from four to five thousand
French dead found on the battlefield
Permit Wool Shipments.
Melbourne, Australia. via London
Jan. 15.-The Commonwealth, it is
announced, has decided to permit the
shipment Of merino wool to the Unit
ed States, provided a guarantee is
given that it will not be re-exported
Australian restrictions regarding
the export Of wool were inaugurated
sool after the war started and were
in line with the policy pursued by
Great Britain in endeavoring to pre-.
vent this produce from reaching Ger.
many. On November % the restric.
tions on the export Of wool, so far
as Canada and Japan were concerned
were rescinded.