Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-05-22
Recent Engagement in GaIicia
Causes Speculation Among
Military Observers
MAY DEFEAT PLANS OF CAR
Result of Battle Will Have Effect on
carpathian Campaign = British
Readjust Their Lines in
West Flanders

London May 5@The Russians have |
had at least a partial revenge for the |
defeat inflicted upon them in western
Galicia by the Austrians and Germans,
by badly beating the Turks who had in
vaded Persia. The defeat took place
in a three days battle near the from
tier, and Petrograd reports that the
Russians inflicted heavy losses on the
Ottomans.
If the success of the Muscovites has
been followed up, military observers
declare that Persia now should be
free of her unlimited guests. This bat
tie, however, was . small affair when
compared with what Germany and
Austria claim they have done to the
Russians in Galicia. Their reports
tonight state that some 10000 Rus
slams were captured and that large
number of guns were taken. There
was no mention, however, of any
towns such as Gorlice and Tarnow,
which were close to the front, being
captured, which leads the British mill
tary critics to the conclusion that
while the Germanic allies have won
important local successes they have
not driven the Russians very far back
Russian Report Awaited.
Inc RUSSIAN sue OIL lnS SlOTy Is dHA-
iously awaited, for a big success in
the East, it is believed here, would
mean an immediate commencement of
operations on a large scale in the
West, for which the Germans already
are making preparations
In Belgium. thus far, the fighting
has been confined to the Ypres region,
where the Germans claim to have cap
I'm vii WI tho british
say, they evacuated in the process of
readjusting their line.
The rumors concerning the opera
tions against the Dardanelles were
confirmed tonight when the British
war office and the admiralty issued
reports stating, that after beating off
| Turkish attacks the allied forces had
| taken the offensive on the GallipOh
| peninsula and now were advancing
| into the interior.
British Line Readjusted.
The British war office tonight made
| public the following official communi-
| cation:
1.-The loss of ground which resulted
from the unexpected use of asphyxiat-
| ing gases by the enemy last week
| necessitated a readjustment of our
| line in front of Ypres.
This readjustment, which has been
in progress in the last few days, was
| successfully completed last night.
| Germans Claim Notable Victory.
London, May ACCORDING to the
official statements, both of Berlin and
| Vienna, the German and Austrian arms
have achieved a notable victory in
West Galicia, smashing the entire Rus
sian center along a front of many
miles, or, as Berlin roughly puts it
across the whole western tip of Cali
cha from near the Hungarian border
to the point where the River Dunajee
joins the Vistula, which is right a
the frontier of Poland.
Though the 5000 prisoners whom
the Teutonic allies say they have TAX
en- does not compare with the numbel
which some of Field Marshal Won Hin
denburgs rushes netted him in thu
north, the achievement, if subsequen
reports bear it out, will mean at leas
a temporary check to the Russian
forces, which have been hammerini
their way westward since the fall o
PrzemysL
Russians Reticent.
Beyond the admission in the Petrc
: grad official communication that
desperate Ddlllt HAS bCCn CA6d6C0 II
since last Saturday night on the from
from the lower Nida river to the Cal
pathian mountains, no further new
has come through concerning the fight
ing in which both Berlin and Vienn
, claim a victory.
, Sink Two German Boats.
London. May 3.-The British admit
, atty stated last night two German tol
| pedo boats had beeu sunk in the Mort
Sea- The British torpedo boat destroy
er Recruit also was sunk
The text of the admiralty Statement
+. follows:
"A series of small affairs took plac
: in the neighborhood of the Gallope
and North Hinder lightships Saturda,
In the forenoon H. NJ destroye
Recruit was sunk by a submarine, fou
: officers and twenty-one men bein
saved by the trawler Daisy.