The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1915-01-07
HUNGARY MENACED
|. BY RUSSIAN ARMY;
STE|NBACH FALLS
Nay Is Paved For Invasion o,
Territory of Kaiser's Ally,
'r Says Reports Reach
ing London.
HEAVY FIGHTING IN POLAND
Teutonic Forces Again Making
Desperate Efforts to Pene-
trate Lines and Cap
ture Warsaw.
HEAVY FIGHTING IN POLAND

London. Jan. 5!--If II Is true that the
Russians have taken another pass over
The Carpathian mountains. the in
Vasion of Hungary in real force should
IN the opinion Of British observers soon
be a reality. Up to the present. de-
tachments OF Russian cavalry have
crossed these mountains, but there
newer has been an invasion in
strength. .
French Take steinbach.
The capture by the French of Stein
bach, a small Alsatian town, near
Thanh, is admitted in today's state
ment from the Berlin war office. The
advance Of the French was preceded
by an artillery bombardment which the
German statement describes as cover
whelming," and which enabled the
French to occupy trenches near Semi
helm as well as the town Of Steinbach.
These trenches later were recaptured,
The German statement says.
Except for this fighting along the
eastern end of the battle front, there Is
little activity, the German counter at
lacks apparently having halted effec-
tually the forward movement which the
allies attempted last month.
A few unimportant gains are chron-
lcled in the French official statement.
which also says that an attempt to
capture village in the Meuse country
tailed.
The German statement makes no
mention of the severe fighting in the
east reported by the Russian military
authorities. 1t says merely that the
situation is unchanged and that the
German attacks continue.
Utterly irreconcilable are the claims
Of the contending armies in the east.
In the west the unprecedented weather
precludes operations which could give
decided advantage to one side or the
other.
Turks Are Active.
The activities Of the Turks in the
Caucasus seem to be assuming an in
attention the Petrograd official COM
munications are devoting to this reg
ion. Although not admitting that the
Turks have been victorious, IL is con-
coded that they are fighting with great
valor and stubbornness in the vicinity
Of the fortified town OF Sari Kamysh.
The Turks claim to have taken this
position. Russia, however, does not
admit this and says the Turks have
suffered enormous losses.
Comparing the Turkish and the Rus
sian statements 1t would seem that
the Turks are making Roadway, al
though both sides are losing heavily,
as their troops founder and fight
through the deep snow and in the
bitter cold Of these high attitudes.
Hand to Hand Combat.
Violent fighting is in progress along
the eastern battle front, leading at
points to desperate hand to hand en-
counters. An official Russian state
ment shows that, after capturing Boil
NOV, the Germans attempted to push
on to the northeast in the direction of
Warsaw. about 80 miles away. This
movement marked the renewal of the
German offensive toward the Polish
capital, after a period of comparative
inactivity. But their advance in this
direction is said to have been repulsed
with large losses. A remarkable night
battle on the bank of the Bzura river
is described in the Russian communica-
ton which says that German forces
were permitted to cross the river un-
molested and then were attacked with
bayonets, without the firing OF a shot
1t is asserted that several hundred
Germans were killed and the remainder
surrendered.