Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-04-08
Enemy's Eastern Wing in
PrecariOus Position,
PetrOgrad Declares.
SMOLNIK IS CAPTURED
BY THE CARS FORCES
Battle Between Mense and Mo-
selle Develops Into Desper-
ate Struggle.
FRENCH AND GERMAN
LOSSES BOTH HEAVY
Holland and Germany Are
Massing Troops on Frontier,
London Hears.
FRENCH AND GERMAN
LOSSES BOTH HEAVY

ESfIAofl fIedf3s
RUSSIAN troops are pushing for
ward rapidly In the CarpathIans. ana
1t is reported from Petroerad fhse
tne road to the plains Of Hunearv
now lies open before them. Accord
Ing to this information, the Russia ~
nave captured Smolnik, east Of Lup-
kow Pass. and have driven. a wede.
between the western and eastern
wings of the Austrian army in ne
Beshds. placing the eastern wing ia
precarious position.
Both the French and German on
clai statements show that the new
battle in the region between fhs
Meuse and the Moselle has Developed
into struggle of particular severity.
The Paris announcement says thar
the gains made heretofore by IN.
allies have been maintained In fhn
face Of violent counter attacks. Ii
which the Germans suffered enor-
NOUS losses A
The German account Of this fip1,t-
Ing mentions French attacks af
eight points, and asserts that al
were repulsed. The Berlin statemeut
says that the losses Of the French
were very heavy.
The Austrian correspondent of =
Turin newspaper telegraphs that 3
has reliable information that therS
Is basis for the reports thar AUS
ira Is seeking peace with tns
triple entente powers, the better t.
deal with Italy Semi -officiaI nexo-
tlationA he says, have been begun.
BY ths Associated Press.
PETRoGRAD. April 3. Il noon. viu
London. 2:s0 p. m.-The advance a
the Russians in the Carpathians ha1
cut the Austrian army under General
Boerevitch in two places. The east<
ern wing of this army Is in a prs-
carious position.
The Russians have captured smoI-
nix, east of Lupkow pass.
The Russians have also thrown
back the Austrians in the district Of
Bartfeld and in the district of I<ux,-
kow. Having advanced through the
Rostock pass, they have forced =
wedge between the austrian armies.
Smolnik controls the only road
through the Beslxid mountain be-
tween Mezolaborez and Uzsok, dis
tance OF sixty miles.
Austria1 Wing Threatened.
The western wing of the Austrian
army has its base at Gummenoe, and
its communication along the roads
into Hungary are quite safe. The
eastern wing, to the contrary. Is
Joined with the forces operating
around Uzsok, twenty miles from the
Russian positions at Smolnik. br
which they are threatened with at
tack.
1t is regarded as likely that the
Austrians will be compelled to trans
fer their base at Uzsok in the diree-
ton of Munkacs. or else accent hat
tie at Uzsok, handicapped by the
lack of roads.
In either case the Aust11ans will
ind themselves cut OF from the maia
army under General Boerovitch and
his German reinforcements.
The Russians have crossed the
crest of the Beskids at Gummenoe
and apparently have a clear road 70
the plains of Hungary.
BY the Associated Press.
BERLIN Cby wireless to sayville.
N. ", April S-The German army
headquarters today gave out a re-
port on the progress of hostilities,
which reads:
The fighting between the Meuse
and the Moselle continued yesterday.
French attacks resulted In failure IN
the Woevre district, on the heights
of Combres, near the forest of Seious:
north of st. Mihiel, In the Ally
Forest, near the Forest OF Apremont,
to the north of Flirey and In the
Forest of Lepretre.
The French losses on the entire
front again were enormous, without
obtaining the slightest success
"A French aviator from Paris.
compelled to land, said nothing was
known In the French capital about
the French losses in the Champagne
fighting
"on the Eastern front there have
been no developments. The weather
continues bad and the roads are isn-
passable."
By the Associated Press.
PARIS (via London, 2:20 p. M,
April S.-The French war Office this
afternoon gave out a report on the
progress of the fighting. which reads
I'm Belgium the day was marked
by artillery engagements.
I'm the valley of the Aisne and fha
district to the east of Rheims on
efforts. in spite OF the abnormalig
bad weather. continued with grea<
activity and we have maintained on
gains between the Meuse and fie
Moselle in their entirety, while az
the same time we are proceeding 81
make further progress.
''In the Brule Forest we captures
a German trench at the same tins
taking a large number OF prisoners
on this section of the front. Thie
was reported last night"
LONDON (12:5O p. nj. April 8
The Belgian iegation here has fc-
ceived a telegram from the HelEi4u
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