New Britain herald., 1915-01-23
R(6SIANS EXPECT
 COMPLETE CHANGE IN ,. EAs1fkh CAMPAIGN
Claim Germans and AustrianS Have
 Abandoned Aggressive Mtve- :. mentS Against Warsaw.
MILITARY CHIEFS CONCENTRATING
 TIER TROOPS IN HUNGARY

' TIER TROOPS IN HUNGARY Desperate Fighting Continues in AL
 sace and Argonne.-NInor Victories
 Claimed By Both Allies and Ger
 mans-Czars Forces Suffer Defeat &4 in the Caucasus.-Ger1nan Supply
 Ship Sunk
 A complete change in the eastern c1Kn paign, such as would mark new period of the war, is expected by of <ncers of the Russian general staff. They say German, and Austrian mili- sssstary chiefs have abandoned aggres- A4aare concentrating against Warsaw and are concentrating troops in Hungary to repell the Russian invaders in Bu- kowina, eastern Galicia and northern Ysungary. It is in tins section, rath- er than on the Warsaw front, that the sas heavy fighting of the next few weeks Is looked for in Petrograa.
 = = Tn France and Belgium military < .xctivity is at low ebb except along K fhe eastern end of the front. In AL .aBace and the Argonne desperate fight Ing continues, without important ad- NAntages for either side. Minor vic- tories are reported today in both the szFrench and German official state ments.
 German Official Statement. es Berlin, Jan. 23, by Wireless Teleg- raphy to London, p. m.-The re- port on the progress of the war given out by the German war office this af E Sernoon mentions several German suc- 4 cesses in France; none of which, X however, indicates any imp ortant de- < velopments. In the Argonne the Ger mans captured PAS Frenchmen and four machine guns, and since Jan- uary sa1 they have taken in addition seven cannon and five machine guns
 Near Cernay the Germans took a tlin and l3O prisoners and lighting at Pont-a- Mousson continues. French infantry attacks elsewhere were re #s pulsed Referring to the eastern arena, the recites some Russian retreats and says German attacks are pro- gressng. The test of the communi- cation follows:
 ~ Enemy airmen dropped bombs ays yesterday over Ghent and Zeebrugge Gin Belgiunll, but with no success g 'The enemy yesterday made an at N tack between Souain and Perthe, to the north of Chalons, but the attack Z broke down under our fire The enemy sought refuge again in his Trenches. . Advance in Argonne.
 'In the Argonne Forest, to the west of Fontaine LaMitte our troops captured a position of the enemy and made three officers and 245 men prisoners as we'll as capturing four machine guns.
 sAs.'To the northwest of Pont- Nous son. two French attacks were beaten \ off with severe loss to the enemy. In lighting for the retaking of our lost trenches since January 21 we have captured seven cannon and five ma- x chine guns.
 Alpine Forces Defeated. Near Weisenbach Alpine forces were beaten off Several fierce at 4 Jacks in force of the enemy were Made on Hartmann -Weilerkopf, but z they failed to achieve any success.
 ''In the eastern theater there is ncthlng to report from East Prussia.
 Russian Attack Repulsed
 Tn northern Poland, near Przas- nysz, an unimportant attack made by the Russians was repulsed. The Rus sians have been driven out of Blinno s md Gojak and the advanced Russians
 ayes been forced to- retreat from Eorny. Our attacks on the Sancha sector are progressing. AE
 f1,o to the west of szencihy, lively can nonade is taking place.
 The battle at Croix De Carmos. Near Pont A-Mousson Gin France) < continues. North of Senniheim zCernay), in Alsace the French were 3drlVen back from a hill and 13O prisoners were taken"
 French Official Statement.
 Paris Jan. 23, 2:55 p. m.-The con- tinuance of severe infantry engage ments in Alsace, but with no decisive outcome yet, together with the A1lstomary artillery exchange, and a \ minor fight near St. Hubert which @s has not yet come to an end, are the outstanding features of the report gs on the progress of the fighting given 'E put by the French war office this af- a .ernoon. The French claim a slight #~ advance, 100 yards, in Belgium and
 they destroyed some bridges over the Mouse near St. Mihiel. The text of N .he communication follows:
 'rhe activity yesterday of our in " lantry along almost the entire front was devoted to the repairing of the lContinued on Third Page.)