The Sentinel=record., 1915-05-07

London, May G-10:a5 D. m.-Tue Germans in cousort with their Aus tr.au allies are putting forth an effort the extent of which never has been approached in the history of the war.
 Throughout virtually the whole leneth ct the eastern front they are eyg92ed with the Russians. while in s<2 west in addition to their attacks around Ypres, they are on the offea. sive dt many poin'o.
 Al other points they are being at. tackled by the French, British and Be aiaus.
 Far ID in the Russian Baltic prov inces, heretofore untouched by the war the Germans are attempting 10 advance toward Libau and Riga. on the east Prussiau frontier they are engaged in series of battles, and with a big gun are bombardng at long range as they did Dmkrk. the Russian fortress of Grodno: in cen tral Poland they have had to defend themselves against Russian at- tack in western Galicia they are at. tempting with all their strength to smash the Russian flank. and compel the Russians 10 abandon the Carpa- thian passes. which they gained al y-ir1T JusU daring the winter.
 In this western GaiCian battle the Germans claim to have made a stu greater advance aud to have crossed the Wisloka river which is well to the east of the Duuajec river. which until few days ago formed part If the Russian front and to have put their hands firmly on Dukla pass.
 In conjunction with this attack from the west the Austrans are at- tempting 10 drive the Russians from Lupkow pass, further 10 the east and with success. according to the German account. In all the Germans claim to have taken 10000 Russian prisoners since the offcn slye was un- degtaken last Saturday night.
 The Austr.ans put the number at more than 5o,0oo and express the ba. lief that the whole Russian third army will be destroyed
 These reports show that the Austro- German blow is meeting with the greatest success on the northern slopes of the western Carpathjans. for towards the upper Vistula the Russians appear to be in their old positions
 Despite the claims of the Austrians and Germans the Russian represen- tatives in the European capitals are reiterating that the victory has been greatly exaggerated; at that the public is waiting to hear hat Grand Duke Nicholas, commander-in-chief of the Russian forces, has 10 say about it.
 The Germans also claim a series of successes in the west They report that they are continuing 10 make progress southeast of Ypres. which, however, is hardly borne ont by Field Marshal French, who says that the Brish have recaptured more ot the trenches which they had lost on Hiu Mo- 60 and that fighting is still pro gressing in that noighbornood, whue elsewhere the Germans have shown no disposition to attack
 There are reports that the Ger mans are about to make another d. termined effort to take Ypres which is considered the key to the French coast ports. The Pail Mall Gazette says this evening
 Tt is a folly to say that Ypres has more of political than military impor- tance' and adds:
 "Tne Germans would be made en- couraged by success at Ypres than by anything since the fall of Antwerp. If such an event occurs we must in- stantly recognize it and admit it to be a defeat and a grave one. In place of a party cabinet a national min. stry ought then to be formed and a new military levy be made. Happily there is yet no need to anticipate a retreat from Ypres, much less a Ger man march to Dunklrk and Calais
 Other German claims relate to sue ceeses in the Woevre, where the Ger mans say in an attack along the northern side of the St Mihiel wedge they took upwards of two thousand prisoners, and that they repused