Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-05-12
FRENCH .HURL TEuToNs BACK
Germans Fit =tos Flight by Russian
Cavalry Aeeordipgg to. Petrograd

Germans Pit to- Flight by Russian
Cavalry Aeebrbisgs to- Petrograd
s Paris, May 12-New gains of great
north of Arras are re-
corded last night by the war office q
great field work which had been
turned into a yeritable fortress mas
been captured from the Germans IN
the face of a most severe lombard
ment and La Chappelle de Nopre
Dame de Lorette a fortified place
which the German soldiers had been
ordered to hold at any price has been
completely invested.
After extremely violent fighting
before Loos, French troops have tax
en- an entire system OF trenches, ana
last night along this entire front the
French, having forced the Germans
out of their three lines of defenses,
are hammering away at the fourth
line of trenches with great vigor.
At Carney, where the capture OF
German positions was recorded yes
terday the French have completely
organized their forces, and the GENE
~ of Melville St. Vast, previ-
ously held by the Germans, has been
taken.
The successes, it is reported, have
been won only after desperate Ger
man defensive measures. which how
ever, proved futile in the face OF the
furious French onslaught. The posi-
tions gained are held to be of the
greatest Importance, not only be-
cause of their intrinsic value, but
because the losses in this region will
naturally tend to weaken the German
offensive at Ypres, where an attempt
is being made to press forward tc
Calais.
Petrograd, May 12-Their Meme
sis has overtakea the German raiders
in the Kovno government.
One body of the enemy's cavalry
which penetrated the neighborhood
of Ponewiesh, has been placed in
difficult position by the double adj
vance of the Russians to the south Of
Mitau, and from northeast along the
,Uilna-Libau railway. This German
force consisted Of Bavarian caval'
~ division, supported by a regiment
of the Prussian Guard infantry, Find
ings its retreat threatened, it attempt
ed to break through near Sheimy
about twenty miles northeast OF
Kovno. Here it's advance guard came
in contact with the Russian cavalry
Finding itself outnunbered. it fel
back on the main body, which was
unable to effect anything like cnech
of the pursuit by the Russians. Soon
the battle became desperate fight
by the Germans, anG'a hot and deter
-mined chose by the Russian horsemen,
For, forty miles the later chung close
to the heels of the flying Zoe, moi
drawing rein until the division, to al
intents and purposes, was destroyed
The losses of the Germans undoubt-
edly3were very great.
1t is positively asserted that the
general situation in the Kovno gov
eminent is now such that the, Ger
mans can hope 70 maintain themsel'
yes only in the valley Of the Dubiszs
where they are ntrenched in the
neighborhood of Rossieny anu along
the coast as far as Libau, where
their movements can be covered by
their naval guns.
In Western Galicia, the Russians
have been compelled by superior mum.
bers to fall back some distance. They
now hold the line of the River Wis
locka, tributary of the San, except
in the neighborhocd of Krosno: where
the Austro-Germans have succeeded
in affectinp q hrnach in their nosition