Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-01-31
Except for Activities in Which
Russians Are Engaged Sit
uation Is Practically a Dead
lock.
MUSC0vlTES BATTLING
TURKS IN CAUCASUS
Fighting in Western Theater
Has Long Since Developed
Into a Series Of Purely Lo-
cal Engagements.

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London, Jan, 30 to.hb p m) The
end ~ the sixth month OF Enrope'a
great war finds the armies OF the bell
ligerent nations completing prepara-
uous for a new series OF operations
or actually engaged in campaigns, the
extent Of which hardly was anticipate
ed when the declarations OF hostili-
ties We're made. In Flanders, France
and central Poland deadlock still
exists. hut largely because Of RUS
aias tremendous resources and the
action OF Turkey the sphere of oper-
atlons has been widely extended.
Russia alone is engaged in lighting
hostile armies from Tilsit far into
the north Of East Prussia, TO Tabrix,
In Persia, distance OF over 1900
miles. Only that portion OF her terri
tory bordering on Rumania Is free
from menace, but according to her
reports. all is going we'll with her
immense armies. The. Russian out
ilanking movement In northern East
Prussia is said 10 be gaining momen-
tum.
fN' WI '0AU tfNt VI lush
have cut the German railway be-
tween that city and Memel, on the
Baltic.
Another Army Advancing.
on the southern front In East
Prussia another army is advancing
toward the German fortress OF Thorn,
while still another is holding line
of entertainments which protect War
saw and which General Won Hlnden~
burg has been trying to batter
through for three months. other ar
mics are again preparing to meet a
big Austro-German force which is
attempting to regain Galicia and Bu-
kowna. thereby turning Grand Duke
Nicholas left wing.
a, To the eastward the Musoovite
troops are battling against the Turks
In the Caucasus and Persia. They
apparently have Inflicted another de-
feat on the Turkish forces, for the
Russian official report says their OPP
ponents are retreatlng to Tabritz,
while unofficial dispatches state that
the Russians have reoccupied that
city.
What Is regarded as the most Inn
portant campaign, however, IN that
which Is developing in tho Carpathi-
ans, brought about by the Austro-
German officials design TO drive tho
Russians from Gallcia and Bukowlna,
thereby removing the menace of an
invasion OF Hungary The Austro-
German allies are said TO have con-
centrated no less than twenty-eight
army corps for this venture.
So far as can be gathered from
contradictory reports, the Russians
have won preliminary skirmishes In
the western passes from DulSIa to
Wyszkow, while to the east they have
been forced to retire before superior
forces. The battles which are being
fought in the snow. are just COM
mencing, however, and many days
must pass before definite decision
Is reached
Battles in the west still consist OF
local engagements. although the Ger
mans who apparently are preparing
for an extensive offensive before the
allies get their fun strength into the
field, occasionally deliver rather more
serious attacks These are scattered
all along the front from the sen to
the Swiss frontier. but always come
back to that portion of the allies
lines which lies between the Germans
and the French coast towns. Guinchy.
for example, which the British now
hold after driving back the Germans
who captured It on Monday, was at
tackled again yesterday and accord
ing to British report, the Germans
were repulsed, leaving zoo dead in
front Of the trenches.
The Argonne too, has been the
scene Of another attack and In this
case, according TO a German report,
success fell 20 Emperor williams
forces, who claim to have taken over
700 prisoners and counted between
400 and 500 dead
In giving Il review of these "local
affairs between January 10 and 27,
a French eye witness declares all but
one of them resulted in favor of the
allies
There has been more outpost fight
Ing In the vicinity of the Suez canal
but the latest reports say that the
Turks are Withdrawing their advance
posts.
There still is some doubt whether
they have definitely committed them
selves to the march they must make
across the desert to invade Egypt.