Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1915-01-16
REPORTS FROM BOTH FRANCE
AND RUSSIAN POLAND SPEAK
OF TERRIBLE WEATHER.
GERMANS EVACU3TE Lille
Heavy Artillery Being Used to AdVan-
taoe in Bad Weather, as Infantry
CHARGES Are Out of the Question.
Latest War News to Date.

rumDTS that the Germans IdNt C'Go |
uated Lille and that the city IS now
virtually in possession Of the BRUSH
The British reply to the American
note occupies the attention OF the
British press and public in the ab'
sence of any important news from
the battlefield.
The German and French official re-
ports of recent fighting in the west
ern field are almost a repetition OF
those issued on preceding days.
4 British eyewitness, who has been
the Official historian of events at the
front. lays stress on the important
part played by artillery and high eX-
plosives in moders warfare, and |
claims superiority for the allies in ar
tillery, which is being used to its full |
strength.
From the coast to the River Disc, |
where the country is under water and |
the rivers are flooded, the big guns
have been engaged continuously, but
the water and mud prevent the inIan-
try from coming into action. Along
the Aisne Valley, however, and
through the Champagne district as far
| as Western ArgOnne, the French are
| pushing their offensive and organic
ing the ground which they have gain
ed. These gains have been made at
heavy cost.
| In Western ArgCnne the Germans
also claim to have made gains and u
have repulsed an attempt by the
French to carry their trenches in the
Woevre and in Alsace.
The only news from the east is the
German report that the Russian often
siye toward Mlawa has met with no
success, their force having been
driven back.
In the Caucasus, the Turks have
made a stand on the frontier near
Kara-Urgan and are fiercely attack
ing the Russian lines.
Seemingly the Russians believe the
report that the Turkish cruiser Goe-
ben, formerly of the German navy, has
been damaged, for their Black Sea
fleet, which is superior to the Turk
ish fleet without the Goeben, has been
l attacking Turkish ports and destroy
ing their shipping.
There is no development in the
: Near East beyond the report from
Sofia that NJ. Guenadieff, the former
4 Bulgarian minister of foreign affairs
/ is leaving for Rome on semi-offlcia
l. mission, the object Of which is to as
n certain the attitude of Italy toward
: the possible future coordination o
r Italo-Bulgarian interests in the Euro
e pean war.
e Sixteen German aeroplanes wer
seen over the English channel on Sun
day morning.
A Zeppelin airship, accompanied b
r three German monoplanes, passe
p over Furnes, Dunkirk and Calais Sa
urday night.
II, A dozen German aeroplanes bon
5; barded Dunkirk and envirops Sunda!
E. Thirty bombs we're thrown by the al
m men. but owing to the precaution
n, that had been taken there were fe
Ie. victims. The material damage wa
8: unimportant.
SIS If the Turkish defeat is as sweepin
SIS as has been reported officially-th
Dr., virtual destruction of two Turks
er- army corps and the repulse OF a thlr
the Turkish menace against Il
L. Russians in trans-Caucasia has bee
er. removed The loss of so many OF the
ya. hest trained officers and men, 1t
N. believed in London, will compel II
Turks to give up any ambition the
had of invading their enemy's teri
tory and force them to concentrate
the defense of their own country
-aS Military men, however, are takir
a a even greater interest in the Russi;
invasion of Hungary through Uzs'
ri Pass. in the Carpathians, and the
es- rapid advance on Transylvan
"A. through Bukowina simultaneously wi
as; their movement toward Grace
These combined operations are t
most gigantic undertaken in the wi
In the meantime the Russians a
Ter held by the Austro-Germans in we
gu ern Galicia. Field Marshal Won II
ms denburg, the German commander
ned Northern Poland, can move but sic
ed ". because of the mud, in his OIL
inc siye operations against Warsaw.
A dispatch from Petrograd says u
aviators have observed German ar
lery at the frontier railway stat
the which can not be moved on acco'
has If the softness of the roads.
of 1t has been suggested that the u
ere mans intend to use the Vistula Tor
the transport of their guns. but with
pen Russians in possession of the north'
bank this obviously would be impo
BILE.
Although the fighting has been