The Sentinel=record., 1915-03-28
THE FRENCH WIN
 MOUNTAIN TOP
FIGHT WAS A BITTER ONE AND HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR
 MANY DAYS.
Russians Are Attacking the Enemy Night and Day in the Carpathlans. Austrians Claim Russians Have sus tained Heavy Losses,

London. March 27. lo.35 pm While there has been some Hghtn. along the East Pru sian frontier an, in Buaowina, the mountains Of boti the east and the west are the scenes of the most important engagements al present
 In the Nosges the French. after d long fight in which the position changed hands more than once. have finally established themselves on the summit of Hartmanns WeilerkoUf 4 mountain peak l5 miles northwest of Muelhausen, and few miles north Of Thann. This Is considered an i'm. portant success as It gives the French command of a considerable amount Of country occupied by the Germans. The fight for tAe position has been a bitter one and has been soing on for many days
 In the east, the Carpathiaus are stil, the scene of the most violent battles, the Russians attacking night and day. In their last official communi. cation they claimed to be advancing successfully on the Bartfeld-Uz8ok front in spite of the fact that the Aus. trans have been strongly reinforced.
 Tonight however, the Au4trians' of. ilcial announcement says that the Russian attack has miscalrIed aud that the Russians have suffered heavy losses. The Austrians also claim to have repelled the Russian offensive in Bukowina and to have forced their opponents back to the frontier
 The struggle here has been carried on under the most terrible weather conditions, the men having to houl guns and carry thir charges through deep snow
 On the western front, beyond the French success in the Nosges. whera the Germans abandoned a large quau. tlty of material and left numerous dead on the ground, there have been no events Of importance, neither side apparently being ready as yet for the big effort which everybody has been expecting There have been the usual bombardments of the positions and mine warfare and the aviators on both sides have shown much activity
 Each day allied airmen fly over the German lines In Belgium and France. gathering information. They vary this duty by dropping bombs on railway iunctions and doing as much damage as they can 10 military works.
 A Zeppelin this afternoon pa sed over the island of Schicrmounik cog. north of Holland flying in a westerly direction and an attack on some Ems. fish town was expected. but if such were her intention. her arrival along the English coast has not been report ed so far.
 The official returns for the past week Of the effect of the German sub. marine blockade of England. show that three vessels were sunk and one was torpodoed. but reached port, while the total sailiugs and arrivals mum bered lt50 vessels
 Hollands request for am cXpaua tiou from Germany of Che sinking oi the Mcdea and the capture of tN0 other Dutch steamers is creating a lot of interest in diplomatic circles where it is pointed out that the yes seis of other neutral countries have not been mOlested
 Diplomacy continues its activity u Italy and the Balkans, the latest re- port being that Germany Is making ar offer of part of Turkish European ter ritory to Bulgaria in return for Bul garia s continued neutrality.