New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-14
Five Armies Under His
Personal Direction in
CarpathianS.
BATTLE CENTRES
AT UZSOK PASS
Great Masses of Reinforcements
Used in Desperate Effort
to Save Hungary.
tBy Cable % The Tribune. J


London, April 13.-The Petrograd
correspondent of "The Daily News" re-
ports that great masses of German re-
Inducements are still attempting to
save the desperate situation of the Aus
trian main army. The Bavarians, who
we're too late to prevent the Russians
from occupying the entire ridge of the
middle Carpsthians from Mesolaborcz
to Uzsok Pass, have Joined General
Litzinger's army, which is now com
posed of seven German CORDS. supported
by an Austrian army corps from Tran
sylvana.
The Austro- German forces operating
in the Carpath;ans are fficially
estimated at thirty army corps, seven
of which are German. These are prob
ably divided into five armies, which
are commanded by German generals,
under the personal direction of En-
peror william, who is in Silesia.
The front line, now busy with Wig
orous counter attacks. is composed al
most entirely of Germans. They have
chosen for their objective what is
called the Rostok direction; that is, the
region about Uzsok.
The whole campaign in the East piv-
OTIS on Uzsok Pass. where the Austro-
German forces are in such great
strength that the efforts Of the Rus
slams to reach the Hungarian plains
are likely 10 be prolonged.
General Litzinger and his eight army
corps have now begun formidable at
tack on the left wing of the Russian
army which is invading Hungary. There
has been terrific, fighting since the end
of last week for possession of the
mountain section Of the Stryj Munkacz
road. The Russians hold the village Of
Koziomoka and the immediate slopes
nearest the road, but the Germans re-
captured 992 Metre Hill.
Local Russian Check.
Close fighting with great losses con-
tnues at this point. which is the only
section of the eastern Carpathians re
naming in the defenders hands. This
local. check, however has not stopped
Kussia's southwark advance.
II is believed that the Kaiser has
personally assured the Hungarian
leaders he would treat their cause as
his own. He has ordered his troops
to yield nowhere.
The people Of the Dual Monarchy
gre said to be greatly cheered by the
number of German reinforcements
RAISING through Budapest en- route for
the Carpathian front to take part in
the operations, which are now believed
70 be in charge of tNe German General
Staff.
Command Rear Of Pass.
Several days ago the Russians cap
tured a position which gave them COM
n'and Of a road leading 10 the rear of
Uzsok Pass, but since then the Teu-
tonic allies have checked the move
nent in this direction. The impor-
tance of the Carpathian operations is
indicated by the half-hearted actions
reported from the other sectors on the
long eastern front, where even the
counter offensive in East GalIcia,
which evidently was pl nned to divert
the Russian efforts from the passes,
st ems to have been prosecuted with
little energy.
The following semi-offical statement
was issued in Petrograd last night and
forwarded in Reuter- dispatch:
"Ossowetz was bombarded through
out the day Sunday by S-inch howitzers.
The artillery of the forts replied, seri-
ously damaging one of the enemys
siege batteries. The Germans tried to
send four fire RATS against the forts,
but they were sunk.
I'm the region of Jedwabno there was
active fighting in the trenches, during
which bomb throwers were used"