Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-08
HARD BATTLES RAGING
ON THE WESTERN FRONT
Reports Persist That Germans Are
Preparing for Drive in France
and Belgium.
TURKS LET UP ON ATTACKS
Gen. Hamilton, Commanding Land.
Forces at the Dardanelles, Says
They Are Less Keen for
Fighting.

LONDON, July 8. IL 20 pm
So great has been the weight OF
reinforcements brought up by
Russia along the stretch OF terri
tory between the rivers Vistula
and Bug. notably in the vicinity
of Krasnik, that the Austro-Hun-
garians for the moment have been
forced to assume the defensive
and to pause in their rush toward
Lublin and the railways running
from that city to Warsaw.
Blows Aimed at Austrians.
The sector on the eastern front where
the Russians are making a stand is
held almost exclusively by Austrians.
and observers here see in the Russian
attack not only a desire to keep their
line intact in this important part, but
a deliberate blow at the Austrians,
who, according to the official reports.
seem to be finding themselves in some
difficulty.
The ch-discussed German offensive
in the west has not yet developed.
though reports of big movement Of
troops to that front are persistent.
Eastern Withdrawals Unlikely.
These forces must be new formations.
! unless the great offensive in the east
IN ra vu
from Poland and Gaiicia now would be
to leave unfinished what Field Marshal
Won Mackensen set out to accomplish.
unless the clearing OF Galicia Of Rus
slams was the sole aim, and this is con-
sidered hardly probable.
The Berlin claim that the Germans
have retaken trenches near Ypres, Bel
gium, recently seized by the British,
is not confirmed from British sourceY-
Germans Attack Violently.
At several points in France the Ger
mans have been attacking violently,
but the only appreciable loss conceded
uy the French Is in the st. Mihiel dis
trict. The French admit they have lost
a strip of trenches measuring 1UU
yards. The German official statement
more than doubles this distance.
Berlin admits that west OF Souche.s
the French succeeded in penetrating
the German trenches over a distance OF
500 yards, but claims a counter at
tack drove the enemy out. Attacks
west of Apremont lasted throughout
the day and night without success. the
German statement asserts.
Letting the Turks Attack.
Letting the Turks attack, with re-
sultant heavy loss and exhaustion, has
been the recent role of the British op-
Grating against the Dardanelles.
Oticla dispatches heretofore spoke
of fearlessness and valor of the Turks,
but Gen. Ian hamilton's report, re-
ceived yesterday said that for the first
time the Turks were showing no dspo-
sition to attack.
Russians Continue Attacks.
BERLIN, July Z, via London, July s.
The Czernowitz, Bukinowa, correspond
ent of the Zeitung am Mittag says that
Russians in great force continue the
efforts to break the Austrian lines Oh
the Dniester front, but that all attacks
are steadily repulsed with great losses.
He continues:
THE scarcity of rifles with the Rus
slams is growing greater daily. The re-
serves are unarmed until they begin
the attack, and then they take rifles
from their fallen comrades. The Rus
sian artillery fire, however. has growl
more active