The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-04-21
MADE MUCH PROGRESS
GAINS IN THE CARPATHIANS RE-
VIEWED BY RUSSIA.
Petrograd Tells Of Enormous Cap
lures Made Since March-Attack
Developed Before Shows Melted.

The official communication from
general headquarters ct Petrograd
Sunday night said:
AT the. beginning of March in the
principal chain of the Carpathians We
held only the region of the Dukla
passes, where our lines formed an ex-
terror angle. All other passes OF
Lupkow and farther east were in the
hands Of the enemy.
'In view of this situation our
armies were assigned the further task
Of developing, before the season OF
bad roads due to melting SHOWS be
gan, our position in the Carpathians
which dominated the outlets into the
Hungarian plains.
About the period indicated the
great Austrian forces, which had been
concentrated for the purpose of re-
lieving Przemysl, were in a position
between Lupkow and Uzsok passes.
It was for this section that our grand
attack was planned. Our troops had
to carry out a frontal attack under
very difficult conditions of terrtain.
To facilitate their attack therefore an
auxiliary attack was decided on a
front in the direction of Bartfeld, as
far as Lupkow.
''This secondary attack was open
ed March 10 md was completely de-
veloped.
ION March % and % our troops
had already begun their principal at
tack In the direction of Baligrod, en-
veloping the enemy's positions from
west Of Lupkow pass, and on the
east, near the source of the San.
''The enemy opposed most des-
perate resistance toi our offensive.
They had brought up every available
man on the front from the direction
OF Bartfeld as far as Uzsok pass, in
cluding even German troops and
numbers Of cavalrymen fighting on
foot The enemy's electives on this
front exceeded 800 battalions. Can
Austrian or German battalion num-
bers 1000 men, Moreover our
troops had to overcome great nat
ural difficulties at every STEP"
Nevertheless by April 5, that is,
Is days after the opening Of our Of
fensive-the bravery of our troops
enabled up to complete the task as
signed and we had seized the prin-
cipal chain Of the Carpathians on a
front between Reghotov and :Volosate
Of 1l0 versts (about rs miles,.
'The fighting subsequently has
been in the nature of actions in de-
tail intended to consolidate the sue
cesses we won.
'tTo sum up: On the whole Carpa-
THAN front between March 10 and
April IL, the enemy have suffered
enormous losses and have left in our
hands in prisoners alone at least 75,-
900 men, including about 900 officers.
Further, we have captured 800 guns
and 200 machine guns.
"On April Is the actions in the
Carpathians were concentrated in the.
direction Of Rostolki. The enemy,
despite the enormous losses suffered,
delivered in the course Of that day no
less than 16 attacks in great strength.
These attacks, all OF which were alb
barren Of result, were made
against the heights we have occupied
further to the east of Telepotch.
$%"Our troops during the night Of
April 1917, after a desperate fight,
and captured height to the
southeast Of the village of Poden,
where we took many prisoners. Three
delivered by the enc
my against this height were repulsed.
:. 'In the other sections, all along the
front, there has been no change"