Evening star., 1915-04-05
CZAR'S TROOPS WINNING.
is CLAIM OF PETROGRAD
Said to Be Taking Prisoners at Rate
Of Entire Army Corps Every
Fortnight.
RUSHING MEn TO THE FRONT
Dual Monarchy Declared to Realize
This Is Final Effort to Stem
Torrent OF Russian
Invasion.

LONDON. April 5.-The Car
pathian front is the quarter in
which decision of first inpor-
tance IS expected soon. London
seems to be confident the Rus
slams will break through into
Hungary, but this has been pre-
dlcted many times before.
The Austrians are said to be
throwing every available man into
the fight at this point, SO that
hard struggle may be in prospect.
Many Prisoners Taken.
The Daily Mails Petrosrsd corr.
spondent asserts that the Russians
have taken 100000 prisoners on th.
Carpathian front since the advance be-
gan. January 81.
A Petrograd dispatch to the Daily
Telegraph says that for some time past
the Russians have taken prisoners in
the Carpathians at the rate of an army
corps every fortnight
Stalking All on Defense.
The defense of the Carpathians IL
the last effort Austria Hungary can
muster" says the Times correspondent
with the Russian forces. telegraphinG
from Lvoff, land if her troops fail
there nothing can prevent the Russian
invasion of Hungary
Austria, realizing this, is pouring
into the firing line every available man
that can be armed and uniformed. The
last patches which have arrived are
poorly clothed and have had little
training and they surrender in huge
blocks on the smallest provocation
Their officers are young and ineXper-
fenced and are unable to lick into
shape the almost raw recruits placed in
their charge. 1t is reported that thou
sands are dying i'll the trenches for
lack of suitable clothing, from cold
and exposure"
Austrian Defeat Severe.
Reuter- dispatch from Petrograd
gives a semi official account of the de
feat of the Austrian forces which pene-
trated Bessar ra bia. 1t says:
in part. annihilated 4 division OF
Austrian infantry and a brigade of
cavalry held an organized position near
the villages of Schilovizy and NAL
intZy. Two columns of Russian in
fantry attacked them and enveloped
their front the morning of March 30.
one column from the north and one
from the south.
The enemy resisted desperately.
while the Russian troops delivered
many assaults with the bayonet. Coe-
sacks came up and dismounted. They
also used cold steel, and the heights
were carried.
Meanwhile, at the village of Eouh
sotine, about eight miles north, an
Austrian force was driven out by Cos
sacks with the tayonet. The Austrians
then began retreat along the whole
front.
Battle Under Difficulties.
BERLIN, via London, April o.--A de-
scription of the conditions under which
desperate fighting is being carried on
in the Carpa thians is contained in a
dispatch TO the National Zeitune from
its special correspondent, who says thai
not only Is the terrain tremendously
difficult. but that II is SO broken up b.
mountains and forests that the con-
fiict resembles guerrilla warfare on "A
colossal scale.
Unable to see parts of the territoi
involved. combatants often find II nee
eSSary to abandon position gained at
heavy loss because its view is cut OF
from other sections of the battle Iin..
Suffer Check at Dukla
Although the Russians con
stantly bringing up fresh troops and
making terrible sacrifices, the CORE
spondent says, their onslaught has been
checked at Dukla. where the Austrian
line runs southwark to the crest of the
The Russians have been devotins
their attention for several days to an
effort to force back the Austro- Hun
garians in the middle pass between
Lupkow and Czsoh passes. The Teu
tonic allies there. the National lei
tung says. have long been contendins
against greatly superior numbers,
ders of endurance and bravery"
Austrians Admit Retreat
VIENNA. April 5. via London n-RetreAt
If the Austrian forces in the Beskid re-
sion of the Carpathfans, where some OF
he heaviest fighting has taken place in
the struggle for control OF the noun
tain passes leading into Hungary. was
announced yesterday at army head
quarters.
The Beskid mountains form part of
The boundary between Hungary and
5alicia. They are section of the grest
range. the natural barrier
upon which Austria Hungary relies to
1alt the Russian advance
Successes Against Russians
Are Reported in Dispatches
to Austrian Embassy Here
Repulse OF the Russians In repeated
assaults covering twenty-four hours of