Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-08-29
Effort to Bag Army of Grand
Duke Nicholas Makes NoAp-
preciable Headway Against
Wary Commander
AUSTRlANS ARE CLEARING
GALlClA OF SLAVS
Won Hindenburg Reports Prog
reSS ia North, but Meets
Desperate Resistance at
Every Step He Takes,

lev NoRNlNu ioueNAt sPrCiAL Luknen WiHnl
London. Aug 2S (9;30 D. m The
Germanic allies have not yot exhaust
ed their efforts to smash completely
the Russian army While the Ger
mans in tho Baltic provinces under
Field Marshal Won Hindenhurg have
again become aggressive and are at
tempting To drive the Russians back
"a Dviua. the Austro- Hungarinna. with
tho assistance of the Germans, have
taken the offensive la southeastern
Galcia and according TO official
from Berlin and Vienna,
have succeeded i'm brcallng through
the Russian positions on the Hlota
Lipa river north and south OF Br2e-
zany
Claim General Gains.
Along the rest of the front the
Gcrmans claim to bee gaining more
ground hut apparently they are as far
as over from their main endeavor--
the capture or destruction Of the Rus
sian armies The latter. although
pressed hard AT many points contn-
ne their orderly retreat, leaving little
or nothing that might be used by tho
Invaders Some rcnr guards which
were left behind with machine gums
to retard the Austro-German advance,
have been overwhelmed and captured,
but the guns munitions and main
forces invariably have kept out OF
reach of the relentless pursucfs.
Russian stand Doubtful.
Whether the Russians will be able
60 make "A stand in the now position
witch they are said tO havo prepared,
the next fcw days should tell. There
are reports that relnforcementF nrr
being sent 90 the west and Serbian
fronts. but military writer's express the
opinion that 80 long as tho Russian
armies remain intact. II would be
dangerous FOR the Austrians and Ger
mans 10 detach troops FOR operations
elsewhere Now that the fortreases
are reduced the big guns might he
moved to some other field OF opera
tions
Western Offensive Unlikely.
This opinion apparently Is borne
out hy the fact that there ls no cyl
dcncc OF q German offensive IN the
west, while serbian avators are said
TO have nscertaned that the Austto-
German force gathered at Orsova for
"a rumored effort TO force way
through serbia and Bulgaria to rem
der aid to Turkey Is not OF
the strength reported Indeed, the
Serbians express the opinion that tho
forco Is not strong enough for Tho
task which some writer's have set Il.
A,lntor- Are Active.
on the western front the activity
of the aHmpn continues Six Ger
man avlaturs attempted an attack on
Paris but were driven off with the
loss Of one machine. while the allies.
apparently British. threw bombs on
Ostcnd Middelkerlte and BrEes. ON
the dunes ut Middelkorke The ger
mans have some Of their most form
idabic batteries for use against at
tncks from sea, while at fruges tho
objective OF the airmen would be the
canal and docks which are used eX-
tenHYcly by the Germans for trans
port purposes This was doubtless
q further phase OF the attack on the
Belgian coast initiated By British
warshps last Tuesday
Wait on Balkan StattS.
The Balkan situation stlll creates
q great deal of interest and oonfi-
dence Ia expressed that with Serbin
showing a compromising attitude It
VIII be- settled TO the advantage Of
the entente allies serbia's reply to
the allies. however has not vet been
and Bulgaria, Greece and
Rumania are holding their hands un-
til the contents Is known.