The Penn's Grove record., 1915-07-23

London.-Activity marked every
arena of the war, including ever
Africa and the Dardanelles, and in
the west the Germans kept up their
artlilery duels along the whole front
with the purpose, say the military
critics, OF preventing the allies from
starting a new offensive when the
Austro-Germans are attacking the en-.
tire Russian line of 1000 miles.
British observers say the best serv.
Ice that the allies could give Russia
just now would be to force the Oar.
danelles, and news dispatches report
that the Entente allies are attacking
at all points on the GaIlipoli PENN.
sula, and giving and receiving hard
blows. There is no definite news of
the gains or losses in ground, but II
was ofdc1ally announced that the total
casualties of the British expedition
airy force to date are 42,434 officers
and men killed, wounded and miss.
ing. The casualties among the of.
1cers were 8,O84.
The Germans, in their move tn
keep the offensive in the west from
passing to the hands of the allies,
have thrown large forces into action
in the Argonne, attacking with bombs
and grenades, both in the region of
st. Hubert and in Apremont, but with
out making gains.
On the eastern front the Austro.
I German armies of Field Marshals Won
H~indenburg on the north and Won
M~ackensen on the south continued
their efforts to close the ends of the
great arc of steel around Warsaw.
British military critics say the pres.
emit colossal coordinate movement
was developed with such suddenness
and carried so far without meeting
serious Russian resistance that they
are discounting the fall Of the Polish
capital. They point out the enormous
difficulty the Russian armies have
labored under from the start by the
existence of such a salient as was
formed when their line was pierced
along the Zura-Rawka front.
From the Austrian point of view
the campaign along the Austro
Italian frontier is proceeding satisfac
torily. says the report issued by the
Austrian War Office.
NEW TEUToN OFFENSIVE.
Paris.-The new Austro-G German of
fensive in the east was further de
veloped and the Austrians in hare
battles along the Dniester succeeded
in crossing that river at severa.
points.
After a terrific bombardment of the
Russian position the Austrians threw
large bodies Of troops across the
stream at Uciebiskupie, on the Rus
sian border where the crown lands O.
Gal1cla and Bukowina and the Rus
sian province of Bessarabia meet.
Counter-attacks by the Russian.
have been beaten back, and neal
Sokal the Austro-Germans hav,
stormed and captured several. vantag,
points of the Russians. Twelve of
icers, 1900 men and three machine
guns were taken from the Muscovites
Fighting of the most desperat,
character is reported along the Who'll,
Russian front of hundreds of mile.
except in central Poland, where tn,
Russians are in such strong positions
that the military critics say it would
be almost foolhardy for the Germans
to attempt to break through.
The combined Austro-G German Oh
erations On the eastern front are tn,
most gigantic yet undertaken, tn,
aim, in the opinion of the British
military experts, being to squeeze tn,
Russians out of Warsaw and the grea
region held by them to the north
south and east of that city, and a
the same time to attempt an invasion
Of Bessarabia.