New Britain herald., 1915-02-01
GERMANS ON V|STULA DEFEATED BY BAY0NETS
Russ'ans Capture Trenches by 1 Hand to Hand Fighting.
 OFFICIAL REPORTS FROM WAR
E|s6arsaw Front Scene of Heavy Fight \ 1ng-Tabriz occupied by Russians-- GreekS to Aid Serbs in Case of h.
 vasion-SubmaIineS Successful.

Greeks to Aid Serbs in Case of In-
 vasion-Submarines Successful.
 Heavy fighting has been resumed
 hlcng the Warsaw front in Poland
 eiter long period of comparative in kctisfty. An official communication from Petrograd describes battles along the Vistula, near Borjimow, where, it IS said, the Germans were dislodged with bayonets from trenches they had captured, two companies of their sol d1ers being almost annihilated The Germans undertook an attack upon the Russian advance trenches and suoceeded in gaining one position
 The Russian occupation of Tabriz,
 aortSsern Persia, unofficially reported last week, is announced today by the Russian war office, which says that the Turkish army in that vicinity was Eput to flight
 A despatch from Athens states that Greece is engaged actively in military Preparations, and that she will assist Servia in case of invasion by Austro- Gefrlan forces.
 The view that Germany has entered definitely upon a policy of destroying EEgland's maritime commerce by the use of submarines is corroborated by German newspapers, which speak of the sinking of British merchantmen \sduring the past few days as a new course of action which it is hoped will produce striking results. Five vessels have been torpedoed, three in ! the Irish Sea and two in the English Channel. The German papers lay (c+r submarine, whose ability to operate as far as 1000 miles from their base distinctly increases the menace to shipping.
 Y The violent German attacks in Poland, are interpreted by Russian military authorities as an indication that the German commander, Field Marshal Won Hindenburg, has deter mined to inaugurate a general offen- gslve and strike once more at Warsaw. The Berlin official report of. today as- serts that the Germans have made D, ,ogress in northern and central Poland.
 Ip France and Belgium, as is shown l by the French and German official re- ports, there was no important fight 1 ing yesterday. F The Overseas News Agency of Ber- 1 1ln dnlOunCeu that reports ndd been received from Paris to the effect that a French torpedo boat had been sunk Cft.,the Belgian coast.
 England Fears Submarines.
 London, Feb 1, 12:37 D. fn,-Once again British interest in the military activities on the continent has been oversha dowed momentarily by the fact that Germany mas brought the . combat to Great Britain's front door, What is regarded here as the new Geysnan policy of a suumarine block --ade of British ports Is temporarily eff fectual at least in the case of Belfast, Where sailings have been suspended. sAThe Liverpool author1ries, however, announce that no interruption in tho trade of that port is contemplated. Berlin says that the situation in all parts of the Carpathan theater of the var is favorable.
 Vienna reports the resumption of hostilities in eastern Serbia following a period of quiet enforced by the floods. i The resignation of George Lede- bour member of the iieichstag and social dem ocratic' leader, from the 2 faction in the Reicnstag has given rise to rumors of a split in the Ger man socialist party.
 Paris Report.
 Paris, Feb. 1, 2:57 D. m.-The l French war office this afternoon gave out an official report on the progress of the war, which reads as follows: , - The day of Jan. 31 was marked. as had been Jan. 30, continuous fighting which was particularly spirited in all the northern regions
 ITO the southeast of Ypres the Ger mans endeavored to attack our 1 trenches to the north of the canal, i but this moveme ment was imm ediately i checked by the com bined fire of our i artillery and infantry
 Along the entire Aisne front, from l the punction of this river with the l Disc as far as Berry-Au-Bac, our bat l teries were successful at certain points in demolishing trenches in course of 1 construction as we'll as shelters for l machine guns and in silencing several 1 mine throwers as we'll as certain ar- t1ilery detachments of the enemy 1 German Report.
 Berlin, Feb. l., by wireless to Say l 3 Vile, N. 4-The official statement js- 1 sued today by the German general 1 army headquarters says in part: 4 ITO the southwest of Mlawa north | of the Vistula river (north ern Poland) 1 , the Russians were driven out of some l places which they had occupied the | ssday before , "On the German front (central Po l land) south of the Nstua the Ger | ! mans gained further terrain
 "To the south of Pilica river