Evening star., 1915-01-30
RUSSIANS ADVANCING
INTO EASTERN PRUSSIA
Fierce Battles Still Rage in Snow
in Carpathian Mountain
Passes.
TABRIZ IS REPORTED TAKEN
Cars Forces Reported to Have
Routed Turks in Persia-Mos-
lens Still Moving To-
ward Suez.

LONDON, January .3o.-Gef-
man claims that heavy losses
have been inflicted upon the
French in the fighting in the
western arena of war, the Rus
slams claim that they have routed
the Turks in Persia and occupied
Tabriz, and the general Russian
advance in East Prussia, are con-
sidered today's most striking de-
velopments in the general war
now gripping Europe
In the Argonne region. where
infantry has been engaged in at
tacks and counter attacks for
several days, the Germans claim
to have captured 745 French sol
diers and twelve machine guns, in
addition to leaving between 400
and 500 dead on the field.
Hundreds of Foe Killed.
Large French casualties are reported
from the Nieuport region, where the
Germans say that several hundred dead
Moroccans and -lgerians ere found
dead on the sand dunes. During
night attack upon the allies the Ger
mans claim to have wrested two more
trenches from the troops battling un-
der the tri-color and taken sixty pris-
oners.
Night attacks, which now form an inn
portant part of the fighting in the
western arena. are said to have netted
the Germans considerable ground.
while Berlin claims that the French
have been entirely unsuccessful in their
attempts to storm Teuton trenches
Heavy losses are said to have been IN
fifcted on the French in the fighting in
the vicinity of Verdun. To the north
east of Badenviller the French We're
driven from the village of Angoment
as far back as the village of Dremenil
and Angomont was occupied by Ger
man forces according to todays claims
in Berlin.
Losses Not Mentioned.
The French official statement of to-
day makes no mention of heavy losses
sustained in the fighting with the Ger
mans. but dwells particularly upon the
artillery engagements in the various
regions of the west, where the allies
and Germans are struggling. Consid-
erable success in these engagements is
chronicled.
Russia's new invasion of East Prus-
sia is becoming well defined in British
eyes as an outf1anking movement For
some time past this frontier district
has been in Russian hands, without at
tracing much attention, but now the
invaders have begun series of slight
western advances along the ffty-mile
front from Tilsit southwark almost as
far as Angerburg. This front is only
about fifty miles to the east of the
Prussian fortress of Koenigsberg.
Battling in the Snow.
Many miles to the south the combined
Austro German armies and the forces
of Russia are battling in the snow in
the Carpathian mountain passes, but
as is usual with mountain lighting the
situation is confused, each side mann
tanning that the tide of battle is rum
ming in it's favor. 1t will be hard to
form a clear picture of the situation
until either the Russians emerge in
force on the Hungarian plains or the
Austro- Germans hammer them back 1"
the mountain passes, perhaps CAUSING
at the same time Russian retreat IN
BukoWina One effect OF TINS struggle.
has been to bring the Austro-German
troops so near the Roumanian frontier
as to fan the war fame in that coih-
try, a fact which may have an import
ant bearing on deciding when Routnanla
will enter the conflict.
"The Russians are steadily closing in
on Insterburg EAST PrussiaD from the
north, east and southeast says a Petro-
grad dispatch. "TilSit is virtually sur
rounded, and the Russians there are in
position to threaten the left wing of the
Germans defending the line of Pilkallen-
LaSdehnen-
Pillkallen Occupied.
A Reuter- dispatch from Petrograd deal
ing with the battle in East Prussia, says:
"The Russians occupied Pillkallen after
a days shelling. The garrison suffered
heavily before retiring. OF the popula-
ton of 6,o00 only 300 women and chill
dren and aged persons remained.
THE Germans have strong defenses
rorthward of the Mazurian lakes region
to Insterburg, along the Augerapp river.
but they are comparatively weak farther
northward to Tilsit."
Russian forces suffered great losses in
a night attack on Borjimow. east OF
Lowicz, according to the official German
statement.
Intrench in the Snow.
Conditions in the Carpathians are
such that both sides are intrenching
themselves in snow, as it is impossible
to dig into the earth," says the Petro-
grad correspondent of the Daily Mail.
Austria has sent on this desperate
move all that remains of her army ex-
cent the forces on the Serbian frontier,
IN the Nidar river (southern Russian
Poland) and in Bukowina.
sit now may be seen clearly how
valuable was the rapid Russian move
ment through Bukowina. since it gave
The Austrians no time to rest and re-
cruit their armies This fresh austrian
advance was prepared hastily before
tha Horcaa WAra ready. and cQfld NOT