Evening star., 1915-05-21
FOE LOSES 10000
TROOPS EACH DAY,
SAYS SPETROGRAD
Germanic Allies Pay Fearful
Price for Gains in East
ern Arena.
10000 ALSO CAPTURED.
is CLAIM OF RUSSIANS
Teutons Declare Cars Forces Are
Being Driven Back From
River San.
RIGA SAID TO HAVE FALLEN
Allied Forces in West Report Re
pulse of Enemy North of Ypres.
Berlin Claims Defeat of French
and British Attacks.

LONDON. MAY ,I.-Austro-
German forces. which are con,ln-
uins their series OF victories over
the Russians in the eastern arena.
have paid d fearful price for ali
their successes. according to the
statement of Petrograd. which,
although admitting gains for the
enemy. saws the foe has lost 10000
men daily in killed and wounded.
while during the engagements OF
Nav 10 and 10 the casualties OF
the Teutonic allies totaled sew
eral tens of thousands OF men
each day. Certain regiments OF
the enemy are said to have been
reduced to single company.
Total losses, including 10000
prisoners taken. are said to have
reached to one-fourth or probably
third OF the total Gerinanic
strength.
Possibly the greatest successes
in the past two days fighting has
been gained by the Germans in
northwest Russia, where they
claim to have captured the city
of Riga.
Principal Port on Baltic.
Riga is Russia's principal port on the
Baltic aside from Petrograd. The town
lies at the head of the Gulf of Riga, 3l2
miles southwest of Petrograd. 1t is an
important industrial and commercial
center its industries being the manu-
facture of machinery. railroad cars and
tobacco. 1t has population of about
100000, many of whom before the war
were Germans.
An official Russian statement refer
ring to the recent fighting in the Car
pathian mountains was issued here to-
day and reads:
I'm the fighting of the past three
weeks, since the beginning of the oper-
ations of the enemy in the carpathians
their losses May 10. May II. May 12
lost some of its intensity. averaged
10000 day. On the other seventeen
days they were much heavier. especial
ly during the period between May l6
and May 10, when they amounted to
several tens of thousands daily.
10000 Prisoners Taken.
Certain regiments of the enemy have
been reduced to single company
Their total losses during this period
including 10000 prisoners captured by
US. have undoubtedly reached to one
fourth or perhaps one-third of their to-
tai strength.
The score of guns lost by the enemy
in this fighting is as nothing compared
with their total number, but it must be
borne in mind that owing to lack OF
horses and the scarcity of projectiles-
between two and three million shells
having been expended by the enemy
during this period-the enemy left be-
hind on old positions several hundred
guns; Ihis circumstance has helped to
sQualize the odds. which were In favor
OF the enemy"
Austr1ans Make Captures.
h tbs latest ofnciaI statement issued
~ the Austrian war department the
a1oouncenent 10 made that 5000 more
Russian prisoners were captured In
battles along the upper Dniester river
IN Galicia.
N 10 expected in London that Italy
sntrance into the war will compel
Austria. and perhaps Germany also, TO
withdraw some troops from the Rus
sian frontier where they are hammering
at the Russian lines particularly 10
the northwest and south Of Peremysl
in middle Galicia. This hammering &C
cording to the Austrian and German
tu hz. IN &c
claim that the Russians are being
driven back from the River San In the
region of Jaroslau and that the circle
around Peremysl is Tightening
Russians on Offensive.
slams appear to be undergoing attacks
and in the Opatow region in southern
Poland they have themselves taken tn,
offensive This, however, will be use
less to them unless they can preven,
the Austrians and Ge.iuaus from max
tng further advance in Galcia
IU ttc west the bad weather has him
dered operations. and this lull has en-
abled the French and British To- CON
solidate the ground they gained last
week and early this week While these
gains were not excessive. military ex.
perts the whole are satisfied with
them. having proved TO their own mind,
that when men and ammunition. re.
spectively,, are concentrated In sufn.
Client numbers and quantity the Ger.
mans can be driven back
German Attack Fails.
The successful German attack On IN,
allied forces 10 the north OF Ypres las
night %aa but short lived according u
the French official statement Of today
which declares that counter attacI
no; only forctd the Teutons to retreat
bu: netted additional ground for tn,
allied forces.
British forces are said to have mad,
some progress in the region north O.
LaBassee but the German statement O.