Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1915-02-06
british SHIPS SUNK
BY GERMAN SUBMARINE
THE U-2f RAIDS IRISH COAST
SHIPPING AND SINKS THREE
BRITISH STEAMERS.
RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE PUSHED
Russians Have Captured Prisoners
and Guns in Carpathian Noun
tains-Russians Drive
Turks From Tabriz.
Latest War News TO Date.

marine C-2l in its raid SATURDAY III the |
Irish sea in the vicinity OF Liverpool |
still stands at three ships-the steam |
ers Ben Cruachen, Linda Blanche and |
the Kilcoan, the latter small vessel. |
The crew of the Kilcoan was landed |
on the Isle of Man Sunday by a coast |
wise steamer
In addition, a German submarine !
also has torpedoed two British steam
ers in the English channel near Havre |
the Tokomaru and the Icaria.
The Irish sea raider easily made |
her escape and shipping interests, con-
fident that she has returned to her
| base, has ordered resumption OF nor
NAL traffic.
This underwater Emden is the same
vessel which last September torpedoed
in the North sea the British cruiser
Pathfinder with loss of 246 lives and
later destroyed two British steamers
off Havre She found numerous YES
sells in the waters to which she has
confined her activities. In addition 10
| the three vessels she is known to have
| sunk, at least five other steamers
were chased by her. These include
| the steamer Graphic with 100 passen-
gers and a crew of forty and the small
er boats Atreus, Ava, Kathleen and
| Endymion. All these vessels escaped
in zigzag flight.
The Graphics captain had his pas
| sengers don life belts and sent all the
members of the crew to the stokehold
so that the steamer could keep up
| full head of steam in flight. The cap
tain also took the precaution to warn
| by wireless vessels from coming into
the zone of the submarines activity.
The Allan line steamer Scandina-
Wan from st. John, N. b., Jan. %, for
Liverpool, with 500 passengers on
board, learned OF the raid of the U-21
and put into Queenstown. After re-
naming in Queenstown for a short
time the steamer proceeded for Liver
pool.
For the fourth time since the be-
ginning of the war the Carpathian
mountains between Dukla and Wysz-
kow passes is the scene of a pitched
battle. Previous battles were between
Russian and Austro-Hungarians, but
in that which is developing the Aus
TRANS and the Hungarians have the as
sistance of the German armies and are
assuming a vigorous offensive.
Despite this the Russian reports as
sert that the preliminary fighting has
turned to the advantage of Russia, and
| ., ~ no hnar1 n
tured.
simultaneously the Austro-G Germans
are concentrating armies in the noun
tains between Bukowina and Transyl-
vania to prevent an attempt by the
Russians to outflank them, and on the
Roumanian and Serbian frontiers to
check any effort of the armies of
those countries to take a hand in the
fighting, upon the result of which is
staked much.
These forces are ready to pour into
Serbia, but are prevented from NOV
ling by the floods.
The Russians are also pushing their
offensive in East Prussia, while the
Germans continue their attack on the
Russian positions in Central Poland.
These operations, however, are sec
ondary to the battle in the Carpa-
thians, the outcome Of which is likely
to have a marked effect on the future
operations of the war
The Russians have inflicted another
defeat on the Turks in the Sar
Kamysh region. where during a snow
storm they crossed a mountain and
after heavy fighting, captured the
commanding general and his staff of
the Thirtieth Turkish division and a
large quantity of war material.
To add to the difficulties of the OF
toman army the Russian fleet has re-
sumed it's activities in the Black sea
and has bombarded the Turkish bar
racks at TrebiZond and RiZah, besides
sinking several Turkish sailing vessels
used as transports.
Advices from Julia of Jan. 80 say
that in an engagement at Sofian, Per
STA, the Turks, who suffered severe
losses, retreated precipitately towards
Tabriz. At noon the same day the
Russian troops entered TabrlZ, the
Turks and Kurds fleeing in the direc-
ton of Maragha.
From Ispahan word comes that the
Turks carried away jewels and money
belonging to the sanctuaries of the
Shiites of Kerbela, to the value of S10,-
100000. On account of this all the
Shiites are manifesting great indigna-
ton.
According to the French reports
the attacks the Germans delivered
against the allied lines in Flanders
France and Alsace on the first three
days of the week cost them 10000
men. to which must be added the
losses suffered in their repeated at
lacks on the Russian intrenchments
in Central Poland.
All of the attacks in the west the