Evening star., 1915-04-19
Petrograd Reviews Campaign
in Carpathians Since Be-
ginning of March.
ALL IMPORTANT PASSES
TAKEN BY CZAR'S ARMY
Seventy Thousand Prisoners and
Many Guns Reported to Have
Been Captured.

l,ETEoGFAp. April IS. via London,
April lo-The following official com
nlunica ton concerning the progress OF
the campaign was issued from general
headquarters tonight:
AT the beginning Of March IN the
principal chain of tho Carpathians We
held only the region OF the Dukla
masses, whore our lines formed an ex-
terror angle All other passes. OF Lup-
kov and farther east. were in the
hands of tho enemy
In view of this situation our armies
were assigned the further task of de-
veloping, before tho season of bad
roads, due to melting SHOWS. began. our
position in tho Carpathians. which
dominated the outlets into the Hun
c:trian plains.
Planned Grand Attack.
About the period indicated, the great
Austrian forces which had been con-
..entrated for the purpose of relieving
Ferernysl, were in a position between
Iupkow and TZsok passes. 1t was for
this sector that our grand attack was
planned Our troops had to carry out
a frontal attack under very difficult
condition of terrain To facilitate their
attack, therefore, an auxiliary attack
was decided on on a front in the dtrec-
ton of Bartfeld as far as Lupkow.
This secondary attack was opened
March 10 and was completely devel-
oped
March c3 and % our troops had al
ready begun their principal attack In
the direction of Baligrod, enveloping
the enemy's positions from west of
Lupkow pass, and on the east, near the
source of the San.
Enemy Resisted Desperately.
The enemy opposed a most desperate
resistance to our offensive. They had
brought up every available man on the
front from the direction of Bartfeld
as far as Uzsok pass. including even
German troops and numbers of cavalry
men fighting on foot. The enemy's ef-
fectives on this front exceeded 300 bat
ralions Can Austrian or German bat
talon numbers 900 men.1 Moreover.
our troops had to overcome great nat
ural difficulties al every step.
Nevertheless. by April that Is.
eighteen days after the opening of our
offensive--the bravery of our troops
enabled US to complete the task as
signed and we had seized the principal
chain of the Carpathians on a front be-
tween Reghetov and Nolosate of 10
versts (about seventy-flve miles).
The fighting subsequently has been
in the nature of actions in detail, in
tended to consolidate the successes we
won.
10000 Prisoners Taken.
To sum up: On the whole Carpa :
THAN front, between March 10 and
April IL. the enemy have suffered enor-
nous losses and have left in our hands
in prisoners alone at least 10000 men,
including about 900 officers. Further,
We have captured 80 guns and 200 ma
chine guns.
april Is the actions in the Carpa-
'hians We're concentrated in the direc-
ton of Rostoki. The enemy, despite
the enormous losses suffered, delivered
III the course of that day no less than
sixteen attacks in great strength.
These attacks. all of which were abso-
lutely barren of result. were made
against the heights we have occupied
farther to the east of Telepotch
Our troops during the night Of April
1917, after a desperate fight, stormed
and captured a height to the southea st
of the village of Poden. where we took
many prisoners. Three counter attacks
delivered by the enemy against this
height were repulsed.
In the other sectors all along the
front there has been no change