The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-02-02

largely because Of Russia's
dous and Turkeys action
the sphere of operations has been
widely extended. Russia, alone. i
engaged in fighting hostile armie.
from Tilsit, far in the north of East
Prussia TO Tabriz. in Persia, q dis
lance Of over $500 miles. Only that
Rumania is free from menace. bur
her reports declare all Of her i'm
mense armies are successful.
Germans Are Outfianked.
The Russian outfianhing movement
in Northern East Prussia is said -
be gaining momentum. The armies
on either side of Tilsit have cut the
German Railway between that city
and Memel on the Baltic.
On the southern front, in East
Prussia, another army is advancing
toward the German fortress OF Thorn.
while still another is holding a line
of entertainments which protects
Warsaw and which General Won Hin
denberg la been trying to batter
through for three months Other ar
mics are again preparing TO meet .
big Austro-German force attempting
to regain Galicia and Bukowina
The Turks Again TrOunced.
To the eastward. where MuscoYits
troops are battling against the Turks
another defeat apparently has been
inflicted on the Sultan's forces. The
Russian official report says the Turks
are r%etreating to Tabriz. while unofd-
cial dispatches declare the Russians
have ~reoccupied that city.
What is regarded as the most I'M
portant campaign, however. is that
developing in the Carpathians.
brought about by the Austro-German
| offensive to drive the Russians from
Galicia and Bukowina. The Austro-
German allies are said to have con-
Centrated tWenty-eight army corps for
this venture. So far as can be gath
cred from contradictory official re.
ports, the Russians have Won prelim-
mary skirmishes in the western
passes from Dulka. to Wyszkow. while
in the east they have been forced L.
retire before superior forces.
These battles, which are being
fought in the snow. are just commenc-
ing, however. and many days must
pass before a definite decision il
reached.
Battles in the west still consist o.
local engagements, although the Ger
mans who apparently are preparing
for an extensive offensive before the
allies get their full strength into the
field, occasionally deliver rather more
serious attacks. They are scattered
all along the front from the sea to the
Swiss frontier.
British Repulse Germans.
Guinchy, which the British hold ait.
er driving back the Germans who cap
tured it on Monday, was attacked
again yesterday and. according to {
British report, the Germans were re
pulsed, leaving 200 dead in front @
the trenches they sought to capture.
The Argonne has been the scene O
another attack and in this case tn
German forces claim to have takel
over 700 prisoners and counted be
tween four and five hundred dead.
: In giving a review Of these "loca
affairs" between January 16 and 27.
, French eye witness declares all bu
! one Of them resulted in favor Of tn
, allies.
There has been more outpost fight
ing in the vicinity Of the Suez cana
: but latest reports say the Turks ar
: withdrawing their advance posts
There still is some doubt whether the
: have definitely committed themselve
to the march they must make acros
! the desert to invade Egypt.