Evening star., 1915-01-29

hoping thus to improve the chances Of
the Austrians in the Carpathians.
where a general battle Is developing"
Egyptian Situation.
So far as news is concerned, the Turks
supposed to be advancing into Egypt are
marooned somewhere on the sands OF the
desert Not one word has been heard
of them since the announcement three
days ago Of their presence to the east
ward of Elkantara, and no further ciasnes
with British outposts have been reporteo
a dispatch to the Reuter- Telegram
Company from Ilhis, the ROUSSEAU army
= Headquarters in Transcaucasla, says:
Fifty Greek villages around hefs, IN
southern Transcaucasia, have Deen iain
= In ruins by the Turks. The flight OF the
.Greek inhabitants was precipttate. ana
the women and children are said to have
suffered intensely from the cold weatner
1t Is reported that many OF the men
among the Greeks were made prisoners
and that some were killed
Western Operations.
The Germans tactics of the last few
days at various points on the western
front seem TO have cost them heavily
and to have brought them little sain'
Judging by the official reports given
out in Paris and published prominently
in London today 1t Is thought mere
that the next development may oe q
concentrated blow at some straeesi1
point. ,nd
counter attacks have cost both sloes
heavily, they have made no great III, M
ference in the relative positions Oh 'he
opposing armies. ,,.bsr
and the CONSEQUENT hardening OF the
ground they brought up new tIoops Ps
with the intention OF getting III 'n .ha
Anglo-French forces was ready to meet
them Thus far they have made ittie,
IL any, headway, but, undismayed. are
sending still more ore trGeps Rassee e"vIu where
earlier in the winter they attempted
to break their way through 10 tne
coast. Knowing. as they must, tnat
greatly strengthened since then, they
themselves must have increased their
striking power.
Allies Are Confident.
The allies, however, are confident OF
their ability to hold their present lines
and move forward when all prepara-
tions are completed.
The Times military correspondent.
? analyZing the present disposition OF
3 the German forces, arrives at thC W.
- clusion that the preponderance OF tne
German troops still are on the western
frontier, where he estimates there are
ninety-four divisions, as against 1orty-
three divisions in the east.
3 TN other words" the correspondent
says. their pride would not allow them
to shorten and rectify their western
line, which would alone have enaoleo
!. them to detach sufficient forces to
!, bring about a decision in Poland and
capture Warsaw. AS result the ouik
I of the active corps are in the west
. still while in Russia the bulk or the
(. troops are second and tnira @ me nen-
3 1t may therefore be expected that Ger
= many will make last violent enort IN
= the west to break the allied line be-
fore the allied armies are all assem-
bled and the other neutral powers
come into the war.
= Battle at Hurtebise.
4, The main headquarters of the German
army. in a dispatch. gives the following
: details Of the battle at Hurtebise Janu-
I airy % and January 26. in which the
I Saxon regiments distinguished them
. selves. The battles developed on the
3 plateau of Craonne and at Hurtebise,
: which were destroyed by French artil-
2 iery. The German trenches ran south
and west of Hurtebise. leading to the
. plateau of Craonne. The French oppo-
: site these occupied three lines Of
: trenches, of which the foremost con-
= tained splendid infantry and artillery
:. positions. supported on the left by strong
: earthworks and with bombproof caverns
: for reserves.
:, After bombardment the German
infantry stormed and captured within
half an hour all except a part of one
and the cave, which resisted
desperately. The cave was surrounded
by machine guns and the French sur
rendered at midnight. The fight to
capture the remainder of the line last
ed until Thursday morning, when five
= officers, 1,100 men, eight machine guns
and the searchlight and sapper depot
were captured.
= Fifteen hundred French dead belong
Ing to the 18th Corps were found in
Eahe trenches. They had fought and
themselves heroically.
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