Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-03-24
Brief Summary.


pclle and st. Eloi, in the west, and
PrZasnysz and Przemysl, in the east
are the pivots If the battle areas in
which struggles that may mark i'm.
portant milcstones in the war now
are being fought.
The outcome of the fight for Neuvc
Chapelle, from which the British
have driven the Germans with a loss
Of nearly 10000 mon, should prove
IN the opinion Of British observers
whether the Germans can mass men
and retrieve ground lost by them
with the same battering tactics they
displayed last yea. On the other
hand, If the British can hold the 20.
sitions gained, it viii go far toward
atteSting what may be expected when
the allies begin their spring advance
The outcome Of the battle Of Prza-
snysz will demonstrate whether Field
Marshal Won HindenGurg again has
Jailed and virtually nullified all his
costly efforts to reach Warsaw.
TO the south the Austrians are at
temrting what they have tried many
times betOrc-a dash to relieve the
fortress at Przcmysl. According to
dispatches from Petrograd this latest
effort, which was q northward ad-
vance from the Carpathians. has def
nitely fallen short, having been
ch a"ked in the center at Smolnik
south Of LutOwisNa. Meantime the
Russians are drawing closer their
lines around Przcmysl, and a dispatch
from Petrograd says the fall Of the
fortress is expected in a few days.
Gains Claimed by Germans.
Berlin. March 17.-The war office
announcement follows:
"Thc contest Hor possession Of an
eminoncc on the southern slope of
the LOrcttc Heights, 10 the northwest
of Arrds, has been decided in favor
Of the Germans.
IN the Champagne district, spe-
officially to the west of Perthes and
to the north Of lie Mesnil, the French
yestc day delivered several unsuc-
ccssful attacks. North OF LIE Mesnil
the attacks were renewed with
stronger forces and the engagements
still continue.
In the Argonnc the fighting has
not yet come to an end. French
forces have been driven back from
tn" slope to the southwest OF Vau-
queTs, occupied by them. Two French
attacks in the lie Petre forest north
west Of Pont-aMousson, resulted in
been nothing moro than artillery
duels.
Tho Russian advances against
Tauroggen in Kovno province, Rus
sia, northwest of Tilsit, and Laugs-
Zar&Cn, in East Prussia, Just across
the border from Tauroggen, have
been rcpulsCd.
Russian attempts TO break
through the German lines between
the Ekwa and the OrZyc rivers, north
OF Warsaw, also have been rcpulsed.
"Thcrc is nc change in the situa-
ton south OF the Vistula."
Briuons Lose Heavily.
London, March 17.--The British,
casualty lists for the five days from
March 10 to March IA, inclusive
during which the battles of Neuve
Chapelle and st. EiOi were fought
show that 1l2 officers we're killed OF
died from wounds and that 1913 Off
GERS We're wounded or are missing.
The list of casualties among the
men has not been published yet, nor
have any figures been given out, but
some competent critics estimate them
at about two-thirds of those suffered
by the Germans, which Field Marshal
Sir John French, the British cOmman-
der-in-chief, said were between IT,
600 and 5000.
One Canadian officer was killed in
the fGhting and three Canadian Off
GERS were wounded.
Outer PrZcmySI Forts Fn!! ?
London, March lS.-The outer
forts Of PrZcmySl, toward which a
part Of the Austrian army has been
stru, ,Gling in an effort to bring relief
to the besieged garrison, have at last
fallen before the Russians, according
TO unofficial reports reaching London.
Although confirmation is lacking,
British newspapers this morning APP
rarently are eager to regard the re-