The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-04-07
IMPORTANT ATTACK
WARRIKG NATIONS LOOK DECISION
In The EAST
Battle In west SLACK

| Battle In west SLACK
| Fighting on the Dardanelles Forts
Resumed by Allied Fleet-Germans
Claim Successes Wednesday-Brit-
tsh Vessel Sunk-French Ram Ger
man Submarine.
After a brief lull in the fight for
! possession of Dukla pass in the Car
path;ans, the Russians brought up re-
Inducements and resumed the attack
Wednesday. At Vienna it is said the
Russians have not been able to gain
their objective at any point along the
Carpathian front for the invasion of
Hungary, and that they were defeated
il. bukowina. Dispatches to Swiss
newspapers, however, say the Aus
trians have suffered enormous losses
in northeastern Hungary. It is esti-
mated that they lost $4,000 men on
Monday and the Russians are credited
with annihilating column Of 1000
Austrians in an hour.
The increasing pressure Of the Rus
SLAMS on this front, together with the
| fall Of PrZemysl, may have an in.
fluence on the operations in the west
The report is being spread in Holland
that the Germans are contemplating
the abandonment of their present line
| in Belgium in favor of a less extended
front running slightly west of Brus.
se3s. and that withdrawal Of German
cavalry from the User line already
has begun.
London reports Wednesday say the
battle of the Carpathians now rivals
the ombardment Of the Dardanelles
in POLITICAL possibilities. German ex
perts assert that Russia's efforts are
Of such vital importance politically
that the supreme command Of the
Teutonic allies is justified in exertins
every effort to check the invader
there. A sudden and dramatic influx
of Muscovite hosts into Hungar!
might, it is argued, stir the Balkan
nations to quick action.
/ German reports also attach grea
importance to this struggle. Major
Moraht, the military expert, in dis
patch from Austrian headquarters tt
the Berlin Tageblatt, attaches grea
importance to the present fighting il
the Carpathians. Major Moraht says
without going so far as to consid
er that the result Of the entire war
on even the eastern campaign, de
pends on the issue of this battle, new
ertheless victory here indubitably viii
exercise a strong effect on the entire
situation. Nor can we completed!
| exclude the possibility that the politi
cal situation may be affected in on
way or another. Russia, in any case
had political reasons in choosing pre-
cisely this ground for a decisive bat
tie. This is the view of intelligen
Hungarians and also Of the Vienna
press. The supreme army command
has grounds enough for employing al
disposable forces to avert a Russian
irruption into the Hungarian plain.
The fighting the Dardanelles ha
been slack. Petrograd has oficiall!
warned the Russian people not to ex
pect an early capitulation Of Constan
tinople. There are no signs, how
ever, that the allied fleet has given VI
the attack, as battleships again arr
shelling the outer defenses. Tht
Russian assault on the Bosphorus na.
been interrupted by a thick fog.
From London Wednesday come!
the news of a Reuters dispatch re
ceived from Constantinople by wa.
of Berlin says the allied feet has re
sumed its bombardment Of village!
near the outer forts of the Darda
nelles. Turkish aviators are making
daily reconnaissance.
In the western area little wa:
transacted. The Berlin Offices an
nouncement Wednesday says:
"West Of Pont-a-Moussen French
attacks near and east Of Regnievillt
and in the forest of LIE Petree were
repulsed. The enemy sustained heav!
losses, and at only one place to the
west of Forest of lie Petre In the en-
| gagement still continuing.
Hostile aviators yesterday threw
| JULIUS Oh IlS ~" "
Bruges, Ghistelles and Courtral with
out doing any damage to military es
adjustments. In Courtral, near E
hospital, one Belgian was killed anc
one wounded.
"On the Russian frontier in the
district north of Memel the banks ot
the river were cleared Of the enemy
The Russians we're defeated neal
| Turoggen and retreated in the direc'
tion of SZkaudrwly.
Russian forces, which during the
last few days advanced north Of the
| Augustowo forest against the Ger
man position were repulsed by Ger
mans who advanced into the forest
lake district near Sejny. The num-
Der of Russians taken prisoner in the
engagement near Krasnopol and tc
the north and east was increased by
500. Near Klimki, on the SkWa, zoe
more Russians were captured"
The French report Wednesday was
exceedingly brief. 1t merely said:
"No modification Of the situation has
been reported since the last commu.
nication."
A British ship was sunk by sub
marine Wednesday. The Ellerman
line steamer Flaminian, with a gen.
eral cargo, from Glasgow to Cape
Townfi was sunk OF the Sicily Isles
Monday. March 20, by the German
submarine U-2S. The crew Of SO
took to their boats and were picked
up by the Danish steamer Finlandia
and landed at Haly Head.
The Flaminian sighted the U-2S at
1:15 Monday afternoon. While the
crew prepared to lower the boats, the
| vessels was sent ahead full speed.
The submarine easily overhauled her,
however, and fired three shots, sig
mailing her to stop. The Flamlnian
stopped and the crew abandoning all
personal belongings, got off in small
| boats. The submarine then fired 10
shots at the steamer. These appear
ed ineffective. so q torpedo was dis
charged. That sent the Flaminian to