The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-01
British Amazed
At Success OF
Submarine Raids
Third Ship Sunk In Irish Sea
Identified; Two Other Ships
Missing Re port
BIRTHS h Gains-Russians
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Tn, London Daily Mail aSgerts
that Baron ven Barsan. speaking for
AuStro- HHnEar% informed German
statesmen That AuStri0'a ruin was
certain unless Germany agreed TO
make peace on terms involving a par
ttal disarmament OF Europe and the
surrender ~ Alsace, Germany re-
fused on the score that Great Brit
aims naval power would be unatfect-
ed. and that Germany com ugfciai
ambitions would he hopeless4y ended
All THAI Won Bur.au secured was
German troops Tor the defense OF
Hungary.
Dispatches from London say on az
count of German suhfnarine raids the
British are amazed and anxious as
regards shipping in the Irish Sea and
other supposedly safe waters The
Third ship Sunk in the Irish Sea on
Saturday was the Belfast steamer
kilcoan, whose crew was landed Oh
the Isle Of Man yesterdas. II IL re-
ported thai The stea mships koro
Meru and tkaria, long overdue, have
been sunk by submarines.
BRUSH Regain Lost Trenches.
The French government reports
/ that The British forces near I.aI3as-
see recaptared yesterday all tho
trenches they had lost
THE Herman MAI office states that
and i3eiaune captured some French
/ trenches. E.xcrt for artillery duels In
Planters no further report is made
Of the aghttng ON Saturday.
The Russian general stan EN-
phasizes the snportance OF operations
OH the long front In .;alicia and
RukoWlna. = general battle has been
begun with the Austro-Gefman force
attempting ID take the offensive. par
: a. III ha tpu
San The Germans We're Tepuised III
fierce hshttns west of Warsaw. The
Russians continue their advance III
East Prussia.
OF the situation IN eastern Europe.
the German war office says merely
that Russian attacks east Of Lode, on
the Warsaw front. were repulsed. and
that there were no important opera
tons in East Prussia.
It is reported that tae Kaiser, suf-
fering from chilli, has returned to
Berlin, and will remain Their until
more agreeable weather Iustifies hia
return to he front,
French Statement.
Paris, Jan 81 This afternoons
war office statement says;
The struggle during the day of this
3oth was confined on almost every
front to artillery 4soYnbafs, The can
nonadng was very intense on one side
or the other at numerous points. Our
artillery has everywhere secured the
advantage.
Before fABassea the British army
retooll. all the trenches which II MOS
tnentariiy Lost The Germans have
scannonaded the helfry and Church OF
Fanqueysllers tto the south of Arrasl.
"In the sectors Of Arras, Roye.
Scissors, Rheims and perthe our bat
teries have destroyed two of the en-
emys pieces. several field works,
certain number of bomb throwers and
dispersed several concentrations Of
troops. bivonacs and conveys
In the Argonne, in the woods OF
LaGruer. where our troops were
obliged on the goth TO retreat slight
ly. as already reported the Gernans
yesterday delivered near Fon1asne
Madame three new attacks, which
were repulsed
From the Argonne To the Eosges
there has been no change We hold.
notably near Badonvillier. the village
of Angenont, which, the Germans
pretend to have occupied.
PetwoSrad Claims Gains.
petrograd. Jan. sl,~-Tha Russian
general stan today gave out the fol-
lowing statement
"iu the region of the forests north
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