The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1915-02-11
STRUGGLE TO HOLD
CARPATH|ANS NOT
YET AT DECISION
Neither Side Able to
Clear Others From
Passes.
RUSSIANS ARE HELD
No More Successful In At
tacks at Warsaw Than
Were Germans.
RUSSIANS ARE HELD

London, England THE battle in
the Carpathians, which is to decide
whether the Russians will be able to
force their way over the mountains
and invade Hungary or be driven
back northward, is apparently as far
from a decision as amy time since the
Austrians, with German reihforce-
mentS, lunched the attack.
Although the Russians along the
Warsaw front have undertaken AM
attack, they apparently are no more
successful than the Germans We're in
the last onslaught. In northern Po-
land another important battle is un-
der way, with the issue undecided.
The Russian duma adopted a
resolution expressing the purpose of
carrying the war until the peace of
Europe is assured on terms of satls-
factory to Russia.
1t is reported from Geneva that
eppelin was wrecked in storm dur
ing flight over the North Sea.
Snow and Trenches Halt Teutons.
Berlin. Germany-(via The Hague
and London) A description of the
conditions under which the battles
are being waged in the Carpathians
is contained in dispatch to the Lok-
al Anzeiger from its correspondent
in the mountain who says:
Deep snow lies in the Carpathians
and troop movements are confined
to valley paths. These marches are
/ slow and the deployment for battle
is extremely difficult
The Russians are pressing with
very considerable forces against
Dukla Pass and are continually
! bringing up new troops there.
"On the rest of the long front, the
Russians are inexcellently fortified
positions which are very hard to cap
ture. Under these circumstances the
operations of the allied AustroHun-
garian and German troops have slow
ed up despite their greater efforts.
| The successes which have been
achieved in turn by both sides have
only a local significance.
Russia Evacuates Bukowina
London. England. THE Daily
Telegraph's Bucharest correspondent
says:
Fresh particulars received here
from the Bukowina frontier indicate
/ that the Russians have commenced
/ Petrograd, Russia. BY their adj
vance toward Nadvorna and Kaloza,
which is evidently being made in
great force. the Austro-German ar
mics threaten the Russians in this
quarter with the alternative of isola-
tion or the complete evacuation OF
Bukowina.
Paris, France President Poin-
care of France and Minister of War
Millerand left last night for another
trip to the front.
The scene OF the fighting was Bali
grod. thirty miles south of Sanck
Galicia, 1t is claimed by the Russian
staff that the Hungarian forces III
the Carpathians were augmented by
: 100000 Germans. German Officers
are now definitely directing the Car
pathian movement.
The German plan, insofar as 1t car
be observed, now seems to be te
|abandon gradually their aggressive
on the Byura in the Nistula regior
and to transfer their troops to point.
where thre is a greater opportunit.
for piercing the Russian defensive
The fighting in the Carpathian
would appear to be a part OF thu
I procedure
Lead to follow blockade item abt Wi
helminia guide
: London, England. Britisl
foreign office today started an IN
auiry into the nature of the carg
= l'of the American steamship Wilhelm
p ina. preparatory to finally decidin
what attitude the government woul
: adopt in connection with the case.
q The Wilhelmina sailed from Ne'
York January % for Hamburg wit
n a cargo of foodstuffs, last night put
> ting into Falmouth, England.
Canadians Not Ravaged by Disease
to exaggerated reports of heav
losss from disase among Canada
troops ncamped on Salisbury Plai1
> the war office today issued a state
: ment to the effect that only 65 Cana
dians have died in this camp and thu
Il the total loss from meningitis hs
been "a of 40 cases reported.
1t had been reported by the Lol
don World that 500 Canadians ha
died.
o. Bayonet Used i'm fierce Charges.
Petrograd Russia.-Details of
% desperate fight in the Carpathial
a. with 1eTOclouS Dd!oHSl Cidl eSs, VIC
crib6 as without precedent in histol
- have reached Petrograd.
lit According to these, repeated Ge
RS man attacks were finally repulsed
ss, the Russians and the German de
90 lay in graf numbrs in front of II
rs Russian positions. The losses are d
oi scribed as enormous.
Ell 1t is stated that in a single d;
ar the German troops charged twent
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