Evening star., 1915-01-28
TO- 900 TEUTONS VICTIMS y
IN FEW DAYS, SAYS PARIS
Austrians Report Gains in Renewed
Important Carpathian En-
gagements.
TURKS CONTINUE ADVANCE
Their Scouts Virtually on Edge Of
Suez Canal-Russian Armies Hurl
Back Ottoman Forces.
Says Petrograd.

LONDON, January 2S.-Thou-
sands of soldiers in the allied and
German armies have given up
their lives in the fierce fighting in
the western arena OF war during
the past few days. AT certain
points the infantry fighting has
been particularly vicious, and is
| believed to have been the out
growth of the desire of the Teu-
ton commanders to win substan-
tial victories as gifts to the kaiser
on his birthday anniversary. Paris
claims that the engagements
everywhere have resulted in de-
feats for the Germans, but the
Berlin official statement of today
records many reverses for the
French. Paris declares that fully
10000 Germans were lost in the
fighting, and admits losses OF
about 600 men. Berlin, on the
other hand, declares that thou
sands of soldiers fighting under
the tri-color were left dead on the
various battlehelds after futile at
tempts to take German trenches.
Fighting in Carpathians.
| In the Carpathians big force of Aus
! tro-Germans has been concentrated
and Is fighting not only to stem the in
| vasion of Hungary. but. if possible, to
cut off the Russian forces occupying
Bukowina to the south.
! In Egypt the Turkish advance ap-
pears really to have begun.
! In the Caucasus the shattered Turks
have more or less reorganized and
| paused in their flight toward their own
frontier, and resumed the offensive.
Both Vienna and PetroSrad emphasize
| the Importance of the Austrian opera
| tions in the Carpathians. The Aus
trians claim the recapture of certain
mountain passes, and Petrograd con-
| cedes that the Austrians have thrown
| fresh men into this region and are
evincing activity along the entire Ga
| lician front.
| On Edge of Suez Canal.
While it is not probable that any
considerable body of Turks has yet
penetrated the Sinai peninsula. their
advance scouts are virtually at the
edge of the Suez canal. having moved
along the caravan route near the
Mediterranean. 1t is believed that anoth-
! er column plans to advance through
the center of the peninsula. while
perhaps a third will attempt to reach
Suez along the southerly route from
Akabah. All these routes are without
water. and those to the north and
south are open to flank attacks from
spectively.
II is believed here that the Turks
who have been in contact with the
British to the east OF FL kantara
worked their way westward under the
protection of the sand dunes. This
would leave themselves open only to
attack by aeroplanes from the sea.
French Claim Successes.
The French official statement of today
declares that several of the eneny's
trenches in the western arena have been
destroyed by shells. In the regions Of Ar
ras. Albert. Roye. Noyon and Soissons the
Germans on several occasions attempted
to leave their trenches to charge the foe.
but were forced to seek shelter from the
terrific fire of French guns.
That terrible fighting has been going on
in the Craonne region is indicated by both
French and German statements Berlin
declares that the kaisers forces took
another 500 meters Of trenches and the
French counter attack was repulsed. Re
ferring to the conflict at this point, the
French declare that at least 5000 Ger
mans must have fallen victim to shot and
shell i'll two days fighting.
In the Argonne region several German
batteries were silenced in artillery dueix,
according to the French.
Alsace Engagements.
Although the French claim general
advances in Alsace, the Germans say
that between the lower Aspach Held
weller and the Wurzbacher forest French
attacks were repulsed everywhere with
heavy losses. The losses of the foe were
particularly large south of Heidweiler
and Ammerzweiller, where the French
retreated in disorder. according to the
claims that in the various engagements
on January rs. rs and 81 over 1.5OO
French were found dead on the fields
and fully LOO men were taken
Special dispatches from Petrograd
this morning deal with the new Austro.
Hungarian diversion dt r ,o..nn, IN the Car.
the Russian advance through Buko-
wilma The retirement Of Count Won
Berchtold, the Austro-Hungarian min
lister of foreign affairs. and the triumph
of Count Tisza, the Hungarian premier.
1t is believed. led to the abandonment
of the expedition against Serbia. The
German forces which were to have
been devoted to this expedition seem to
have Joined the Austrians in tho new
operations in the Carpathians, for
which an army numbering 100000 has
been assembled.
Battles in 0alicia.
The battles In Galicia appear 70 be
developing On Q bread scale fer dis