Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-01-28
Fighting Extends Over
100-Mile Front Skirt
ing the Carpatilians.
MAY MARK TURNING POINT
IN THE EASTERN CAMPAIGN
Official Reports of Fighting in
West Are in Direct
Conflict.
GERMANS LOST 10000 IN
THREE DAYS, SAYS PARIS
Turkish Advance Guard Re-
ported Virtually at Edge of
Suez Canal.


ported Virtually at Edge Of
Suez Canal.
A great battle has deveioped n
Galicia, along a 100-mile fron. skirt
ing the Carpathians This struggle.
! which is in pursuance Of the new
Austro- German plan of shifting tha
weight OF attack from Central Pc
land 70 the south, may mark a turn.
ing point IN the campaign in the east
and both the Russians and Teutons
attach the highest Importance To the
outcome.
! The Austrp- German armies. n zucz
cessful, would effectuallv crinnla
Russia's drive at Northern Hunearv
mus Tar tneire are no indications as
TO the result. Of the fighting In this
petLie' which probably is still in its
preliminary stage. An official state
ment from Petrograd says merely
tnat the battle is developing on :
large scale.
Inc official reports OF the war todax
/ are IN such complete conflict that the
outcome of recent hostslities. part;cu-
larry In the west, Is left in dottbt. In
upper Alsace brisk fighting has beeu
resumed, and the battle at craonna
continues with undlminished severity
The French war Office statement an
nounces that every German attack n
an effort TO celebrate the Kaiser :
pirtnday with victory was repulssa
and that every French attack made
I r a..
n the last three days at twenty thoa,.
sand and asserts that ground vas
won ny the. allies In upper Alsacear0
near Craonpe.
Germans Claim Success.
The German statement saws tha4 to-
French were defeated in upper Al
SAGE, fleeing in disorder at two points.
and that at lCraonne another long SEQ
ton Of trenches OF the allies was can.
tured.
Concerning the war with Russia ths
Berlin war office says that German
troops won the advantage In two un.
important engagements.
Severe fighting is In progress in the
/ trans-Caucasus, where the Turks NOT
withstanding their reported defeat re-
Gently, are admitted by the Russian
military authorities to have assumed
again an energetic offensive. An on
cial communication from Petrograd
says that the Turks made a series ~
attacks. but were thrown back viii
heavy losses. Other Turkish defeats
| are announced in fighting in northern
Persia. An official announcement
| from Constantinople, however. saws
that the Turks inflicted a defeat on
the Russians In the Caucasian re-
gion.
The advance guard OF a column OF
the Turkish army invading Egypt i
reported to be virtually at the edge
of the Suez canal
BY the Associated Press.
PETROGRAD, Jan. 2s.-The Ren-
eral staff of the Russian army to-
day gave out communication on the
progress of the fighting with the
Teutonic allies. Il is dated January
27 and reads as follows:
IN East Prussia fighting has con-
/ tinued in the region OF Malwischker
and Lasdehnen.
"On the right bank OF the lower
Vtstula there took place again an ar
I tillery engagement and encounters
with advance parties OF the enemy
In front Of this river. in the neign-
! borhood Of Skempe, we were success
ful in forcing back several German
battalions
'.The night of January 2s ana the
day following saw no important
change on the left bank OF the Wis
tula. The Germans. however. de-
livered reiterated attacks against
our front in the vicinity Of Bolimow.
but In every case they were driven
back. During one of these engage
ments some detachments OF tho
enemy who have been successful II
gaining our trenches were dispatched
at the point Of the bayonet
Enemy's Attacks Fail
Attacks made by the enemy in the
vicinity Of the villages Of Rabske-
budy and Kamion also resulted in
failure.
"In. the course of January IS our
artillery bombarded with success the
| lines of the enemy and reduced to
silence a German battery located at
the village OF Atlanka, which is near
I Sochaczew.
In Galicia the engagements are
developing on a large scale. The
front extends from Mount Dul<Ia to
Mount Nyszkow. On the right wing
/ of this front we have captured Zoe
prisoners and two machine guns.
! IN Bukowina, on January 20, In
/ the vicinity of Waleputna. to the
/ southwest Of Kimpolung. there was
| an artillery engagement.
BY the United Press.
PARIS, Jan. 2S.-German losses IN
4 the last three days of fighting IN
/ France and Flanders total at least
4 20, 600. the French War Office claimed
! today.
! In the three days of fierce battling
+ for possession of the heights 4,ear
/ Craonne the Germans have lost ee-
tween 1000 and 10 900 in killed a 3
wounded, according to official dA
patches The French have repelled
1 desperate attacks upon their positions
4 in the hills in that region with total
I losses of not more than 500. II was
stated
| Equally disastrous were the Ger
man efforts to seize strong positions
/ held by the English west OF La Bas-
see. The Germans attacked at least
| = dozen times under murderous flre
! ana lost from 1000 to 5000 In killed
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