Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-01-06
Report From Athens Indicates
Constantinop|e is Threat
ned-Extent of Activ-
tiles Not Known.
RAID ON EGYPT ABANDONED
German Lines Apparently Not
Weakened In West-Attack
Shifts In Poland-Rus-
slams Enter Hungary.

key and his court are preparing Il
leave "Ccnstantinople. fearing the fall
of the ancient Turkish capital. accord
ing to advices from Athens. 1t is OK
ceedlnglY difficult to obtain any clear
idea OF the operations of the Turks. but
the attack on Egypt seems to have been
abandoned indefinitely.
Whether the allied fleets ar. prepnr-
ing to shell the forts along the OAR
danelles and the works protecting Con-
Stantlnople is not known. but it is as
sumed that the s%ultans preparations
for departure presage AN offensive
movement by the allies. Former dis
PATCHES stated that the embassies u
the Gernanic allies We're preparing to
depart for the interior.
1T is known that a large fleet of French
and British Warsllips are now in The
Mediterranean and lAdriatic waters
Thursday. ii was reported. that Pola.
the great Austrian naval base. WAS UNI
Ger hombardment by 80 or 40 French
and English warships. One French
warship was sunk there this week by
an Austrian submarine.
Germans Gain Ground.
The latest news available from zinc
western battle front shows that little
progress is being made by the allied
forces and rather indicates a sporadic
renewal of the German offensive. with
resultant slight gains in the Arsonne
and French Flanders. These operations
can hardly be classed as a general
German offensive movement in the
west. such as is still being conducted
in Poland, but the strength the Ger
mans are showing seems to make it
plain that they have not weakened
appreciably their western army by
transfer of troops to the east. nor has
the pressures of the allies broken their
grip on Belgium and France. from the
North sea to Metz.
Gerp,aoc On Offensive
The German attack in GRANGE and
Belgium, intimated in reply to the of
fensiNe movements of the allies has
developed to such a point that the all
lies now are on the defensive along the
greater part of the line. The extent
of the German movement is shown
by today's French statement. which
speaks of a series of night attacks
against the allies along the front.
These o~nslaughts apparently were not
i'm great force however, and the asser-
tion is made that they We're all re-
pulsed with ease. AS to the result of
recent fighting in Alsace and the
Argonne along the eastern portion of
the front. there is a sharp conflict in
the statements from Berlin and Paris.
The German communication says fur
Their ground has been gained in the
Argonne and specifically denies the
claims of the French war office that
half of the Alsatian village of Stein
bdcH HAS Deefl captured and ln0t lne
French are making Il further advance
there.
The Paris announcement asserts that
some of the territory lost to the Ger
mans in the Argonne has been regained
and that three new ines of houses haze
been occupied i'm Steinbach.
Seeking Weak Places.
General Joffre apparently is still
preparing for a general attack. by
their tactics of feeling out the &c man
line by attacks here and there the al
lies are playing a waiting game, pend
ing the time when, with the assistance
of reinforcements. they deliver a con-
centrated blow at some strategic point.
With full knowledge that vast num-
bers of men are being trained in Eng
land. Germany, it is recognized here,
must be preparing to meet their entry
Into the war. 1t is agreed that much
depends upon the quality of the new
formations Oh both sides. The English
view is that Britain's new troops will
be the cream of the country. while
Germany having sent in her finest
forces at the outset. must depend for
physically.
Moving Troops East.
There are again reports OF the
movement of German troops from the
west to the east. Advices from Am
sterdam state that 100000 Germans
pdSSSu IOu NLoipShC Ol III way
east and it is suggested that they are
being sent to General Won Hin6enburg
preparatory to another great effort to
batter through the Russian lines to
Warsaw.
The Germans are still attempting to
press forward in Poland. but to the
south the Russians have driven the
Austrians further back-more than 50
miles in all. 1t is again reported that
the Russians are pouring across the
Cerpatlians into Hungary, causing the
inhabitants to flee.
In Poland the German attack APP
parently has shifted to the southwark,
The Russian statement mentions fight
ing of particular intensity at Rawa,
which is 80 miles south OF Sochaczew,
the recent center of German activity.
German attacks there. as we'll as in
east Prussia and in the region OF
Mlawa. in Poland. hear the east Prus-
sian border, are said to have been re-
pulsed.
GETS 10000 VERDICT.