The Penn's Grove record., 1915-03-12

London.-With the Anglo-French
Meet, so warships strong, slowly bat
tering its way through The Darda-
nelles and a Russian squadron at the
Black Sea end of The Bosporus. the
rail- of Constantinople seems taken for
granted by many residents of that
city.
The exodus of the well-to-do resi-
dents has begun, and entire families,
mostly Greeks, are arriving in Bucha-
rest. according to dispatches from the
Rumanian capital which also say fifty
German military men who have been
IN turkey have passed through Buch-
Arrest on their way to Berlin.
Panic is said to reign in CONSTANT
nople, where preparations for defense
are being pushed feverishly. Guns
have been removed from forts on The
Dardanelles and mounted on islands
In the Sea of Marmora. The people
OF the Turkish capital are starving,
since the bread had been requisitioned
for the troops which are being massed
to defend the sultan. The Germans,
say the dispatches, have lost their
prestige and are powerless. Fearing
for their lives, they are fleeing from
Turkey.
The British East Indian fleet con
tinued its bombardment of Smyrna.
The forts on the heights have been re
duced and the warships are now bonn
harding the forts in the harbor. It is
believed the attack on Smyrna is for
the purpose of establishing a base.
A new offensive movement by the
Germans in the region of the Pilica
River, to the South of Warsaw where
a big battle is developing, made the
Eastern front the centre of interest
in the war news again.
Russia is said in the reports, official
n unofficial, to be pressing an adj
vance in North Poland and Eastern
Galicia. The Cars army also is hold
ing back the Austrians in the Carpa-
thlans, where heavy snowstorms have
greatly impeded the movements of the
troops. Both armies are suffering
severely from the terrible weather
conditions.
RUSSIANS PUSH GERMANS BACK.
London.-The great battle develop
ing on the Ieft bank Of the vistula
River to the west and southwest of
Warsaw is an important feature of
the latest wal news.
Both Petrograd and Berlin announce
that the operations now under way
will have a vital bearing on the out
come of the campaign in the East.
The German army headquarters
says $3.50 Russians have been zap
tured in the encounters at Rawa.
The fighting in the Carpathians,
which for prolonged and desperate
encounters rivals any phase of the
war, continues without a decisive vic
tory for either side.
Vienna announces a substantial
gain and the repeated repulse of Rus
sian attacks near Lupkow. In Rus
sian Poland and West Galicia the Aus
TRANS have captured several advance
points and have taken about 1900
Russian prisoners.
In Northern Poland the Russians
are still pressing forward in an effort
10 expel the invaders, but apparently
the resistance of the Germans has
stiffened. following their defeat at Pr
zasnysz, and they are holding their
positions firmly.
Attacks and counter attacks form
the text of both the Paris and Berlin
official communications covering
events on the western battle front,
but there is no indication of a decisive
gain by either side.
A Paris newspaper, in a description
of the recent battle at Notre Dame de
Lorette, says the Germans lost 5000
men. Although they succeeded in
capturing the three lines of French
trenches, they are said to have been
expelled from them in a furious night
battle.