The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1915-04-22
3,5o0,000 Men Struggling For
Possession of Passes Which
Are Gateway to Hungary
Mud flinders Attack.
SAY LOSSES ARE ENORMOUS
Claim Austria Is Getting Ready
to Attack Italy If That Ma
ton Decides to Join
In Strife.

From such scattering reports as are
permitted from the eastern front It Il
becoming gradually apparent that the
greatest battle of the war-at least sc
far as concerns the number OF men en-.
gaged-is being fought in the Carpath'
ians along the 115-mile front from
BartfieId. in northern Hugary to StrJ
eastern Galacia. This line roughly
gary and Galicia running through Q
difficult mountain region through
which the Russians hope to break .
way into the heart Of Hungary.
German war correspondents call this
battle the greatest in he history of the
world, and IL is estimated that $500, 600
men are taking part. According to the
which a week g seemed to be threat
ening the integrity of Hungary. now
has been checked definitely. II Is said
that the Russian LOSSES In killed,
wounded, sick and prisoners, are $780,
900.
Held BY Mud.
Russian reports throw little light on
the situation. The official statements
Of late have mentioned detached en-
III oooNAAAOAAtS III van -
cesses have been claimed. Newspaper
dispatches from Petrograd are SINH
larly restricted. IT appears probable,
however, that the Russians have sus-
tanned at least a temporary check. This
Is indicated by the statement in the
latest official Petrograd report con-
corning the bad effect of the roads,
which binders military operations. A
Paris dispatch from Rome ays the be
lief is general in the Italian capital that
Austria will attack Italy, should that
county's determination to enter the wal
become evident. It is understood that
this possibility is viewed c~omplacently
or account of the strong concentration
Of Italian troops along the border.
England is expecting another raid by
German airships following three at
tacks in rapid succession. The German
aerial attack yesterday on Amiens'
France, resulted in the killing of seven
persons and the wounding OF eight.
London, April 1.-THE allies on one
side and Germany on the other are to-
day taking inventories Of the injuries
inflicted by the recent aerial operations
and with the usual contradictory re-
suits. The attackers claim that their
assaults from the air have resulted IN
the destruction OF military transport
and equipment, while the defenders re-
port that the only tangible effects or
these operations have been ual
to civilians and slight damage to prop
erty. The people of England, under the
Influence of their recent experiences,
are today looking for a repetition of an
aerial attack from German Zeppelins,
or aub machines, Up to noon no
fresh occurrences had been reported.
With news of the resumption Of ac-
tivity by the allied fleet off the Darda-
nelles, comes a report that the Grecian
press is giving the impression OF a mod
ificationg of the present policy of Greece.
II ~ D-tNs. --IAAsaI -GC.AanIa hnNr~ Na
sued an official report claiming victory
for an invading British Indian force
over the Turks in M~esopotamia. On the
western front signs are showing that
the Germans may anticipate the long
predicted general allied offensive, but
| actual operations seem to nave lapsed
into the status of m!dwinter quiet.
London, April 17.-Probably the
greatest interest attaches to the spec
| tacular flights OF German airmen over
portions OF County Kent, Eng, and the
city OF Amiens, France and a bomb
dropping raid by allied aviators on
towns in west Germany. 1t is said
that little material damage and only
slight causalties resulted from the at
tack on several Kentish towns and
villages. Ten persons are reported to
have been killed or wounded by bombs
| dropped from a German Taube in the
vicinity OF the cathedral In Amiens.
Two civilians were killed and one
person injured in Rottwell, Wurtem-
berg, by the explosion OF missiles from
O. French biplane which attempted to
destroy the powder magazine, while
other allied aviators threw bombs on
Leopoldhoehe and Maizeres Les Metz,
10 miles north of the German fortress
of Metz. ...
|. Blew Up Powder Magazine.
Ten bombs, according to Paris,
found their target in Leopoldhoche,
work shops of a railway station, and
40 fell on the electric station Of Maiv-
ieres Les Metz. Six struck the powder
magazine at Rottwell, Paris says, and
a huge red flame shot up surrounded
by dense smoke. The army commander
of Stuttgart, however, declares that
| aside from the fatalities, the damage
done at Hottwell was slight.
England believes that the three air
raids made along the coast in three
days are only "Reminiscences and that
an attack in force by Zepperlins and
aeroplanes may be anticipated. Where
fore anti aircraft guns have been
loaded and all preparations made to
warn the people of the coming of the
/ Germans and give them, II possible,
q warm greeting. &.
| The official German statement of to-
day. evidently referring 20 yesterdays
raid over England by a German aero
| plane, say shells were dropped on
| Greenwich, IN the dlstTlCt
Of London. Dispatches from London
yesterday said the aeroplane APP
| preached no nearer than 80 miles from
the city. Unofficial advices from Ber-
lin are that considerable damage was
| done by the Zeppelins which 'raided
| England twice this week, and that Of
ficers and men. on British patrol boats
| were killed or wounded.
The French ministry Of marine an
| ounce further naval operations
| against Che Turkish forces which pro-
| ceeded against Egypt 1t is said a
1 French battleship shelled a Turkish
| position near the Egyptian city of Ell
| Arish, which is close to the border OF
| Palestine. .....t
There were no important engage
| ments in France yesterday and in the
| east operations are being delayed by
the spring thaw.