South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-04-10
IAII important Heights of BeS-
kid Range Except One Now
in Possession of Russians
Now Heavily Reinforced.
GERMAN VETERANS ARE
SENT INTO CARPATHlANS
Most of TeutOnS Fighting in
Northern Poland Are Re-
>fServeS-AViatOrS Captured
and Officers Killed in Wreck.

PETROGRAD April 1O.-With all
the important heights OF the Beskid
ranges in their possession except one,
hhe Russian army is being heavily re-
hnforced for the final stages of its
,dr1ve toward the plains OF Hungary.
QreebIe Austro- German attempts TO as
.sslIrne q counter-offensive in the Car
nathians between Uzok and Lupkow
passes broke down under the severe
sRussian hre. The dominating height
in the Besldds which the Austrians
stnI hold is known on the military
nnaps as Hill No. 909 and it lies few
miles south OF Lupkow pass.
In Poland. another fight has de-
Neloped on the northern edge OF the
iSSuwalki region and there is every
treason 20 believe that Field Marshal
ivan Hindenburg the German COM
mander-in-chief. has massed a heavy
force there for an offensive move
ment, 'by which ne hopes TO weaken
tthe Russian pressure against the Aus
tro-German armies in Galicia-
All the seasoned German veterans
hhSt could be spared from Poland
rwere sent into the CarpathianS and
Fhe bulk of the troops now lighting
hlnder the German standard in north
fern Poland are reserves.
Capture Two AviatOrs.
The capture Of two German avia-
stors near the Eistula in Poland, the
death of several high German army
officers i'm the wreck of a military
train and the destruction OF a military
Hospital In Bukowina by artillery fire
iare all reported in a brief official
lstatement given out by the war Of
lfice today. It follows.
"On the right bank of the Vistula,
q German aeroplane was shot TO earth
and two aviatOrs were made prison
ers by cOssacks. A German train
corps was derailed i'm Poland and
several superior officers were killed
and others were wounded.
"CZernowitz (the chief city of
Bukowinal has been almost complete
" destroyed 10y the fire of the Austro-
German artillery The city was swept
10Y fire a military hospital was
Burned and about 20 helpless wound
ed soldiers perished.'
The Carpathian campaign. which is
heing Waged 10y Grand Duke Nicholas,
will 20 down as one OF the most bril-
1iant in the military annals Of Russia.
The Russians are carrying on their
Operations under almost insurmount-
fable difficulties. Plunging through
y
the ice-cOated mountain heights un-
der the deadly fire OF the Austrian
iartillery. the Russian troops are hight
ing against the forces of nature as
Evell as against the armies Of Austria
and Germany. The Slavs are relying
upon their mountain guns and upon
the bayonet for victory in the Car
lpathians and the bravery with which
lthe troops have fought can be meas
lured by the steady gains they have
lunade against mighty obstacles.
Austrian Morale Broken.
Gen. W. A. SOukOmlinon. the Rus
lsian minister OF war and adtutant TO
Gar Nicholas. in an authorized state
lment 20 the press. declared that the
lmorale ~ :he Austrian army has been
pbrOken down. He pointed ont that
the Austro- German armies in the Car
.pathians have retreated nearly 20
miles from their first positions and
hhat the entrance into the Hungarian
tplains is now only matter OF time.
The German armies have suffered
such enormous losses that the Ger
iunan government fears 20 reveal them.
it IS said.