Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-03-17
Renewed Activities of Brit
ish, French and Belgian
Armies Get Attention.
GERMANS MOVE ON
PRZASNYZ FAILS
Along Ridges Of Carpatho
ianS Russians Claims Suco
ccsscs Against Enemy.

LONDON, March 16.-lO:5O p. n.y.
with the increasing activities Of the
British, French and Belgian armies
the rc-appearance on the coast Of Bel
gian, British and French warships and
the time drawing near for a big ef-
fort in the west the public is follow
ing with renewed interest the daily re-
ports of the operations.
The Belgians, who are being sup
ported by the warships Of the allies,
have consolidated the ground which
they have won in the last few days,
while the British have done likewise
with the strip Of territory which they
took from the Germans near Neuve
.Chappellc and have recovered most.
NJ not all, OF the trenches which they
lost i'm the region of st. Eloi.
simultaneously there has been
heavy lighting north Of Arras, in
Champagne In the Argonne and in
the Nosges in which both French and
Germans claim to have been success
ful.
All these operations are believed
here to be preliminary to the general
offensive which the allies will under
take when .hc ground dries, enabling
u more rapi1 movement Of troops and
guns and the use Of cavalry which has
hten out Of action all winter except
when the troopers left their horses
and took 10 the trenches.
The Russians on the eastern front
arc even more active than theig Nes4
cru allies. The German offensive
against Prlasnysz having failed TO ma
terlalizo, probably owing to the thaw
winch set in, the Russians have them
selves undertaken the offensive and,
n
advancing successfully along both
banks of the Orzyc river and have OC-
cupied tho village OF Stegna. which is
ON one of the main roads leading to
Pr2asnysZ, from the northeast. At
this point they rcpulsed a determined
counter attack.
The Germans however, say that the
Russian attacks have been repelled
and that they captured two thousand
Russians
Along the ridges Of the Carpathians
and In eastern GChcia the Russians
report n series of successes against
the Austro- German armies, which de-
spite the deep snow hayC kept up al
most continuous attacks I'm the Boli-
grod region and In some Of the CEN
trnl passes IN the hope of relieving
PrzeWy-L The Russians are closing
around thc fortress and their infantry
men are within rifle shot Of the north
Cru forts
From unofficial sources 1t is learned
that the Russians have resumed the
offensive In Bukowina and a battle
is now I'm progress near the BukoWina
frontier along the Stanislau-E -EolOmoa
railway.
Turk, Are Losing.
In tho tfirol e.,te 20, tUn Ilrssi.pe ora
again on the move and according to
an accounts from Petrograd are push
ing the Turks back along the coast
Of the Black sea and are threatening
the safety OF tho Turkish army at
Olti on the Russo Turkish border.
The allied feet continues its opera
tions iu She D1rdanelles and off
smyrna, but no oitCdl report of the
progress Of the Wuships has been
made for some days The public Is
depending on reports from Athens for
Information one 4 these reports
says that tho British cruiser Amethyst
has penetrated the straits as far as
Niagara. The cruiser Is said to have
been hut by three shells. there being
nuubcr-ot casualties among the
crew.
There is a bellcr in some quarters
that the Turks will capitulate If the
fleet gets through the straits, in order
10 save CJnstantinople from bonn
bardment.
The interesting statement was made
tonight by Lord southwark at a meet
ing OF the associated chambers Of
commerce that since tho outbreak OF
the war Great Britaln's output of war
material has increased three hundred
fold