The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-08
SHARP FIGHTING
ON EAST FRONT
German and SIaV Armies in
Great Struggle Along the
Entire Russian Line.
HEAVIER FIRE FROM BIG GUNS
Kaiser's Men Advancing North of
Niemen RiVer-Attack on West of
Dubissa AIso-BeIaian Lines
Are Holding.

Petrograd, April 3O.-The official
statement issued tonight by the war
office says:
ITO the north of the Niemen the en-
envy advance guard, having passed Bos-
siany, approached the line of the River
Dubissa yesterday morning. On the
whole front of our contact with the
enemy the artillery fire in the last
few days has become more intense and
collisions between accommodating de-
tachments more frequent.
Where the Germans Hit.
West of the Niemen and north of
the NareW, the Germans, April q and
%, delivered isolated attacks at many
places, but none of a very decisive
character.
In the regions of Kalwarya and to
the north of Suwalki we checked an
enemy offensive without any particU-
lar effort
Between the PISA and Skwa Tiv-
ers during an attack in the sector Of
Notwithstanding, enemy forces advanc-
ing in the marshy land came under the
cross-fire of our machine guns, and
were driven back in disorder with
heavy losses. In the region Of the vii
lage of Tartak, the enemy unsuccess-
fully attempted to carry our trenches
by a sudden attack. His attempts to
make progress north of Przasnysz and
east of Racionz and Drobine were
equally futile.
Big Battle at Starouvzeba.
Near Starouvzeba the Germans,
who opened an offensive, were immed-
lately engaged in desperate battle.
In the Carpathiaus, near the Uzsok
Pass, the enemy, the night of April 81
%, unsuccessfully attacked a mill
northeast of Lubnia. In the direction
of Stry, the enemy delivered repeated
desperate attacks in the region of Co
louetzkO, but all were successfully re-
pulsed with the bayonet"
Hold Allies in Belgium.
Berlin, Ajril 3O.-The German war
office today made public the following
official communication:
Our positions on the west bank of
the canal north of Ypres and on the
Yperlee Brook, near Steenstraete,
were attacked yesterday afternoon
without interruption but without sue
cess.
East Of the canal an attack by
French Algerians and British troops
failed yesterday with heavy losses to
the enemy. The number Of guns cap
tured north of Ypres has been brought
up to sixty-three.
Turkish Victory Reported.
Berlin, April % (via London).-A
well authenticated report has reached
Berlin that the left wing of the Allies
landing force on the GallipOH PENN
sula, which Gen. Liman Won Sanders,
the German commander of the Turkish
forces, reported yesterday as holding
out, now has surrendered to the Turks.
A wireless received from CONSTANT
nople says:
at the celebration of the sultan's
jubilee yesterday the minister of war
| announced the receipt of a telegram
from the commander of the fifth army
corps, Gen. Liman Won Sanders, stat
ing that the center and right wing OF
the enemy has been completely defeat
ed and that there was hope that the
left wing also was beaten.
British Make No Reference To IL.
| London, April 29.-The British war
| office official statement makes no ref
erence to the reported surrender of al
| lied troops on the Galiipoh Peninsula.
The war office issued the following
announcement last night on the Darda-
nelles operations:
I'm the face of continual opposition
the allied troops now have established
| themselves across the end of the Gal
| lipoli Peninsula, from a place north
east of Eski Hisarlik to the mouth Of
a stream on the opposite side.
''They also have beaten OF all at
tacks at Sari Bair, and are steadily
advancing"
Allied Line Holds at Ypres.
London, April 29.-"Our operations
in conjunction with the French have
definitely stopped the German attack
In these words Field Marshal Sir
John French, commander-in-chief Of
the British forces on the Continent, an
nounces the conclusion of another Ger
man attempt to break through the al
lied lines around Ypres and along the
User Canal, which brought about one
Of the most sanguinary battles Of the
war.