New Britain herald., 1915-03-04
RUSSIAN FORCES
 RETAKf STAN|SLAU
AtstTianS Rcpuscd With Heavy
 Losses South of BaIQrod

' London, March 4, 1928 D. m.-The interest of British readers in the Rus sian campaign has again shifted to the extreme southern portion of the line, of battle, where Petrograd re- } pofts that General Brussiloff has won a notew orthy victory south of Bali grod, inflicting heavy losses on the 2 Austrians who were again pressing north to the relief of Przemysl. An unofficial despatch from Bucharest credits the Russian forces with the re-occupation of Stanislau, in Galicia. At the same time Vienna reports the repulse of desperate Russian scounter attacks in the Carpathians with comparative inactivity along the remainder of the line. Berlin admits officially that the Germans had to re- stire from Przasnysz, north of warsaw which was made in good order Tn spite of haste that rendered the abandonment of wounded necessary
 Allies Holding Positions.
 On the western battle front in France and Belgium, the French now appear to be content to hold the positions they claim to have won Ill the Champagne district.
 While British battleships are pat terins Fort No. 8 and Fort NO m tha narrows of the Dardanelles from a point ten miles within the entrance 1o the straits, French Warshlps rom -yfhe, Gulf of Saros are bombardlng tue wuskish positions at Bula1r report has been current in London that cer- E tain big Krupp guns recently sent u inc Dardanelles are still unmounted, and an aerial reconnaissance maoe over the straits last evening seem to have confirmed this report.
 Turned Into Inferno.
 The battleships of the allies, which no,y show all the colors of the triple entente by the addition of the Russian cruiser Askold, undoubtedly have turned the straits of the Dardanelles Into an inferno which, according to, British and French claims, has spelled destruction to the Turkish defenses. On the other hand, reports from Con- stantinople deride this activity as ln- effective. The Turks, however, do admit the destruction of the outer forts which they say they expected, hut they declare the inner works to be impregnable. The Turks rely on mines, but mine-sweepers of the edlies have been busy within mile and a half of the forts, destroying a Turkish mine field detected by a snarp-eyed aviator.
 Among other endorsements which are id now to make the fleet off the Dardanelles number over fifty ships is the British battleship Canpous, \ last heard of as anchored off the .Falkland Islands In the Falkland Islands fight the Campus fired the Von Spree. The only craft which oth- CT French or British authorities re- ports has been compelled to with draw from the action is the British torpedo boat destroyer Zephyr, built twenty years ago.
 Awaiting U. S. Lead.
 In the political field it would ap- pear that other neutrals are awaiting the lead of the United States before sembarking on any course of action imposed by Premier Asquith's an snouncement of the retaliatory policy sof the allies. In the meantime, Brit ish newspapers are expressing some suneasiness because of the unfavor- able impression, the premier's an- nouncement seems to have made on American public opinion