The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-01-20
SOLDIERS DEAD
OF SEVERE COLD
Nine Hundred Turks Found
Frozen to Death.
THEIR CONDITION PITIABLE

Mohammedans Defeated by Russians
Lose Food Supplies and Are Con-
fronted With the Alternative of
Starvation or Surrender.
London, Jan. 20.-The plight of the
Turkish army corps which gave bat
tie to the Russians near Kara-Urgan,
In the Caucasus region. is described
in Petrograd reports as pitiable.
Those who escaped alive from the
battle are said to be fleeing toward
ErZerum, but owing to the capture
by the Russians Of their food sup.
plies are confronted with the alterna-
tive of starvation or surrender. II is
said in private Petrograd adyices that
in one place 900 soldiers were found
frozen to death and doubt is express
ed that any OF the Turks Will be able
TO reach Erzerum.
The Russian official statement says
the pursuit OF the Turks continues,
following a stubborn two-day battle at
Jenikoi, while Constantinople reports
violent fighting is In progress near
the Caucasian frontier, where the Rus
SLAMS have received reinforcements.
Announcement of desperate battling
between Turks and Russians I'm the
Caucasus does not indicate that the
Russian victory at Kara-Urgan has re.
suited in a complete rout of the Turk
sh army
Fail to Follow Successes.
Both the German and French press
continue to discuss the probability Of
a fresh German attack with the idea
OF breaking through the French lines
barring the way to Paris, but the
Germans so far have failed to follow
up their successes in the region of
scissors.
The German troops are remaining
more or less inactive beyond the
Aisne river and the only activity
shown in this vicinity in the last
twenty-four hours has been the bonn
bardment of st. Paul. a suburb of
Scissors No one believes, however,
that the fighting at SCISSORS is over.
Both sides apparently are bringing
up reinforeements, and some stiff en-
counters soon should develop In this
region.
The capture of several German field
works on the east bank of the Meuse
river. which. according to the French
official statement, were taken by as
sault, Is about the only notable change
in the western war theater. The lat
est Berlin statement says that in the
western theater, except for a few un-
important skirmishes, only artillery
duels took place along the entire
front
Repulse for Russians.
Regarding the situation In the east
ern theater the latest off cial German
communication asserts that at Rad
zanowa, Cjezhun and Sierpec, all of
which are north of the Vistula river In
Poland. the scene of the new Russian
offensive, the Germans repulsed the
Russians, the latter suffering heavy
losses and losing several hundred pris-
oners. On the south bank of the Wis.,
tula before Warsaw, and on the east
bank of the Pilica river, Central Po-
land, the Berlin statement says the
situation generally is unchanged.
Private Petrograd advices received
in London assert that German forces
In Poland are continuing their efforts
to advance I'm the region west of War
saw, between Sochaczew and Bolimow,
and southwest of Warsaw, between
Skierniewice and Grodzisk. The ad-
vices add that the German left flank
is endangered by the Russian move
ment on the north bank of the Wis
tula, and also assert that the position
of the German right flank is no long
er tenable, since the forward move
ment on Warsaw is reported to have
been unsuccessful. The advices say
that all the advanced trenches which
the Germans had taken In these re-
gions have been recaptured by the
Russians.