The Sentinel=record. (Hot Springs, Ark.) 1900-current, 1915-02-03
Won HINDENBERG Is BUSY


Iondcn, Feb. 2.-lo:l5 p. m.--Dur.
ing the last few days the Germans
have been making desperate efforts
to break the deadlock which has eN-
listed for so long on both the easter"
and western fronts.
They have delivered series of at
tacks. always preceded hy artillery
activity. on the allied lines in Fan
ders and Fralce ald while i'm almost
every case they have thus won pre-
Hminary advantage, before the fight
ing was concluded, the French, Brit
ish or Beleians have been able to re
gain the trenches temporarily lost
aad in some cases to occupy the Ger
man positions.
In these attacks. according to the
reuorts of the British and French
general staffs, the Germans have sui
fered severe losses,
The German artillery has been sub
iecting the Belgian positions in Elan
ders to a severe bOmDariment, which
suggests that the moment has al.
rived for another effort to get across
the User and thence to the French
coast ports
In return the French have bcm
Barded the railway station at Noyon
one OF the German military centers
behind their advanced lines.
More serious attacks, however, have
1 o
i'm central Poland Faced by flank
ing movements, both north and south
Field Marshal Won Hindenberg made
desperate effort, which apparently
is to he renewed. to break through toI
Warsaw. and thus not olly gain
great military and political advantage
for Germany. but at the same time
release the pressure on Hungary ana
East Prussia, in each of which regions
the Russian troops are slowly pushing
forward
The fighting to the west and south !
west OF the Polish capital has been OF !
a most desperate character and the |
Germans were at first successful, but !
the Russian official report declares |
that the Russians by a counter at |
tack regained most Of the lost
ground. The report adds that the
German losses we're colossal
The German official account simply |
says OF the fighting there:
I'VE are making progress"
A German submarine was still at
large in the English channel yester-
day and tme French Officially report
an attempt to torpedo the British hos.
pital ship Asturias. The German
submarine U-21, which recently sank
three steamers ia the Irish sea, has
not been seen since, and it is pre-
sumed that she went down. Traffic |
in those waters however, continues
to be somewhat restricted, ship own
ers preferring for the present to keep
ia port all but the fast steamers,
which it is believed, can elude the
submarines
The Germans. flushed with their
success, have issued a warning that
an attempt will be made to sink Brit
ish transports and advise neutral
shipping to keep away from the
north and west coasts Of France
Reports reaching Holland say that
the new bread regulations in Ger
many have caused so much unrest
there that l2O00 special constables
'aye been appointed to guard the
bakeries in Berlin It is also said
that following the action Of the gov
ernment in communicating cereals
the military authorities are confscat-
ing all utensils containing materials
useful for the purposes 1t is recog
nizeI that these are precautionary
measures and are not due to any i'm
mediate shortage
Copenhagen, the newspapers OF
which still have correspondents at |
Constaatinople has a report that the
Anglo+French fleet has destroyed |
four of the Dardanelles forts and that /
there is panic in the Turkish capi
tai where the defeats suffered by the
Turkish armies in the Caucasus and |
Azerbaiian are Just becoming known.
With the opening Of the British par !,
lament today the political truce Vas
renewed The government, while as
suming all responsibility for the war,
welcomed the opposition's support. /