The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-11
Russians and Austro-G Ger mans Locked in Fierce Struggle for Gate
 to Hungary
GERMAN OFFENSIVE
 APPEARS TO HAVE
 HAD LITTLE SUCCESS
Russians Retake Lost Positions After Unprecedented Bayonet Charge. Fall Back in Bukowina, But Still
 Hold Greater Part of Prov
 ince-Quiet in the West

London. February 1o.--Qo:4o D. .m.)--The Russian and Austro- German armies are fighting another series of battles for possession of the snow-covered Carpath- ian passes to decide whether the Rus sian will commence another invasion of Hungary or evacuate part of Galicia as they have done Bukowina
 The Russians have issued two official reports of the operations claiming the better of the fighting. Their right wing has cossed the mountains ana mas been engaged in a battle near Bartfeld and Svidnik, on the Hungarian side of the Ssrpathians and on the edge of the plains which sweep down to Budapest.
 fhis army, too. threatens the rear of the Austro-Germans who. having en- tered Lupkow pass to the east, have suffered severe losses in a battle with another Russian force.
 The hardest fighting has occurred on the Galician side of Tukholka pass, where Sunday the Austro- Germans captured the heights in the region of KolSiouwka, only 10 be driven back after a bayonet fight, which the Russian report describes as be- ing without precedent in history
 Battle Was Terrific
 Correspondents say this battle was ter rife. The Germans brought up their best endorsements to aid the Austrians, and themselves led the attack. Backed by heavy artillery they assaulted the Rus sian position on the Koziouwka heights, but found themselves under an enfiladins fire frdn the Russians on parallel hills and were cut off from the main German column. The Russian infantry then at tackled, driving them back at tlle point Of the bayonet.
 Attack followed counter attack until the Russians had regained their old po- sitions, leaving the slopes, according to their report filtered with bodies Of Cead Germans
 The fighting here seems to have been as desperate and sanguinary as that be- fore the Warsaw lines during the last week and so far as can be judged by official and unofficial reports has been just as unsuccessful for the Germans. The Germans now have assumed the of fensivc op the southern border of East Prussia. and as result another impor- tant battle is developing in that region. Of the battle in the northern part of East Prussia neither official communi- cation speaks.
 At the other extreme end of the line, in Bukowina. the Russians are falling hack before superior Austrian forces, but still hold the greater part of that province.
 From Rome comes the report that the Russians have reached Wloclawek, on the lower Vistula, 35 miles south east of Thorn. If this is true. it sug~ eests that the Russians, last reported at Sierpec, have made move which may enable them to interfere With tho transfer of troops from Poland to East 1 Prussia, as Wloclawek Is on the rail way from Lowicz to Thorn.
 Little Fighting in West
 There has been little or no fighting | in Flanders France, or Alsace, al 1 though artillery and air men continue | active. It Is believed the Germans are | preparing for another attack on the f British line near La Bassee. which, Ii | successful, would open the door to the French coast from which the Germans hope to threaten England.
 Meanwhile, the allies are reported to | le making slow progress along the coast of Belgium, where the capture of the Great Dune was of considerable advantage. as from it almost the en- tire coast as far as Ostend can be con trolled by artillery.
 Speeches in the Russian Duma, in which the possession of Constansinople was spoken of as the ambition of the Russian people. have caused little or no discussion here
 While the German loan to Bulgaria Is discussed in the German press as though 1t assured Bulgaria's continued
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