The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1915-01-21
SIX DAYS OF WORLDS WAR

territory. late report from Paris
says a heavy cannonade has been heard
on the Swiss frontier near Basel, which
probably is an indication of heavy
fighting in the Alsace province A Rot
terdam paper estimates the French
losses in France and Flanders from
January l to January IS as 1870 officers
and 5000 men. The expert of the Ber-
lin Tageblatt estimates the French los
ses in the three days fighting in the
scissors district total 80, 900 men. but
the French deny any such casualty list
Berlin says the fighting around Scissors
is regarded by German military ex-
perts as the greatest success the Ger
man troops have gained in France for
three months. An Ostend correspon-
dent of an Amsterdam paper dec.ares
the Germans have evacuated all the
coast towns and villages as far north
as Mariakerke, north of Newport three
miles to the southwest of Ostend. From
the Russian Poland arena comes word
OF comparative calm, although the Ger
mans, according to Petrograd, have
been continuing their offensive opera
lions, but without success. The war
department says the situation in Po-
land Galicia and the Carpathians
shows no change. The British foreign
office and admiralty are bending their
efforts to secure an immediate search
OF foreign vessels suspected of carry
ing contraband and their release If the
suspicious are not confirmed The GUS
toms officials are working day and night
to carry out this policy. King Gustave
of Sweden, speaking with reference to
the attitude of his country in the pres
ent crisis, said a careful regard for
the neutrality OF Sweden and for the
right to decide her destiny necessarily
involved personal sacrifices and re-
quired that her military forces should
increasingly maintained. He expressed
the hope that the recent conference of
the Scandinavian kings would result in
| the betterment of the relations between
Sweden, Denmark and Norway in order
that the position of Sweden might be
strengthened
JANUARY 10.
The allies in Belgium and France and
the Russians in Poland are both maxi
ing progress against the opposing forces
according to latest official statements
issued from Paris and Petrograd. The
Germans, who are endeavoring to ad-
vance ON Warsaw, seemingly have been
held in check, while Russian advance
columns have stormed and captured the
important pass of Kirbaba, leading fror
Bukowina into Hungary. The Turkish
troops in the Caucasus have met with
another disaster in the neighborhood of
Kara Urgan, advices from Tiflis as
sert, the Eleventh Turkish corps being
routed and all it's artillery captured. Re
garding the operations in the Caucasus.
an earlier official communication is
a hot ha
second Turkish regiment had been over
whelmed by a bayonet attack and that
in the retreat of the Turkish troops
the Russians took more than 5000 prison
ers and vast stores. Much of the fight
Ing in Belgium has been done along
the region Of Newport and Lombaer-
/ tzyde, where the French claim to have
forced the Germans to evacuate their
trenches in the Great Dune. There
have been engagements also at various
points along the great line extending
to the German frontier and in the Ar
gonne the Germans claim to have secur-
ed the advantage, although the opera
lions have been hampered by heavy
storms. A German official estimate
places the losses to the allies during
the past four weeks in the west at
about 10000, and at the same time
fixes the German losses at less than
one-quarter of that number.
JANUARY 20.
Characteristic fighting is going on in
northern France, where the village of
La Boisselle, 20 miles to the northeast
of Amiens, was taken from the French.
AT this point there has been much work
with the bayonet. A French ammunition
depot blew up and part of the village
was destroyed by fire The Germans.
taking advantage of this incident, at
tackled the French with steel and drove
them to positions beyond. In a fierce
counter-attack some hours later the
French recaptured the position. The
long, awaited decisive action IN Rus
IAN Poland has not yet developed.
probably on account of the unfavorabIe
weather conditions which have precail-
ed for some weeks, but the Russian
statements tell of small engagements at
certain points along the trenches which
indicate preparedness on both sides to
take advantage of any opening that
offers. In Galicia the Austrians have
succeeded to the east of Zakliczyn In
forcing the Russians to evacuate their
trenches for several miles. No further
word has been received regarding the
operations of the Russian forces in
kirlibaba pass, through which they ex-
pected to carry their aggressive cam
paign into Hungary, but Vienna reports
that in the Carpathians only patrol
skirmishes have occurred.
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