New Britain herald., 1915-01-19
ALLIES TAKE ANOTHER ], GERMAN f|fLOW0Rk IN LE PRETRf FOREST
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Germans Begin Another Offensive
 hoVtmeat-- ---Batt|c in Progress for Possession of YpreS.
RUSSIAN ATTACKS NORTH
 OF WSTULA REFUSED

Plight of Turkish, Army Corps Which
 Gave Battle to Russians Near Kara
 Urgan, in Caucasian Region, De-
 sc1ibed by Petrograd Report as
 Pitiable-e0o Soldiers Found Frozen
 to Death.
 A further advance in the effort to M:hiel, near the eastern and of the battle ;ine in France, is announced in the official communication today from x Paris. It is said that another German field works in the Forest of La Pretre, was captured and that 5o0 yards of the German trenches there have now teen occupied.
 ' At the same time the allies are at tempting to press forward to the % northwest of St. Hihiel. These two movements, if successful, would either !, cut through the German line or com pei the evacuation of St. Mihiel. Oc- IcUpancy of this town by the Germans resulted in sharp bend in the line of the allies presenting menace, Which they have been endeavoring for weeks to remove.
 French Rctake Positions. 4 The French have retaken the posi- tions at LaBoisselle captured by the Germans, today's statement from Paris asserts. The German official announcement says that no action of Importance occurred along the entire Western front.
 Y The Germans have begun another offensive movement, according to un- official advces today from Holland. It is said that the German heavy ar tillery went into action yesterday and that battle is Tn progress for pos session of Ypres The British are moving in fresh troops to defend this town, around which occurred some of 1he heaviest fighting of the war at the time the Germans were attempt ing to force their way to the English channel. The assault on Ypres, fol- lowing the victory of the Germans at soissons and their attack at Albert, marks the third movement of the kind within week
 : Russian Attacks Repulsed.
 Russian attacks north of the Vls- tula river were repulsed with heavy losses. the Berlin statement asserts. Military men in Petrograd are of the opinion that the Russian encircling movement in both the north and south will compel the Germans to attempt kto break through the Warsaw front / or, if unsuccessful to retreat nearly to the German border.
 s Moving Through Pennsylvania.
 Petrograd despatches say that Rus sian forces are moving rapidly west ward through Transylvania, which forms the. eastern portion of Hun gary, adjoining Rumania. The Rus <sians now have possession of noun tain pass which gives them easy access to Hungary, according to these advices, which state that the Austro- : Hungarians were not prepared for : victories said to have been won re- gently by the Russians.
 The plight of the Turkish army .corps which gave battle to Russians near Kara-Urgan, in the Caucasian region. is described in PetrOgrad re- ports as pitiable. Those who es- caped alive from the battle are said to be fleeing toward Erzerum but owing to capture by Russians of their food supplies are confronted with the alternative of starvation or surrender. It is stated that in one place goo SOL ,;liers were found frozen, and doubt expressed that any of the Turks will be able to reach Erzerum
 snow storm in Belgium.
 Paris, Jan. 19, 2:45 D. m.-Snow fell yesterday in Belgium, in north ern France and in the Vosges, but, nevertheless, there was artillery fight ing in these sections of the line of battle, according to the official com given out this afternoon. French troops have reoccupied the trenches At LaBoisseiie, previously given up b-- them to the Germans. Yester- 6ay saw no further fighting at Soi- ssons but near Pont-a- Mousson the French claim slight advance. The text follows:
 Tn Belgium there has been Q Nsaowstorrn. and also intermittent ar 1iUery exchanges at certain points. There was also a fall of snow yes- terday in the region of Arras, where our heavy artillery several dif- <arent occasions silenced the batteries of the enemy.
 Attacks Not Renewed.
 "As we set forth yesterday, a fair ly spirited engagement has been de- yeloped at La Boisselle, where, fol- lowing the breaking out of several fires. we were compelled during the