Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-05-08
GERMANS
STALKING ALL
On A General Smashing Often
Sive On All The Battle.
fields.
MEETING WITH MUCH SUCCESS.


effort, the extent of which never has
been approached in the history of
the war.
Throughout virtually the entire
length of the eastern front the
Teutonic allies are engaged with the
Russians, while in the west, in addi.
ton to their attacks around Ypres,
the Germans are on the offensive at
many points. At other places they
are being attacked by the French.
British and Belgians.
Far up in the Russian Baltic prov.
inces, heretofore untouched by the
war, the Germans are attempting to
advance toward Libau and Riga.
On the east Prussian frontier they
are engaged in series of battles,
and with big gun are bombarding
at long range, as they did Dunkirk,
the Russian fortress of Grodno; in
Central Poland they have had to de-
fend themselves against a Russian
attack; in western Galicis they are
attempting with all their strength to
smash the Russian flank and compel
the Russians to abandon the Carpa-
THAN passes, which they gained at
such cost during the winter.
In this western Galicisn battle the
Germans claim to have made a still
greater advance, and to have crossed
the Wisloka river, well to the east
of the Dunajec river, which until a
few days ago formed part of the
Russian front, and to have put their
hands firmly on Dukla Pass.
In conjunction with the attack
from the west the Austrians are at
tempting to drive the Russians from
Lupkow Pass, farther to the east
and with success. according to the
German account. In all the German:
claim to have taken 10000 Russian:
since the offensive was undertaken
last Saturday night. The AustrianS
put the number at more than $4,000
and express the belief that the whole
Russian third army will be destroyed.
These Nports shows that the Aus
tro. German blow is meeting with
the greatest success on the northern
slopes of the western Carpathians,
for toward the upper Vistula the
Russians appear to be IN their old
positions.
Despite the claims of the Austrians
and Germans the Russian represen-
tatives in the European capitals re-
iterate that the victory has been
greatly exaggerated. and the public
is waiting to hear what Grand Duke
commander-in. chief of the
Russian armies has to say about it.
The Germans also claim series of
successes in the west. They report
that east of Ypres, which, however,
is hardly borne out by Field Marshal
French, who says the British have
more of the trenches
which they had lost on Hill 60, and
that fighting is still progressing in
that neighborhood, while elsewhere
the Germans have shown no DISPOSE
ton to attack.
Other Germans claims relate to
successes in the Woevre, where the
Germans say, in an attack along the
northern side of the st. Michel
wedge, they took upwards of 1000
prisoners. and that they repulsed |
French attacks on the southern Sec
ton of the wedge near Frirey. This,
as usual during the last few weeks,
entirely disagrees with the French |
account of the actions.
OF the Dardanelles operations up
10 Sunday, Premier Asquith gave
The house of commons some news
Today, although the number of
troops landed was withheld. AS
%, 900 were landed the first day and
he Decentralization continued for a
week, while the French have also
oined the British and Austrslasians
IN the Gallipoli peninsula. it is APP
parent that the force is formidable
me. /
The premier. while issuing q warn
ng that the casualties were heavy.
aid q glowing tribute 10 the troops.
through whose exertions consider