The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-01-06
4USTRIANS RETREAT
RUSSIANS AGAIN FORCE WAY TO
The C0RPATHIAK PASSES

kUSStAN0 AGssN fUnIE MAI fV
The CORPATHIAK PASSES
Inc RESULTS ELSEWHERE
French Report Capture of Long Ger
man Troops While British Admit
Value of Trench Lost to Germans
South Of Ypres-Petrograd Claims
| $4,000 Prisoners.
British observers Of the progress o..
the war point out that Russia is once
more master of the passes in the Car
pathian mountains and that the
troops along the entire Austrian from
from the Biala river to point north
east of the Dukla pass seem to be fall
ing back.
This means the withdrawal of vir-
tually all the forces which swept
across the mountains to form the ex-
treme right in the concerted AuStro-
German attack on the Russian armies
and it marks another surprising re
yersai Of form OF the part of the Aus
trian soldiers whose battle fortunes
since the outbreak Of hostilities have
been conspicuously erratic.
Berlin reports: "The Russians
have strengthened their forces oppos-
ing the Austrians in Galicia, and the
latter, it is understood, will make new
dispositions, which will require some
time. Local military experts claim
that Russia's occupation Of the line OF
krosno-JasIo is no real gain for the
Russians, but. that it is weakening
their position. This view, however
| is considered too optimistic and the
fact must be faced that the extreme
left wing of the Russians is proving
itself superior to its opponents. The
present action Of the Russians in
Strengthening their forces there is
due to their realization of what an
encircling Of their flank in Galicia
would signify"
Petrograd reports: eve have dis
lodged the enemy from a trench near
the village Of Sumino, which they had
taken from US previously by counter
attack in which We captured machine
guns and prisoners.
'On the centre between the Pilica
and the upper Vistula only cannon
aiding was heard. We made progress
on the tro wings.
| During an attack on German
redoubt to the south OF Inowlodz We
captured three machine guns.
"Our troops met with success
while crossing the lower Nida In the
taking by storm Of the villages o,
| Starokorczin and Senislavice, which
were well fortified. During the fight
ing we captured 40 Austrian officers
and over 100 soldiers and three
machine guns.
I'm Western Galicia we have made
progress in spite Of the almost i'm.
passable condition Of the country DUE
to mud. We have driven the enem!
from the front of Stromnik-Solico
Jasliska, taking guns and large
number of machine guns.
| During the first half Of Decembe,
| Gold style calendar) we captured So,
1000 Austrians."
Berlin reports: ION the right bank
of the Vistula, on branch Of the
Zura and on the Rawka rivers. ou,
attacks have made progress. In the
region south Of Jnowlodz strong Rus
sian attacks have been repulsed."
| Petrograd reports: "Our troop:
stormed the village of Szitniki, which
was stubbornly defended by the Aus
trians. The enemy has defnitel!
evacuated the left bank of the Nida
1'To the south of the upper Vistuls
on the front of Opatow-Biecz, the
lighting continues to develop to oul
advantage. From the 18th to the
2sth we captured there 200 officers
and $4,000 soldiers and 40 mitrail
leuses.
THE enemy's retreat in the regior
OF the Dukla passes and on the road
to Lisko is becoming more and more
precipitate and disorganized. On the
| 26th we captured in this region Ave
| thousand prisoners.
The enemy's efforts to transport
his forces from the direction of SZen
stochowa toward the Carpathians was
a complete failure owing to our ma
lnoeuvres."
Berlin reports: "There is no news
, from East Prussia or from Poland
North of the Vistula and on the lefl
bank of the Vistula our attacks are
developing, Notwithstanding the very
unfavorable weather.
Perograd reports via London:
"The belated cold spell reported in
Poland is expected to precipitate g
definite result in the German-Polish
| campaign, now practically at stand
still. The weather factor. always i'm
portant, has become paramount there
since the whole German invasion III
Poland is predicted on the freezing
Of the soft ground, which impedes
transport of heavy guns and favors
Russian trench digging. The ground
usually freezes by September IS.
| Thwarted by mild weather, the ac-
tivities around Mlawa have reached
a complete lull and after unsuccessful
attempts to cross the Bzura river, the
| Germans still are resting on its left
bank near Sochaczew. They have, in
tn emeantime, shifted. their attack
southwark toward the river Pilica.
near Rawa, where the ground is not
marshy."
Berlin reports: Several strong
French attacks to the northwest OF
st. Menehould have been repulse6
with heavy losses to the enemy. We
captured 200 prisoners.
"An advance in the burned forest
20 the west of Apremont led to the
| capture by US Of one fortified French
| trench and three machine guns
| French attacks to the west Of Sem
| helm have been repelled.
Paris reports: 'In Belgium the
village OF st. Georges has been occu-