The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-01-07
HUNGARY MENACED
BY RUSSIAN ARMY
ST.E|NDACH FALLS
Way Is Paved For Invasion oil
Territory of Kaiser's Ally,
Says Reports Reach
ing London.
HEAVY FIGHTING I'M POLAND
Teutonic Forces Again Making
Desperate Efforts to Pene-
trate Lines and Cap
ture Warsaw.
HEAVY FIGHTING In POLAND

London. Jan. 5.-If it is true that the
Russians have taken another pass over
the Carpathian mountains, the in
vasion of Hungary in real force should
IN the opinion of British observers soon
be a reality. Up to the present. de-
of Russian cavalry have
crossed these mountains, but there
never has been an invasion in
strength.
French Take %Steinbach.
The capture by the French Of Stein
bach, a small Alsatian town, near
Thanh. is admitted in today's state
ment from the Berlin wal office. The
advance of the French was preceded
by an artillery bo~mbardment which the
German statement describes as "over-
Whelming,' and which nabled the
French to occupy trenches near Semi
helm as well as the town Of Steinbach.
These trenches later We're recaptured,
the German statement says.
Except for this fighting along the
eastern end of the battle front, there is
little activity, the German n at
tacks apparently having halted effec-
tually the forward movement which the
allies attempted last month.
A few ~unimportant gains are chron-
icled in the French official statement,
which also says that an attempt to
capture a village in the Mouse country
failed.
The German statement makes no
mention of the severe fighting in the
east reported by the Russian military
authorities. 1t says merely that the
situation is unchanged and that the
German attacks continue.
Utterly irreconcilable are the claims
OF the contending armies in the east.
In the west the unprecedented weather
precludes operations which could give
decided advantage to one side or the
other.
Turks Are Active.
The activities Of the Turks IN the
Caucasus seem to be assuming an in
creasing Importance, judging from the
attention the Petrograd official COM
munications are devoting to this reg
ion. Although not admitting that the
Turks have been victorious, it is con-
ceded that they are fighting with great
Valor and stubbornness in the vicinity
of the fortified town of Sari Kamysh.
The Turks claim to have taken his
position. Russia, however, does not
admit this and says the Turks have
suffered enormous losses.
Comparing the Turkish and the Rus
sian statements it would seem that
the Turks are making Roadway, al
though both sides are losing heavily,
as their troops founder n fight
through the deep snow and in the
bitter cold of these high attitudes.
Hand TO Hand Combat.
Violent fighting is in progress along
the eastern battle front, leading at
points to desperate hand to hand en-
counters. An official Russian state
ment shows that, after capturing Boil
NOV. the Germans attempted to push
on to the northeast in the direction of
Warsaw, about 80 miles away. This
movement marked the renewal Of the
German offensive toward the Polish
capital, after a period of comparative
inactivity. But their advance in this
direction is said to ave been repulsed
with large losses. A remarkable night
battle on the bank Of the Bzura river
is described in the Russian communica-
ton which says hat German forces
We're permitted to cross the river un-
molested and then were attacked with
bayoncts. without the firing of a shot.
1t is asserted that several hundred
Germans were killed and the remainder
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