Bisbee daily review., 1915-03-04
IF FRENCH WEST PREDOMINANT OTHER NE WIS
French Forces Are Said to Have Gained Commanding Positions and Threaten Ger
 Man Rail Communications
GERMANS APPARENTLY
 RETIRING IN THE EAST
Continual, Fierce Fighting In South-Eastern Theatre of War With Neither Side Gaining Greatly

LONDON, Mar 3.-In the western theater of. war the French offensive in the Champagne region continues to be the outstanding feature of the campaign French troops have now reached the highest points on the ground north of Perthes and Rcausa- jour, and must be drawing near t5 positions from which they will he able to shell the branch railway that runs to the German line. maintaining the communication between C many and the forces before Rheims and Verdun.
 There is fighting in other points but none to compare. in importance with Champagne With the allied fleet again bombarding the Darda- nelles and the Russians pushing their offensive in the Caucasus the east is again coming into the limelight. The Russians scored a distinct sue cess by ,he capture of the Turkish port or Khopa on the Black Sea. from which the Turkish army, in the Can casus, draws part of it's supplies
 In their determination 10 relieve Przemysl and drive the Russians out of Galicia the Austro-Geman armies which for some weeks have been on the Galician side of the Carpathiaus during the last few days made repeat. ed attempts to break through the Rus, sian entrenchments. but without sue cess. Since Sunday. when it massad formation 10 throw themselves against the Russian troops holding strong positions. the ustro-Germans attacked repeatedly in spite of the heavy losses this kind of fighting on, tails
 Yesterday according to the Russian official, the ustrians delivered furious attacks between the Sa naud Ordawl rivers only to be thrown back as they were in previous efforts, while the Germans made several fruitless att tacns around Kziouwka and Rolanka. At the latter point they lost two com pnies which were surrounded and au- initiated
 No estimates were published Of the losses sustained by the Germauic arm ies in thehir efforts to throw the Rus sian lines but they are believed 10 have been very large as the Russian positions are almost impregnable. Re- garding the Austrians' attempt to out flank the Russians in Eastern Galicia, two Russian official reports have stat ed the Austrians suffered a severe . reverse and thehy lost in prisoners alone. more than six thousand The Russians also captured a large num- ber of guns and a large quantity 1t
 transport material. On the other eX- treme. in North Poland the Germans either have assumed the defensive or are retiring except at Ossowetz, where they continue to lombard the tort- ress Berlin reports unoficially at this point the Germans succeeded in silencing two forts Their attempts to approach the city however were repulsed by the Russians. The ract seems to be that the Russians arc advancing along the whole northern line. but very slowly because of the mud which impedes the movement of guns and transport wagons. They have been able to reinforce the armies at every threatened point and are now considered in as good position as the Germans, who left their railways behind them.