Omaha daily bee., 1915-05-14
GERMANS DECLARE
ARMS VICTORIOUS
ON BOTH FRONTS
Official Berlin Report Announces
Successes Against Enemies
in Belgium and in
Poland.
OVER 14,Ooo RUSSIANS TAKEN
Sixty-Nine Cannon and 265 Machine
Guns Captured from the
Slavs.
FRENCH ATTACKS ARE REFUSED

BERLIN, May 1S.--tVia London.D
The German war office announced
today that In the recent fighting in
Galacia and Russian Poland 14,5OO
Russian prisoners had been captured.
II also stated that sixty-nine cannon
and 255 machine guns had been taken
from the Russians and that the vic
torious Austrian-German forces, con-
tluuing their advance eastward in
Galacia, are now approaching the
fortress of Przemysl.
victory tn West.
The statement follows:
Western theater: East of Ypres we
took another point OF vantage from the
enemy In the afternoon strong French
attacks on our front from Ablain to
Neuvine were repulsed with very heavy
losses TO the enemy The village of
Carency and the western part Of Alb
lain. which are for the greater part In
Guided In the territory held by the
French. as the result o. their occupa-
ton of our foremost trenches, between
Neuvllle and Carency were, however,
evacuated last night. Unfortunately on
this occasion, n number of our brave
men and much material gain were lost.
French attempts to recapture sec
ton of their trenches, which We took
from them northwest of Berry-Au-Bac'
in the woods southeast CT Ni-AuX-Bois'
were without success.
Position Attacked.
After strong artillery preparations
41atk ha
tween the Meuse and the Moselle last
night At Oroyp Des Carmes, they sue
ceded in penetrating a section OF our
foremost trenches, stretching over a
width of 15O to 300 meters. After bitter
hand-to-hand fighting our positions were
again cleared of all F'renehmen. A num-
her Of prisoners remained in our hands
Two French blocl1houses on the west
ern slopes of Hartmans- Weilerkopt ver'
destroyed your fire.
eastern theater: The situation is the
same. The battle OF szawle (Russiar
Poland is still undecided. IS ~
Southeastern theater: The army uneei
General Won sMackenken In the course o.
tts pursuit OF the Russians. reached yes
terday the neighborhood Of Subieczo OF
the lower wisIoka and Kolbuezowa, the
Russians also TGlTeultub uhNOA Nhc RhN0
sure of this advance from their positions
north of the vistuls- In this section the
troops under General woyrech, closely
following the enemy, penetrated as fai
as the region northwest OF Kielce.
COnauers Two Hills.
I'm the Carpathians Austro- Hungarian
and German troops under General Vol
IAnsingen conquered the hills east of th'
upper stry and took $3.50 men prisoners
as we'll as capturing six machine guns.
AT the present moment, while th'
armies under General Won Mackenzen ar
approaching the Przemysl fortress ant
the lower San, it is possible to form al
approximate idea of the booty taken. II
the battles of Tarnow and Gorlice an'
in the battles during the pursuit OF thes
armies. we have so far taken 10s50o Rus
slams prisoners, sixty-nine cannon an'
twenty five machine guns In these fig
ures the booty taken by the allied troop
fighting in the Carpatians and north o
the Vistula is not included. This amount
to a further 60.O00 prisoners"