Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-04-14
Struggle of Unusual Severity
RACES Along 4 DO-MiIe Car
pathian Front.
TURKS FORTS DAMAGE
TWO ALLIED WARSHlPs
British Cruiser :lnd Destroyef
Reported Hit in New OAR
danelles Attack.

ANA77ASl1S nave Sdpl urea another Sec
tion OF the mountai n barrier between
tIahcla and Hung ary. A dispatch
from Lemberg, q alicia. tells Of 4
Hussian attack on the austrian
forces at Mezelah orez, IN the East
Beskids. The Aus trians were forced
to give ground, IND 1t is said the
main mountain q est in this region.
considered impreI enable, has PASSED
to the hands of I he Russians.
This battle wa an incident in =
struggle Of unus ual severity uow ii
progress along q front of more than
100 miles from Bartfeld. Sorthern
Hungary, to ST ry, Eastern Calicia.
Petrograd reporf IS that both sides are
attacking simu ltaneously and that
the losses are Heavy. The Austriank
In Bukowina fand the Germans in
Northern Polai i'd are making small
movements, int erpreted in Petrograd
as intended to force the Russians to
withdraw SOM of their troops from
the Carpathia n rront.
Minor Battles In West
In France q nd Belgium only small
engagements occurred vest erday The
official report from Berlin mentions
several Frendh h attacks In the Meuse-
Moselle region, where the lighting
recently has been most ssevere, but
says the GET mans made successful
resistance
After a pri)longed lull in the opera
tons at the Dardanelles, fighting has
been Essumfsd On a small scale. An
official report from Constantfnopia
says the ba tteries at the entrance To
the straits were bombarded yester-
day and til at a cruiser and Destroyer
were strud k and seriously damaged
by the Tur kish fire.
Messages from Vienna to Rone
quote an Austrian official as saying
that q sta to of siege probably win be
proclaimef1 In Austria on account Of
popular d nrest occasioned by the ad-
vance Of the Russians through the
Carpathi4Ins. 1t is reported also that
Emperor Francis Joseph has decided
to make the territorial concessions
desired by italy provided that nation
will tale up arms for Austria and
Germany. This report, however. ID
not generally credited in Rome.
BY the Associated Press.
LEMBERG Cvia Petrograd and
London, 3;45 p. m.), April lin a
desperate attack by the Russians on
the right flank OF the Austrian posi-
tion tat Mezolaborcz, on the Hum
mounita tains and about fifty miles
south of Przemysl the Austrians
were forced, after twelve hour bar
tie, to make a precipitate retreat
The whole main crest in this diStrscs
which the Austrians considered TO
be lmpregnable, now is in Russiau
hands.
the main body OF the Austrian
army then moved on RostOka. where
they found the Russians prepared IL
a strong defensive position and thes
were again repulsed. Another attack
made by the Austrians IN the south
ern district of Uzsok and NeretzAini
met with a similar check, the Rus
slams occupying a position thres
miles from Uzsok.
The left flank OF this Austria
army, under command OF -Arehdulxe
Joseph Ferdinand. is being gfaduail
exposed by the Russian advances
toward Bartfeld and Gummino.
BY the Associated Press.
PETROGRAD. via London. Apr.i
"A, 2:25 p. German forces,
which still hold isolated SUBMITS of
the Carpatlrians, are contesting stub
DOTDl9 every OI The fAuSS1du at
vance along the front from Rartfeid
to Stry This front runs almost d;i}
east and west for lis miles. Bart
field is In northern Hungary and Sfry
in eastern Galicia, TO the south OF
Lemberg.
Attacks and counter-attacks follow
with such rapidity that both sides
may be said to be taking the OFFER
sive simultaneously. The shocks al
resulting IN unusually heavy cas-
ualties, with only slight change u
the comparative positions of the op-
posing forces.
Uzsok. near the pass OF that name
still remains in the possession Of thu
Austrians, but the Russians have
captured the heights to the north
ward, coming within three miles OF
the railroad station, and there occu-
patton of the town itself is expected
| here.
The Austrians are vigorously re
peating their efforts to penetrate
from Bukowina into Russian terri
tory in the direction OF Chotin. The
Russians characterize this move ~
a device on the part of the AustrianF
1 for drawing Russian troops from tn,
Carpathians. They assert that the
Austrians have been unable to bri11s
UP sufficient reinforcements to Chez
| the Russian advance, and that Z:
| only alternative for the Austrians
to divert part OF the Russian foref
in other directions.
Quiet ON Prussisn Frontier.
To the north. in the district aiorr
the Prussian frontier. there are ~
movements of first Importance. Sfna
battles are a daily occurrence in III
Marlampol district. The German
have occupied fortified positions fros'
Mariampol to Suwalki since their un
successful invasion of a month ago
The Russians are attempting persls-
tentIy to oust the Germans from this
region. The Szeszupa, flowing north
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