New Britain herald., 1915-02-19
RUSSIANS tvACUATE
 ALI OF BUk0W|NA {. IS LONDON REPORT <
.AustrlaaS Continu, Their Victorious
 Advance Rolling Back Extreme  ; Eastern End Of Cars Line.


 AND SEVERAL VILLAGES
 E ah Regain Trenches at Ypres
 6ich They Had Lost to the Ger.
 mans-French Driven Back al s&s Very1un-In Central Poland Along ~ Warsaw Front Situation Remains
 Exchanged. . & Fl Germany has struck the first blow *ssSince her war zone decree went into &7ffaet. A. French steamer was tor l&pedbed in the English Channel by a sk3ermane su bmarine. She was able to Breach port, although damaged badly. I|ss:e According to advices received to- IY day at the state department at Wash N sington, all travel between England N And the continent has been suspended nctice.
 F. Berlin newspape commenting on the German reply to the American k note, reflect the feeling thata1there must be no departure from the posi- ton Germany has taken. The influen- tial Lokal Anzeiger says that: "We Germans have resolved to fight with cut regard for the consequences.' -asa The second of the British bi- weekly reports from the front speaks of severe fighting near Ypres, on the western end of the battle line. Ger 7 man attacks gained possession of several British trenches, which, how ever, were won back subsequently,.
 Russians Evacuate Bukowina.
 The Austrian troops are reported to be continuing their victorious advance through BukoWina, rolling back the extreme easternssend of the Russian line. A London d despafch says that the Russians have now evacuated all of Bukowna Official reports from Petrograd and Vienna speak of en- 7. counters of great severity in the Car pathians but apparently no decision is near
 T communication, asserts that substan- Htial progress has been made in the Invasion of north Russia, along the Z German border, following the expul- sion of the Russian army from East Prussia. The Germans are said to E have captured Tauroggen, in the A Province of KOvno, as well as several { Villages further south. In central Poland, along tho Warsaw front, the situation is unchanged. -.t ..- e Allies Driven Back.
 I'll B attacks of the allies in the s. west supposedly to prevent the Ger mans from developing their offensive s m ovement in Russia, has led to severe engagements at several points in Bel gium and France. The German war cffice admits that the French were temporary successful in a battle near *lerdun, but says that later they were driven back.
 Russians Quit Bukowina.
 London, Feb. 19, 6:33 a. m.-The Russians have now evacuated all of . Bukowina, according to despatch to the Times from Bucharest.
 German Official Report. ;, Berlin, Feb. 19, by Wireless Teleg- raphy to Sayville, N. Y.-The official statement given out today by the Ger man general army headquarters says:
 Tn the western theater of the war: On the road to Arras and Lille the French have been thrown out of the section of the German trench which was occupied by them on February 16.
 .s- Tn the Champagne district renewed l-- IS.- ,oIo broke down completely under Ger man fire. One hundred additional prixoners fell into German hands. Short sections of the German trenches Which were. taken by the French on Eebruary g16. were partly reconquered. 4s4 rcnches' Captured. f "In the reported. French attack on ' Boureuilles and Vauquois five officers saand 479 uninjureds men were cap < tured.
 ITO the east of Verdun, near Com bres, the French, after a short-lived success undleg heavy losses, were re- pulsed.
 Win the Vosges the Germans stormed K Height 600' to the south of Lusse, and Aatook machine guns.
 Germans Occupy Tauroggcn.
 s..In the eastern war arena: The Germans yesterday occupied Taurog- zen in the Russian province of Kov-
 "The engagem ents of the pursuing 2. gerfnans with the retreating Russians -zt0nhe northwest of Grodno and to the AD6fth of sAuchswola are nearing their E1eHd The battle to the northwest / oftskolno still continues South of