The Nome daily nugget., 1915-02-22
WAR SUMMARY
 FOR PAST WEEK
Cleaned from the dispatches from February 10 to 21.

miles within the Russian boundary, t0 points below the Vistula west of War saw have continued throughout the week and have been marked by gen being forced back steadily along prac- tically the whole line. The German successes include the capture of the cities of Turogen. some ten miles north of the Niemcn and an equal dis tance from the Hrussian border. and also the important city of Augustowa from which thh Russians were com pelled to withdraw after a desperate attempt to hold the German advance. Late in the week the Russians resumed the offensive at points to the west of Warsaw, heavily reinforced movements being directed against the German po- sitions fronting Flock and Lodz.
 Russian offensive movements were reported at intervals at various points the majority of which appear tb have been attempts to relieve the German pressure in other localities. The Rus -ians also suffered heavily at all points in the Southeastern portion of Galicin vince continued with desperate fight ing marking he movement during the latter days of the week. Terrific bat ties were fought along the river Sereth and at the Gszok pass twelve miles from Czernowitz, the latter city fall ing before the Austro- German forces late in the week and thus marking the nearly complete evacuation of the province, Czernowitz being but a few miles from the Russian border.
 Russian successes were reported from the region lying to the south and
 west of Tarnow along a line between the Sandek and Sanok passes In this section the gains are entirely in favor Of the Dual Alliance. The battle lines along the Polish and Prussian frontiers
 reveal German gains of many miles of
 territory the Russians having been forced from 10 to 40 miles within their own boundaries. The battle line now apparently extends from some few miles north of the Niemen southward to the east of Augustowa crossing the
 Vistula between Warsaw and Flock and thence south 10 points along the
 Bzura river
 In the Western zone the renewed German offensive following the over-
 throw of the Russians In the East was efforts to pierce the allied lines at all important points. German gains were
 reported at Verdun and all important points to the west and notably at Souain, between Reims and Verdun, and in the Moseile and Vosges districts in the former the Germans made sub stantial gains including the capture of Norroy near Pont -a- Monsoon The Vosges fighting resulted in the cap ture of the towns of Wilsone and 'Obesangen. The allies also suffered severe reverses in lower Alsace being compelled to fall back several miles
 below Metz. The German offensive weakened rapidly during the middle of the week and was followed by a gen- eral forward movement of the allied lines, the Germans losing practically all of the advantages gained during the early part of the week The later dispatches indicate many distinct re- verses, the German attacks being hurled back at nearly every point. Sharp counter attacks instituted by the French are said to have compelled the Germans to evacuate many miles of trenches and positions of consider able importance. Severe fighting has occurred at Ypres, near Bethune, and at practically all points east of Reims hAlHANAS hutAiilS i litSt DOT tion of the fighting during the earlier days but latterly the guns were dis placed by infantry assaults which con- tinued to the end of the week. The week closed with the Germans gen. erally on the defensive and inc favor credited largely to the allies.
 The battle lines are practically un- changed. Aero attacks against several of the German submarine bases along the North Sea were important incidents Of the weeks fighting, the aeros in- hieting much damage 10 the German l works at Ostend and Zee Brugge
 The submarine blockade of the Brit ish Isles was inaugurated on the 18th 1 and resulted in the injury of five yes-