The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1915-01-21
JANUARY IS.

JANOAhv 10
Fighting of considerable intensity is
being carried on in both the eastern
and western theaters of war. The Rus
sian troops, resuming their offense have
made advances in East Prussia, accord
ing to a Russian official statement. 1t
is Inserted the Germans have been re-
pulsed in engagements near Resog aud
that the Russians have occupied several
villages, one Of them strongly fortified.
The Russians also claim to have made
&dxnnces to the southwest of Mlawa,
Northern Russian Poland, in the direc-
don of Radzonowa. While this fighting
IL Ding on the Germans are continuing
flIe}f attack on the Russian front in Po-
lanai Petrograd reports that their
1az44t attacks have been successfully
repN5sed. Attempts made by the Rus
STAN infantry to gain ground along
t}.& front of the lower Nida river,
Sou{hern Russian Poland, have been re-
pulsed with heavy losses, according to
an austrian official statement Only
no<Hor engagements have taken place
"a alicia and in the Carpathians, it is
ataf6d, weather conditions there be-
if& unfavorable for fighting. In the
WeSEern theater the battle which has
No<W waged for a week to the northwest
or Spissons continues Here the French
claim to have progressed slightly betwee
Cuffles and Crouy, but were unable to
de5onch from Crouy. The latest French
official statement admits that the allied
TROOPS have been forced to yield slight
II near the village of Moncel, after be-
Ing Subjected to a violent attack The
allies still occupy Moncel, however.
Along the rest of the western front
there have been no engagements of i'm
poftance 1t is reported. The port au-
thorities of Dover deny a report which
has been current to the effect that
two German submarines were fired up
on and sunk by the coast batteries off
that place.
JANUARY IS.
A reverse of the allies along the
River Aisne in the neighborhood of
scissors is admitted in the latest
French official statement, although the
possible effect of the German advance
Is officially minimized. After continuous
ensagements which lasted nearly two
days the Germans forced the French to
yield In front of Vregny, to the east of
Crouy 1t is explained by the French
war office that the flooding of the river
Aisne destroyed several of the bridges
and thus rendered precarious the com
munhcations of the troops operating on
the night bank. These troops were
withdrawn, as 1T was thought impossible
10 send requirements to their support.
The success is a partial one for our
adv ersaries," says the French state
ment "but will have no influence on
the operations as a whole" Emperor
Ia
opefations, which resulted in the cap
fureof several thousand French prison
erN md were continued Throughout Janu-
AIRY ~ and 10. Petrograd claims the
hueeian troops have progressed on the
right bank of the Lower Vistula, where
the German cavalry was repulsed. On
the other front the fighting Is made up
largely Of skirmishes and artillery duels
The general staff of the Caucasus army
deyotes a statement to the operations
IN Azerbaitan, where it is explained 1t
hecame expedient to regroup the Rus
nian forces, necessitating the evacua-
ton of certain places previously occu-
p1eA No important action took place.
only an engagement by the Russian ad-
vance guard. British aviators early in
the week dropped bombs on the Ger
q Netherlands newspaper dispatch. The
damage done by the bombs has not been
Sustained. Eighteen Russian generals
have been discharged from important
positions. according to the Hamburg
F'remdenblatt. Geneva reports that
numbers of the Austrian nobility and
aristocracy and Viennese financiers are
depositing large sums of money in Swift
zerland and are giving orders for the
purchase Of quantities of American
securities.
JANUARY II.
The battlefield to the northeast of
scissors, where fierce engagement
has been in progress for several days,
the center of interest in the
western theater of war Here the Ger
mans appear to have gained important
successes, retaking ground from the
French by furious assault. Some idea
OF the nature of this contest may be
gained from the latest German state
ment, which says that as a result of
three days fighting the French have
suffered heavy losses between 1000 and
1000 dead French soldiers being found
On the battlefield, and about $500 having
been taken prisoners. The Germans al
50 claim to have captured ID cannon
and six machine guns. Important Brit
ish gains are reporte near La Bassee,
and the Germans have lost some
trenches to zouaves in the region of
Arrass according to the French official
report Along the remainder of the
front, while attacks have been made
Dy both sides, there appear to have
been no decisive engagements In the
east the Russians are actively pushing
their campaign in East Prussia and in
northern Russian Poland, although no
decisive conflicts are reported from
those districts. Petrograd reports that
the Germans failed in some unimport-
ant attacks on the Russian advanced
columns in the region of Loetzen, East
Prussia, and retreated after having
suffered heavy losses. The Russians
claim that on Thursday they continued
to advance in the region of the Skiawa
river. northern Poland driving before