Evening star., 1915-03-10
ALLIES PROGRESS
0NLAND AND SEA,
|SLONDON BELIEF
Not Since War Began Has Sit
uation Been So Favor
able, 1t Is Said. s'
GERMANS STILL ATTACK
RUSSIANS AT OSSOWETZ
Retirement of Won Hindenburg
From North Poland Is Consid-
cred Imminent.
RUSH DEEMED COSTLY FAILURE
With Alternating Offensive Moves,
Foes Keep Up Battles at Other
Points in East and
West.
GERMANS STILL ATTACK
RUSSIANS AT OSSOWETZ
RUSH DEEMED COSTLY FAILURl

| LONDON, March Io.-As Eng
land sees it, not since the war
began has the situation both on
land and sea been more favorable
to the allies than it is today. Con-
fdent opinions of this nature are
finding constant expression in
London.
Trend of Latest Events.
Slowly but surely. it is argued. the
allied feet Is creeping toward Con-
stantinople and thus opening another
road to Berlin. The retirement of
Fild Marshal Won Hindenburgs army
from north Poland is said to be i'm
minent. In the west the allies claim
the ascendaney all along the line. all
though no decisive engagements are
being fought, while in the Balkans and
in Italy. according to British interpre-
tation of the political news from these
countries, the majority is clamoring for
Intervention on the side of Great Brit
ain. France and Russia. This Is said
to be notably true in Greece and Rou-
mania. in spit of the fact that the
governments Of these countries still
cling outwardly to the policy of neu-
trality.
Believed Costly Failure.
Correspondents at Petrograd of Eng
Hsh newspapers say the German failure
| TO reduce the Russian fortress Of Osso-
wetz, together with the reported Ger
, man defeat at GrodpO aud PrEasnysx
means the definit. aba ndonment of tho
| German offensive in North I'olaud thus
| making, in the opinion of these CORES
| spondents. Field Marshal Won Hiu6cn-
burg's rush over the frontier another
costly failure
| The Germans. though unable to ad-
vance in Russia. are reported to be
holding a line some thirty miles behind
the extreme limit OF their forward dash
of month ago.
Foes Attack Alternately
In central Poland both the Russians
and the Germans arc attacking alter
nately. with no apjpreciable change in
the situation being made The same Is
true in the Carpathian mountains and
generally along the western front in
France and Belgium
| TO remedy the strategical weakness
| of their position at OsSowetz, which
was left open TO a Russian outfank-
ing movement by the retirement of
the right wing of their northern army
| toward the Augustowo forest. the Ger
mans have attempted an advance in
| force along the road from kolno to
Lonlza.. The Russian general staff re-
| ports that the attacks failed complete
1N.
notwithstanding their exposed po-
sition at Ossowctz. the Germans con-
tinue to concentrate their heaviest at
! tacks at this point Meanwhile thev
are conducting desultory operations
along the whole front from Augustowo
to Drobip. which is twenty miles
| northeast of Plonsk. in order to dis
| tract attention from the ossowetz bat
| tie and cover the retreat of the forces
which encountered reverse at Prz-
asnEsz This force already has retreat
| ed close to the border, in the district
between Janow and MHawa, ii is de-
| clared
With the exception Of the German forces
at Sinno and osscwetz. and those ad-
vancing south from probin. with the a,i-
dent intent of reaching Wyszoerod tho
German armies operating in the north cf
/ Poland have executed 0 general retreat
to within few miles IF the Prussian
! boundary.
Defensive Msneuyers
'rhe occasional evidences OF oifensi,s
activity by the Germans along this front
are viewed by the Russian authorities
as defensive maneuyers designed 10 allow
| their forces TO retreat in good order. md
to prevent an invasion of their own
territory BY the Russians
Russian ayiators from Ossowetz sue
ceeded in bombarding a German wagon
train at SzczucZyn. west of Ossowetz, on
The German border
Telegraphin from Petroyra,l the
London Times correspondent dealing
with the reported withdrawal of the
GERMAN forces which have been at
tempting to reduce the Ossowetz fort
,ress. says:
This retirement of the last of Field
Marshal Non Hindenburg's armies in
northern Poland marks the failure OF
his whole effort in East Prussia The
German raid will doubtless be Judged
by impartial observers as one Of the
costliest of the German failures on the
eastern front and as confirming the i'm
preston. long ago formed here. that
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