The Sentinel=record., 1915-04-16
RUSSIANS FACE LARGEST ARMY SINCE BATTLE BEGAN EIGHT
 WEEKS AGO.
FRENCH REVIVE OFFENSIVE
Raid by Aeroplanes Claim to Haze Dropped Bombs on the Buildings in Which the German Staff Were ln- stalled at Mezieres

London, April l5.-As far as fight ing is concerned the battles in the Carpathians and in the Woeyre are the only ones of any importance. The Russians. although now faced by very much larger forces than they were at the beginning of the battle three montls ago, are said to be continuing their efforts to force the Austro-Ger. man armies completely out of the Carpathians and open the way to Hungary
 Having successfully taken the western passes, they are bending their enegies on an attempt to cap- ture the llzsok pass and the heights to the northeast uf that break in the mountains
 Petrograd claims that the Russians are making steady progress despite the efforts of the AustroGermans to outflank them but the Austrians in. sist that the recent fighting has been in their favor and that they have cap tured another important height north west of UzsoA pass In the Woeyre the French appar- | enay have revived their offensive ana at several points claims to have add ed materially to the ground previous ly gained which would bring them a step nearer the main objectiye-the removal of the German wedge which bends their line back to St. Mihiel.
 In the Argonpo, in Alsace and in the region of the Somme the French declare they also have made some progress but this is in direct contra diction of the Berlin official report, which says that all the French at. tacks were repulsed.
 The following official statement was issued by the French war office tonight
 "In the north of Arras we nave gained brilliant success, which com pletes that Of last month. The whole spur southeast ot Notre Dame de L,. 4ette was carried with the bayonet by Mr troops, who now hold all the .outheasteu slopes as far as the outer woodland fringe of A.Dain-St Nazaire.
 "We took l6O prisoners, wlo in, cluded several officers and three trench mortars and two machine guns.
 At Thiephal and La Beiss5lle in the region of Albert the enemy at. tempted two attacks, which were im- mediately checked
 Tn the ArgOnne at Bagatelle, our artillery demolished one of the prin. eipal German trenches. Further to the east of La Neurissons we re. pulsed an attack.
 At Les Eparges the enemy deliv- cred three counter attacks, during the night of April 1415. with the object of retaking the eastern Salient He was repulsed and suffered heavy losses At noon he violently bonn barded the position but did not attack
 "At Montmare wood we repused a counter attack and on the ground NahNh OH lHt iolu We tOultuNcu tue inventor of our booty. which included two quicldirers, two trench mortars a machine gun, sevaral hundred rifles and thousands of cartridges and grenades.
 Tn the forest of Lepetre we re- pulsed an attack and took some pris- oners
 "A German aviator dropped bombs on the hospital at Mourmelon By way of reprisal for the bombardment of Nancy by a Zeppelin one of our aeroplanes dropped five bombs on the German headquarters. All the pro- jectiles fell on the buildings in which the imperial staff were installed at Mezieres and Charleville We also bambarded the station of Fienburg in Breissgau. Finally a flying squadron Of l5 machines dropped bombs, with complete success. on the German mill. tary buildings at Ostend. Our aero. planes were violently canuonaded but all returned unscathed."
 The official communication issued by the Russian war office tonigh: says
 "At Ossowetz Wednesday the enemy Intellectually attempted an ad. vance on the Russian position.