The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-13
GERMANS FAIL TO
BEAT BACK SLAVS
Won Hindenburg Making Des-
perate Efforts to Get Near
Polish Capital.
RUSSIAN LINES STAND FAST
Austrians Get Reinforcements in
Defense of carpathians-British
Warships Bombard Belgian
Coast Towns.

London, Feb. 5.-The efforts of Ger
man Field Marshal Won Hindenburg
to stop the advance of the Russians
in East Prussia and in the Carpa-
thians compelling them to reinforce
their center west of Warsaw has oul-
minated in a desperate attack Regt
ment after regiment, supported by
great masses of artillery, has been
flung against the Russian lines, and
both sides claim to have inflicted
heavy losses on their opponents and
each reports progress.
It is apparent, however, that while
the Germans are making every effort
to get near Warsaw the Russians, for
the present, are satisfied to hold their
positions and infiict as heavy losses on
| their adversaries as possible Near
BOlimOw the fighting has been fierce
and continuous for weeks and the
Russians claim to have taken one of
the villages for which the armies
have been contending.
Meanwhile the Germans have sent
strong reinforcements south to check
the advance Of the Russians, who are
reported to be south of the main
| range of the Carpathians, and are
thus again overlooking the plains of
Hungary.
Although not officially mentioned, it
is reported the British warships again
are bombarding the German positions
on the Belgian coast while the airmen
of the Allies are busy dropping bombs
on the German trenches at concentra-
ton camps.
Blockade French Coast.
Washington, Feb. Count Won
BeTnstorff, the German ambassador,
notified the state department today
that American vessels should avoid
the north and west coast of France.
The department has received a tele-
gram from the American ambassador
| at Berlin dated February 2, stating
that the German admiralty have is
sued proclamation urgently warning
| all merchant vessels not to approach
the north and west coasts of France,
| as it is the intention of the German
| government to use all the means of
war which it has at its disposal
against the British troop ships and
ammunition shipments to France. The
merchant vessels bound for the
North Sea take the north of Scotland
| course.
Russians Check Germans.
! London, Feb. with comparative
| quiet prevailing on the Western front,
| the fighting in the east, which is more
| strenuous and widespread, monopo-
| Lies attention.
While the Russians are on the Of
/ fensive in east Prussia, northwestern
! Poland and the passes of the Carpa-
thians, the Germans continue their at
| tacks on the Russian lines along the
Bzura and Rawka rivers. The invaders
reached the Rawka line about the mid
| Ole of December and since that time
| nave made at least half a dozen at
tacks in force against the Russian
trenches, each time at undoubted
| heavy cost.
Expect New Attack.
Nothing daunted, however, they
have been repeating the attacks dur
| ing the past week and while they have
made a slight advance it has been &C
complished only after further great
! losses, according to the reports from
/ Petrograd
Now it is believed that the Germans
are preparing for still another on
slaught, for only by compelling the
| Russians to strengthen their lines pro-
tecting Warsaw can they hope to di-
vert the Russian attacks from east
, Prussia and Hungary.
Battle Is Still On.
In the Carpathians the Austrians
| and Germans are offering vigorous re-
| sistance to the Russians, but a
decision has not been reached in the
battle, which has been in progress
| there for some days.
The statement in the Russian Off
cial report that there has been fight
ing to the southeast of Uzsok Pass, in
the interior Of Dukla Pass, indicates
the extent of the struggle for the pos
| session of these important strategic
points.
The alleged attempt Of a German
submarine, as officially reported, to
torpedo the British hospital ship As
turias, has attracted a great deal of
attention in England, where it is
| zXror CIV condemned