Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-29
VIOLENT BATTLES
FOR POSSESSION
STILL ARE RAGING
Russians Seeking to Gain
Railroads Running South
ward Into Hungary.
DESULTORY OPERATIONS
IN OTHER PARTS OF EAST
Commanders in West Waiting
for Better Conditions Before
Another Big Move.
NOTHING FROM DARDANELLEs
Italy Has Called to Colors All Alpine
Troops for Period of Forty
Five Days.
DESULTORY OPERATIONS
IN OTHER PARTS OF EAST
NOTHING FROM DARDANELLEs
Italy Has Called to Colors All Alpine
Troops for Period of Forty
Five Days.

LONDON. March 2s-violent battles
for possession of the Carpathian passes
continue. The Russians who recently
regained possession OF Dukla Pass are
pushing their way toward Bartfeld on
one side and Svidnik on the other.
where. II they achieve their object,
they will take possession of the heads
Of the railroads running southwark into
Hungary. The Russians also are op-
Grating against Uzsok Pass to the east
but at Lukholkn Pass, still further to
the east. they apparently are satisfied
to Withstand tho Austro-German at
tacks against strong positions ut
Koziouwka, which tho Germans have
tried SO often to capture.
Along tho rest OF the eastern front
battles are of desultory character,
due doubtless to the fact that the snow
Is melting and tho rivers either are
open or are covered with such thin
coating of Ice that they will not bear
any weight
COMMANDERS WAITING
FOR BETTER CONDITIONS
In the west the commanders are
waiting for better conditions before
making effort on a large scale, although
the French here and there are attempts
Ing to capture positions which will
give them an advantage when the gem
eral offensive starts. Their more re-
cent efforts have been directed against
the heights of the Meuse. east and south
OF Verdun, In which both sides claim
to have made gains. The object of
these operations is to compel these
Germans to evacuate ST. Mihiel, where
their line reaches the River Meuse,
bending the French front
To the general public moro interest
ing are the operations in the Darda- X
nelles. OF which, however, nothing Of
fetal has been published for some days.
1t Is presumed the allied fleet is wait
Ing for mine sweepers to complete their
work before attacks are renewed, and
perhaps also for the arrival OF re-
endorsements.
BIG DEMONSTRATIONS
ARE HELD IN ITALY
Upon the success OF these operations
depends. not only the fate of Turkey,
but probably the future policy OF the
Balkan states and Italy. In Italy big
demonstrations were held to-day, call
Ing upon the government to take action
to realize the ambitions OF tho country,
while In the Balkan capitals the diplo-
mats OF the allied nations are trying
TO reorganlze the Balkan league and
insure the simultaneous intervention of
all the Balkan powers on the side OF
tho allies. Before this can be done,
Serbia must be induced to make con-
cessions to Bulgaria in that part Of
Macedonia which fell to her after the
last Balkan War.
The Germans also are active in Soma,
and are trying to induce Bulgaria, by
g m nf
key, to remain neutral.
ALL ALPINE TROOPS
CALLED TO COLoRS
ROME. ITALY. March 27 (via Paris.
March 2S).-Italy has called to the
colors for forty-hve days all the Alpine
troops OF the first category The Of
hcial military journal also calls to the
colors all artillery and engineer reserve
officers for sixty days from April 16
The Alpine troops are frontier forces
organized especially to defend the
mountain passes leading into Italy,
This force consists OF eight regiments
twenty eight battalions--ot Alpine In
fantry and two regiments of thirty-six
mountain artillery batteries. In addi-
ton to these. there are two regiments
OF heavy artillery OF ten batteries each,
one regiment OF horse artillery OF eight
batteries and ten regiments OF fortress
artillery.
The engineers whose reserve officers
are TO be called out on April 16 are
organized as six regiments, two OF them
pioneers. one poptoon troops, one tele-
graph troops. one railway troops and
one sappers and miners. The peace foot
ing or tho engineering branch OF the
army Is about $4,000 officers and men,
Ihe artillery arm of Italy's land
torcea comprises 26S batteries. 11o COM
panies and ffty-one depots.