The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-03-24
ARMIES ARE ACTIVE
MAINTAIN STRUGGLES At -FOUR
IMPORTANT POINTS
PRzEMYSL IS DESPERATE

Russians Say Fortress is About to
Fall, While Austrians Continue to
Hammer at its Relief-British Re-
port German Loss of 20,O0o-Ger.
mans Claim Progress.
London reports Wednesday that at
Neuve Chappelle and st. Eioi, in the
west, and, Przasnpsz and PrzeUysl IN
the east are the pivots Of the battle
areas In which struggles which may
mark important milestones In the
war now are bein. fought.
The outcome of the fight for Nueye
Chappelle, from which the British
have driven the Germane with loss
Of nearly 10000 men, should prove,
IL the opinion of, British observers,
whether the Germans can mass men
and retrieve ground lost by them
with the same battering tactics they
displayed last year.
The outcome Of the battle OF Przas-
nysz will demonstrate whether Fisld
Marshal Won Hindenberg again has
failed and virtually nullihed all his
costly efforts to reach Warsaw.
To the south the Austrians are at
tempting what they have tried many
times before, dash to relieve the
fortress Of Przemysl. According to
| dispatches from Petrograd this latest
effort, which was a northward ad-
vance from the Carpathians, has def
nitely fallen short, having been
| checked in the center at Smolnik.
south of Lutowiska. Meantime, the
! Russians are drawing closer their
lines around PrzemysI.
Reuters Petrograd correspondent
says the capture of the Austrian for
tress at PrZemysl is considered cer-
tain within few days. Austrian sol
diers captured by the Russians dur
Ing unsuccessful sorties say the garri-
son is existing on famine rations and
that the hospitals are crowded.
Przemysl, in Galicia, has been de-
scribed as one Of the strongest posi-
tions held by the Austrians. It has
been besieged since the early weeks
Of the war, and never for a moment
has the Austrian Gordon been relaxed.
The Austrians have made various at
tempts to relieve the garrison, the
latest last week.
Aeroplanes have been great help
to the garrison: They have kept Che
| fortress in communication With Aus
trian bases and have taken In sup
D1ioo ord ,oodfnfnoc
Berlin reports Wednesday: The
contest for possession Of an eminence
on the southern slope Of the Lorette
Heights, to the northwest Of Arras,
has been decided in favor Of the Ger
mans.
| "The Russian advances against
| Tauroggen in Kovno province, Rus
sia, northeast Of Tilsit, and Laugs-
zargen, in East Prussia. just across
the border from 'Tauroggen, have
been repulsed.
Russian attempts to break
through the German lives between
the Skwa and the Orzyc rivers, north
Of Warsaw, also have been repulsed.
Perograd reports Wednesday: :Ac-
tive encounters Of considerable STRAIT
egic importance now progressing
along the S00-mile eastern front con-
stitute, In the opinion Of military au-
1 thorities here, the beginning OF the
spring campaign.
These engagements are. scattered
from the Niemen, in the north,
through Russian Poland and east
ward through Galicia, to the Dntes-
ter. Not since the war began mas
there been such continuous activity
along the whole eastern line.
| In the Carpathians, the Russians
appear to have been successful IN
turning the Austrian right flank
south OF Sanislau in a spectacular
battle. Amid snow, which In places
was over the heads Of the combat
ants, the Russians rushed the Aus.
trian Notifications near the village OF
| Tarnowice.
| Abandoning the customary mih-
tary formations, they scrambled as
best they could through the drifts,
some times strung out in Indian die,
sometimes almost losing touch with
each other. They succeeded, how
ever, In reaching the Notifications in
sufficiently good order to take the
Austrians by surprise and possess
themselves Of the stronghold IN q
short time, capturing large numbers
Of prisoners and guns.
London reports: The only activity
along the East 'prussian front ap-
pears to be the resumption OF the
German bombardment OF Ossowetz.
The attacking batteries have been
brought up closer, but Russian re-
ports maintain that the bombardmeut
has been successfully countered. Pet
rograd claims the Russians are hold
ing their antagonists on almost the
entire Przasnysz front, where the
Germans are keeping up violent ar
! tillery fire.
In the Carpathians and in Galicia
it is the usual story Of attack and
counter attack, with Vienna claiming
| 3. slow advance and Petrograd de-
| claring Emperor Nicholas men are
more than holding their own. The
snow is deep and the movement OF
troops difficult.
The Russians are bombarding
Przemysl with heavy batteries, while
the Austrians are hammering away
to relieve the besieged fortress.
In the west the Germans have at
tackled st. Eioi, evidently to counter
act the British success at Neuve
Chappelle. Berlin claims laconicaily
that German progress has been made
in that region, but Paris says the
| British have rewon most OF their iose
trenches there.
Except a few newspapers which
are inclined to the belief that for
| NAL blockade would better accom-
plish the desired result, virtually the
whole British press commends the
order in council setting forth the
| British retaliatory measure against
Germany. Many editorial writer's e3-
press uneasiness as to the effect this
order will have on neutrals, and ac-
vance q plea for forbearance on ac-