Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-03-16
Spot Near Warsaw Scene
OF BIoOdiest Fighting
of the War.
ASSAULTS ON CAPITAL
Bridge at BlOnO Closest Ap-
prOach Germans Make 10
the Polish City.

rontea. March ir. lc1u~-poudenre
of Tue Associated rrrseI one hun.
ds-I fhoaeaud soflier- are buried lu
a triangle q feu miles .n sizc between
warsau ard sErrui-uier. according
t1 a e1rr~spoadeut uh1 completed a
frfp over This sorff0r of enc fsbf.HF
line This afrrtrE %. country. De- rv-
marks. ia thrT-e assaults on tre Polish
capital probably vas th~ scene OF fhe
H.1aiirst 1EhtinF of Che whole var.
Bridge near B'urr marks nearest ap
preach Germans fHus fa- have made
l1 We~e1v The bone. % t.f"H Ger
uara end rrb1fr sr1as hrE many
Russians De- hrrr.
italy Near Decision.
Loadou. March le-ItaIy apparently
&C. approaching decision whether 90
remain neutral or Intervene in the
var. F1lIaairz reports % partial sup
preston by Italy OF mails % Austria
and a conference OF Emperor Francis
Joseph vtfs his minister % war con-
cerufuE defense % flr Italian from
tisr comes a news dispatch from Rome
that the Italian dcet iB being concen-
fratcd a. a point in i'aiy nearest the
Iardansliss So far aH reported Of
hclaiiy. ths bornharfmcnt % the Oar
daneiies has produced no further im-
portant results
fetroErud says the German assault
On the important fortress of Ossowetz
e. producing only tusiEuifcant results.
Tho German advance toward FrEas-
uysr Co. being held IN check. and at-
trmpts 90 -riive Przemysi in Gaiicia
have been iuenestuni 10 is admitted
that in the Carpatlians the Russians
are making little rr1srrEs and have
suffered very heavy losses.
French Attack Broken
T8day's Official German statement
SAYS can English position on the
height near 50. Eloi vas taken by
Gormaua. after AEhtiuE which had
been going on six days before yester-
day. In Champagne French attacks
broke down The cncmy'E losses were
heavy. Several French trenches were
captured north of Bcausclour. An en-
EaFcmsut begun yesterday IN ArEoune
continues today. In the NoEEeE fight
ing Is going ON az several places. on
the 0ray~ northeast of PrzasnyEz.
Russian attacks everywhere were re-
pulsed. There 90 an especially violent
enlargement for possession % Icdno-
roz~k Tvo thousand Russians were
taken prisoner
PrussIan Losses f.o5o.oOc
= Copsnhase dispatch says tho last
eight prussian casualty lists No is6
TO iTs. contain $1,000 names. bringing
tire grand total killed. wounded and
since the var BEGAN 90 1850
600. The last four lists include N air
men killed. four wounded and two
taken prisoners. These totals refer
to Fr,issiau losses and do no; take in-
90 account is0 Bavarian. and 1876 Wurt-
erib~rE. tis Saxon and 20 navy lists.
The British s~rui-Esckly report on
the progress % dzhtirE says; "i'ris-
on~-s IN our hands since March 10
number 100. Total German losses
March 10 60 i1 on the Neuvo Chapeiie
we're no, less than 1900. Paris SAYS
the British have r~taEcn ST Eioi and
rreap,ured trguchcs southeast of that
village
\ Valparaiso disratch says ~ mem
bsrs 81 the German cruiser Dresden.
sunk sunday By the British are miss
ing
Gcneva. March is.-Thc Tribune's
Rome sp1udcut says a large part
~ the Italian navy is being concen- .
fraf-d az Taranto. az the southeastern I
extremity % the country. the point
asaruss the Dartan.liea-