Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-04
London, Despite Petrograd
Denial. Believes Sari
Kamysh Taken.
LOSSES TO BOTH SIDES
Troops Suffer Terribly While
Battling Through Snow
in Bitter Cold.

ro-s-- Jan. utterly irreconciI-
as.. ar. ,zs claims OF tae conteudius
armies .- rr- a1a- I1 the vest uu
r-.er4e-rra ra- weather precludes
esa-aro-r ur..1 could give a decided
a4raaaar -1 Gro side or the other.
a-r~Hsr OF tHe Turks seem Co De as
r.nrr Increasing Importance. lldE-
l-r FROM official r1umIricato1a
.-sn F.-u1-l I.e T.-as claim r1
have taken sa-i Eangsl Russia.
t4~rra-. does a5t admit rh.s. and
.rr rra Turks suffered .nprmors
fa Comparing f.r Tl-sisn and
r.sr.rr etafaraura .r Tr..f seem -le
-.-E- are uaEilz G.atuae. although
hsta sides ore Iaa.ue heavily as
--rr5s r1.rlrr .a che lElr through
f.ae rr1r .r bitter cold The battle
ef ras rivers .r Poland eorr.uuaF. both
F1fr.-r. end Germans claiming at-
vantage.
vI5.sar Ee...1z ir .a p-Hrrsss a.0u1
t-r eastern front. tr otrcai tl si1n
s.rs-rart shows that. after capturing
gr..Hra.. s.r geruaE- attau utfl 90
raf. On lr .Ha direct .lu m It lrsaV-
r milo. away. The movement mlrr-
"a renewal cf emo German offensive
toward rs- Polish capital r1f tre a.
aar-r a.s rrp1 red with large losses.
Al -errr.a.Ie n.E1t baf-le ol tEs bank
.f.-4 urrrr river fs Gasrrt6ed tu tle
FrsrIaa commruicarD-. which vaEs
f.e Germans were perm. ICED to cross
f.- river uuuc. rsfei. then we're s,-
tackled uit5 Hayouets. without arin-
a shoe 70 is asserted several nun
f-ad German were killed and 're re-
r-l.r4er .u-re-fers1-
Tu-s- N-a- Prlss-=rs-
L- tlr rFaEa Caucasian rsEior Turks
aaa FeHr.rls clrlaad lu ar-rs stru--
s.s l.s reports from Fetr1z-lt and
g.rtfalf... r.r co-ce-u.lE the uIt-
r-as or. ar complete var.luee. Con
ss-a.rr f.a situation .r Caucasus Pc
t-. grad s.nte. aIr che rs-.lE of ~l-t
E1mrr1 Iru- 81. rae Ereut battle con
f.arsd ra orr advantage. despite OBJ
r.e rH stance We captured O. .
r-l Ht .llIlr-v The total Turk
e. B- .a-ra auuauts fI 5000 sol
s .-a a1I fI oucera We captured If .
machine .el1r ana SIX pieces OF EoIu-
tlf1 artillery. Tho next daE Fe re-
rr1rGret some positions tIe Turks .
lad cccar .eI and -ooE three machine .
suns and -'. prisoners. st o-e point
frl Turkish companies we're cut 90
pieces ly artillery. our troops are .
oDerntl-E under painful condition. on .
acc-rrt Cf cold and SLOW il high aiti- F.
t-dss. l1 Garicia fighting around Cor .
Lce and EaEICEru co1f.ules- In the .
Fsel.l nf Tl1s Tess and Ros-uld we .
drove lack che enemy. ulo He'd % .
disorder. We captured 5000 prisoners .
Several comp1uieH o. ArEtriaus sur
T-ntsrst tl @ body. OR Offensive N F.
E4tow.Ha continues.
Few Infantry Attzess.
Or s. believed i1 roa17u that the F.
attempt ~ th" au.es to e2ue. the Ger T.
mans trcu rhe.r conquered territory f.
ir Belgium and France may bs de-
ftrr-t several molths An Official F..
s;a-emelr from Paris shows artillery .
fEtflrs along the front preceding in
ts-u1!ttilzIy and az some points with
part icuilr violence There have been I
fsw tnfIutry attacks rerertly- The
Frezch admit failure Ia their EFFORT
% cccIpy a German position iu the .
Nsuse couutry- They claim however.
f-rtfr- r-CereuE ~ Sretrtach. Aisace-
Germans Capture stsi1baeh-
over. 1TImirE rombartErut 81 tie
As.EsfE west % Selahsim by tre en-
eay and capture % the village ~
ste.abach. sLsacs. IN connection t1ere-
via. vas ofHcialiv announced IN Ber-
Ia today. TIE heights we're retaksu
crr,1E the nixEt By a bayCuet attack
and hEhtGg for Stefrbach contiuues-
Tie situation In the east Is unchans-
% German attacks N Poland east
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