Evening star., 1915-05-16

Slav Advance Halted, 1s Claim.
That the advance of strong Russian
forces near Szawle has been brought
to a stop: that in the region OF the
Pilica river, as far as the Vistula. the
Teutonic allies are pushing the Rus
SLAMS with success. and that still fur
ther to the south the Russians continue
their flight, is the declaration OF the
Berlin official statement.
Vienna officially declares that the
Russian armies in Poland and Galcia
continue to retreat along tne Mnoie
front On the San river the Germanlc
allies are reported to have captured
Rudnik and Lezaysk. while the Ger,
mans are reported to have occupied
JaroS1aw.
are said to be standing before tneir
native town. PeremysL
Immense Losses in West.
When the great battle now raging IN
northern France and on the plains OF
Belgium shall have subsided and q
reckoning taken by the allies and their
foes. the Germans, it is confidently be-
lieyed that the losses in dead and
wounded in all other battles in the his
tory of the world will pale into inslg-
The conflict is going on night and
day. first one side attacking, and tnen
the other And, in this battle, gains
and losses are not measured by miles,
thousands of yards or feet, but almost
inches French and British charge.
They gain point-then lose 1t. The
Germans advance here and tnere, take
a few trenches, and then, IN terrlnc
countercharges OF the enemy lose Inc
advantage gained.
Guns Firing Constantly.
Thus goes the see-saw of titanic
struggle, and the game is costing tens
of thousands of lives and MANNED
bodies Millions of rifle bullets sing
through the air on the long line from
inland France to the extreme northern
front in Belgium during the entire day.
Their screams are but puny signs after
night overlaps the bloody nelds. LOT
then the heavens are lighted by explod-
ing shel and shrapnel So fast are the
huge missiles of death fired by allies
and Germans that it seems the heavens
are sounding warning with perpetual
peals of thunder.
while the din of battle is terrible, 1t
is insignificant compared to the hun
dreds of bleeding bodies left on the
fields and in the trenches after these
huge iron monsters hurtled through the
trenches to wreak awful destruction.
No Signs Of Abatement.
And the battle goes on at all points
along the western line with no signs
of abatement.
French forces claim to be continuing
their advances in the region of Arras.
That the republics forces are pressing
the fighting is indicated by the German
official statement, which dWells largely
on the repulse of numerous attacks ana
makes little mention of the fact that
Teutonic arms have made advances
The French official statement of to-
night declares that to the north OF
Ypres a check has been inflicted upon
the enemy. 1t is in this region that the
Germans have made their greatest ad-
vances since they attempted 70 i make
a drive to the coast couple of weeks
ago.
Allies Take Trenches.
Allied troops have taken several
trenches from the Germans in front OF
Hot Sas. according to the French. and
have occupied a part of Steensfraete TO
the west Of the canal. Many prisoners
have been taken, including some ma
chine guns.
The German official statement of to-
night claims the repulse of many at
tacks delivered by French forces.
Night attacks in the vicinity OF
Steenstraete have been repulsed. It is
claimed that in the vicinity Of the st.
Julien-Ypres road the Teutonic forces
have attacked and made progress.
Many British soldiers are said to have
been taken prisoners. More than 5000
unwounded prisoners have been cap
tured in this region since April %. it is
declared.
A majority of the attempts Of tho al
lies to attack German positionS on the