Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-02-01
HEAVY FIGHTING
IS SRESUMEDON
WARSAW FRONT
Petrograd Announces Fieres
Hand-to-Hand Struggle Along
the Vistula.
REcAPTURE OF TABRfz
FROM TURKS CONFIRMED
Greece Preparing Actively to
Aid Serbia Against Invasion.
Athens Report.

RS1s1tI ~
Aid Serbia Against Invasion.
Athens Report.
Heavy fighting has been resumed
along the Warsaw front, IN Poland.
after long period Of comparative IN
activity. An official communication
from Petrograd describes battles
along the Vistuls, near Bor1inox.
where, It Is said, the Germans were
disiodged with bayonets from trenches
they had captured. two companies OF
their soldiers being almost annihi-
lated. The Germans later undertook
an attack upon the Russian advance
trenches, and succeeded IN gaining
one position.
The Russian occupation = Tabriz.
| northern Persia, unofleiaIly reported
! last week, is announced today by the
Russian war Office, which says that
the Turkish army in that vicinity was
put to fight.
A dispatch from Athens stated thai
Greece is engaged actively in Mill
tary preparations. and that she viii
assist Servia in case of invasion by
Austro-German forces.
It is reported from Paris today
that fresh German troops have been
thrown back with heavy losses near
Ypres.
The violent German attacks in Po-
land, along the Warsaw front, are in
terpreted by Russian military au-
| thorities as an indication that the
! German commander, Field Marshal
Won Hindenburg, has determined 10
| inaugurate a general offensive and
| strike once more at Warsaw. The
| Berlin official report Of today asserts
1 that the Germans have made progress
| in northern and central Poland.
| The Overseas News Agency Of Ber-
| lin announced that reports had beer
received from Paris to the effect that
q French torpedo-boat had been sunk
Off the Belgian coast.
By the Associated Press.
i PETROGRAD. Feb. IA comrnu-
Inication issued late last night by the
general staff Of the E1ussian arrns
] reportA further progress n
East Prussia and desperate dRhksne
on the left bank Of the yistuIa- II.
| the region around Borjimow ths
| Russians claim TO have recapture0
trench lost 20 the Germans on the
preceding day and declare that
counter-attacks OF the Germans were
repulsed everywhere except IN one Of
hH a.
captured. The statement follows:
in the forests to the north Of Gum
binnen and Pilikallen our troops,
continuing the conflict, have made
progress at some points
''On the left bank OF the vistula
on January 80 a desperate conbai
was under way. In the region Of
Borjimow the Germans, who had
captured one OF our trenches on the
preceding day. were attacked by Us
after nightfall. After an extremely
tenacious struggle we succeeded. with
the aid OF q bayonet charge, In dis
| lodging the enemy from the trench
We almost annihiiated two entirs
companies Of Germans, captured
three officers and more than sixtz
gun
Slight Success for Germans.
Tn the course Of the day the enemy
made a new attempt TO drive Us from
our advanced trenches, but was
everywhere repulsed. after a bloody
! struggle. except IN one Of our saps
where some elements OF the eneiny
succeeded in esta blishing themselves
AN examination of prisoners dis
closed the fact that the Germans In
their attack of the 2sth upon q part
Of our trenches at Borjimow had en-
ployed four regiments Of infantry,
some Of which were composed Of
seasoned men.
"Our artillery on the left bank Of
the Vistula continued to shell the
positions OF the enemy with per-
ceptible advantage 70 US. Il de-
molished a German outpost and some
German field works. damaged certain
German trenches, put three machine
guns out Of action and silenced soms
of the enemy's cannon.
In the Carpathians the hghtins
continues along the front between
Mount Dukla and Mount wyszkow.
Generally speaking, our positions
along this front are secure. As to the
left wing. the front between Nignis
Polianka and Lotovisk, we are pro
crossing satisfactorily, and every day
We take some prisoners.
I'm Bukowina there has been moth
ing more than unimportant en-
counters between advance guards"
BY the Associated Press.
PETROGRAD, via London, Feb. |
(2:15 p. m.)-Russian military au-
thorities believe that Field Marshal
Won Hindenburg is planning another
thrust at Warsaw and that, in fact.
he is already developing & general
attack along the Warsaw front Mill
tar-y activity recently has been con-
fined to limited spheres, but the
events Of the last few days are re-
garded as indicative of a change ir
tactics. Especial Significance Is at
tached to the great violence with
which the Germans are resumins
their attacks in the Wyszogrod dis
trict, at the junction OF the Bzura
and Vistula rivers, and further south
near Bolimow.
In East Prussia the Russians ars
gradually extending their lines TO the
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