Evening star., 1915-03-20
Comparative Inactivity Fol-
lows Recent Desperate Fight
ing East and West.
TEUT0NS CLAIM RUSSIAN
OFFENSIVE HAS BROKEN
Admit, However, That Struggle in
the Carpathians Remains to
Be Decided.

relapsed into the condition of siege
warfare. which prevailed during the
winter.
Austrian reports by way of Berlin
claim that the Russian offensive move
ment In tho Carpathians through the
Lupkow pass has resulted in failure.
but direct reports from both Vienna
and Petrograd agree that Austrians
as well as Russians are making at
tacks and counter attacks in the Car
pathians without any decisive results.
The Germans still are bombarding
OssowetZ without success, according to
the Russians, who claim to have de-
stroyed the advanced trenches of their
antagonists.
Inactive on Western Line.
Neither side reports any important
actions on the western front during the
past week.
One of the semi-weekly official COM
from the headquarters of
Field Marshal Sir John French, the
British commander, was given out by
the official information bureau. 1t is
under date of March Is and reads as
follows:
general situation on our front since the
last communication. The trenches south
of ST. Eloi which had been only par
TALLY recaptured on that date. are
either unoccupied by either side or held
by US. Some of the trenches were blot
ted out in the course Of the fighting in
this neighborhood.
Isolated Attack Repulsed.
IAN isolated attack made by. about
200 men against St. Eloi on the even
ing OF the 18th was easily repulsed.
Two-thirds of the attacking forces
were either killed or wounded.
'In the Neuve Chapelle area the en-
emy expended a large quantity of am
munition in intermittent lombard
ments, with insignificant results.
Neuve Chapelle, Epinette and Givenchy
were their main objectives on the 18th.
The gallantry and dash of the
troops during the operations Of the
last week in the vicinity Of Neuve
Chapelle, under the able and deter
mined leadership of Gen. Sir Douglas
sedentary work in the trenches dur
ing the last four months has in no
way impaired their original fighting
qualities
British Casualty List.
A casualty list Of officers received
from the British headquarters in the
field, under date of March Is. gives the
names of eighty-three officers. includ-
ing Hindus, who were killed or have
died from wounds, and Of 123 wounded
or missing.
This brings up the total casualties
among officers since March 10, az Of
fcially reported. to 1876 killed or dead
from wounds and 316 wounded or miss
ing.
Russf4h Offensive Broken.
BERLIN, via London, March 20.-Herr
correspondent of the Zeitung
am Mittag. sends the following dis
patch from Austrian headquarters un-
der date of March IS:
"The Russian offensive against the
Carpathian line has broken down
quicker than was first anticipated, con-
siderins the vigor with which the at
tack was begun. The Russian hope
was to break the Austrian and German
lines east of LupkoW pass. They sent
forward huge forces there: but all at
tacks were repulsed. with enormous
Russian losses, and the Austrians and
Germans are steadily, II SLOWLY, gain
ing ground.
:"rhe Russian. tactics consisted in
charging in five successive lines. AS
soon as one line was cut down another
advanced, until all five had been shot
down. The Russians sent forward all
ayailab BILE troops, even adjuncts, like the
older men, who previously were used
only as guards for the military work
shons. Even military tailors and cooks
we're forced into the attacking line.
Found Pickets Asleep.
This caused an apparent relaxation IN
the vigilance of the Russian vedette serv-
ice. German troops. making fianking
movement over difficult terrain. found all
the pickets, even the machine gun di-
visions, sleeping. In battle, however. the
Russians fought recklessly, firing while
standing with their bodies entirely ex-
posed to the hottest hail of bullets.
1.-The attacking forces. chiefly Siberians,
many hundreds were taken prisoners.
none of them surrendered readily. but
had to be overpowered in the trenches.
1t finally became evident that the Rus
slams lacked reserves OF equal quality
THE weather continues severe. The
horses sink up to their bodies in the snow.
Splendid morale prevails among the Aus
TRANS and Germans"
Losses at Neuve Chapelle.
An official statement issued today by
the German general staff declares the
total German losses in the fighting in
the vicinity of Neuve Chapelle were
about 5000.
semi-weekly report of the progress
Of the fighting given out by the Brit
Ish authorities March Is stated that
the German losses during the opera
tons at Neuve Chapelle from March
10 to March 13 could not have been
less than 1900 or $4,000.
GERMAN AlRMAN DROPS
BOMBS ON BRITISH PORT
LONDON, March 20.-A German aero
plane dropped several bombs today off
Deal. a seaport on the Strait of Dover
The bombs all landed in the sea A
natrol boat opened fire on the aero
,lane which turned and disappeared.
BERLIN. March 20, by wireless.-l
The overseas News Agency gives out
the following:
Reports have reached Berlin to the
effect that two German aviators have