New Britain herald., 1915-03-26

Fortified Positions Near Lupl>now Pass,
 5000 Prisoners and Several Machine
 Guns Reported Captured by Cars
 Eorccs-Allies and Germans Claim
 Successes in Wcst-Russians De-
 fcatcd in Northern Poland. Another British merchantmen has been sent to the notion as a result of Germanys submarine warfare. The steamer Delmira was torpedoed in the English channel, after the crew had been permitted to quit the ship.
 Infantry attacks were made by both French and German troops yesterday at various points, chiefly in the Mouse region. Each side reports that the attacks of the other were repulsed >-, The status of military operations in northern Poland remains in question. Official reports give idea of the operations beyond bare announcements Of the results of isolated engagements, < and little is known except that bat tile of importance over long front is under way. Petrograd despatches convey the idea that the Germans have # all but abandoned their attempt to ! break through the Russian line and penetrate to the Warsaw region from s the north Today's official Berlin statement says that the Russians were defeated in engagements to the east of Augusowo.
 British Steamer Sunk London, March 26, 3:25 D. m- The steamer Delmira has been sunk ! by a German submarine off Boulogne ] in the English Channel. The men, l bers of the crew were given ten n1jn-k .utes in which to leave the vessel Suh- | Ssequently they landed on the Isle of @Wight.
 .SyThe Delnlira was a British steamer l .2,O11 tons net. She was engaged in the 1 transatlantic trade and arrived at sHavre from St. Johns, N. B., on March "A. She was built in 1905 and was un- der command of Captain Lovelace. Russians Defeating Austrians. a.. London, March 26, :3S a. m.-As eshas been predicted by military obser- Jvers since the fall of Przemysl, Rus- easia is now directing her chief offen- ..ssssive against the Austrian front neal" gMthe Carpathians. NB In the north, between the Niemcn and the Vistula rivers the Russian forces are making little effort to ad.- vance evidently being content to hold Ise1d Marshal Won Hindenberg in . check; but desperate fighting is talk ing place in the Carpa thianS, where the Russians are thrusting back the 2 Austrians along the Dukla and Uszok line.
 Unofficial reports via Bucharest credit Russia with great victory the rapture of fortified positions near the L1pkoW pass. These fornida b1e po~ sltlons were taken by storm, the Aus a trians losing machine guns and ovcr 5000 prisoners. Unofficial reports a1- so credit the Russian army with fur ther successes in Bukowina. Vienna admits the importance of the Russian soffensive in the mountain passes, but at the same time declares the fierce attacks on these positions have been repulsed.
 3.~ All Negotiations Suspended
 a. Politically no decisive move has ( been made to increase the number of the cOmbatants; but it is freely rll- mored that the special aim at Rorno of Prince von Buelow, the German ambassador, has failed so completely ,ythat all negotiations between Austris
 ana Italy have been suspended Ru- , mania, impressed by the fall of Przemysl is said to be contemplatiny [ immediate action, on the side of the allies.
 The sinking of the Netherlands steamer Media by German submar-
 inc has caused much uneasiness in Holland where the people already are
 irvitated by the recent capture by Germany of two Dutch merchantmen
 Various reports represent the al
 lied fleet as again entering the Dar-
 danelles, but inasmuch as official con-
 firmation of these reports is lacking
 it is believed that the movement of
 tho allied warships have been limited , to an effort to cover the operations of
 mine sweepers.
 ~ German Official Report. :. Berlin, March 26, by Wireless to
 Sayville, N. Y.-Army headquarters
 today gave out report on the prog
 ress of the war, reading follows: "On the heights of the Meuso, Southeast of Verdun and near Com lbres. the French yesterday again at ' lacked strongly in an attempt to take the German positions, but after q de- (Continucd on Fifteenth Page)