Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1915-02-11
Most Desperate Encounter of
War Fought In Carpathians,
According to Petrograd
thousands Slain.
ONE OF MANY BIG CLASHES
Hand to Hand Fighting Is Rule
Russians Claim to Have
Regained Lost Ground, But
Retreat In BukoWina.
LINES SHIFTED NORTHWARD
Won Hindenburg Is Attacking
Cars Forces Near Tilsit
Where Vast Operations
Are Developing.
ONE OF MANY BIG CLASHES
LINES SHIFTED NORTHWARD

Are developing.
Berlin. (by wireless to Lon
dom, Feb. 1O.-The successes
achieved by the Austro-Ger-
man forces i'm Bukowina, the
Hungarian crown land, adj
joining Galicia, have caused
the abandonment by the Rus
slams of Czernowitz, capital OF
Bulowina, according to a
statement issued here today.
Petroqra6. Feb. 11.-Details Of a
desperate fight in the Carpathian
mountains. with ferocious bayonet
charoes without precedent in his
tory reached Petrograd today.
According to these reports, re-
peated German attacks were finally
repuIsed by the Russians, after
German dead lay in great numbers
in front of the Russian positions. II
is inconceivabIe that the Russians
lost fewer men than the Germans
and the Gead and injured Of both
armies mount into the thousands.
A Russian officer. describing tho
encounter. says it is only one
typical Of the numerous battles
which are occurring daily in the
Carpathians.
in EAST PRUSSIA.
The Germans also are eoneentra-
ting their forces in east Prussia.
whore, according to both Petrograd
and Berlin advices, a great battle
Is forming. Both sides claim ehe =
advantape at various points along
4 o...,s-toao battie front extending from
tho region of Tilsit to point in Po-
land, almost directly west Of War
saw.
That the Germans have given up
their efforts to break through .he
Russian lines west Of Warsaw is
the belief of military experts. They
seem to have abandoned their ag
aressive on the Bzura and vistula
rivers and to be transferring their
troops to points whore there is
Ireater opportunity Of piercing the
Russian defenses.
staff tho German losses at Borji-
NOW, Goumine and Viola Scdlow-
iecka number Several tens Of
thousands"
The scene of the great battles in the
Carpath,ans was Baligrod. 30 miles
south Of Sanok in Galicia. 1t is claimed
by the Russian staff that the Hunga
rian forces in the Carpathians have
been augmented by 200,0 900 Germans ant
that German officers now are definite
ly directing the Carpathian movement
Try to Smash Russians.
The Teutonic allies evidently ar.
making desperate efforts to advance
especially in the region of Galicia, L
the south of PrZemysl and Lenlberg
where attempts have been made to gai1
positions by sheer weight Of numbers
The general offensive movement o
the Austro-German forces along th'
Carpathian mountains has been sue
cessful at the eastern end of the range
where the Russians are retreating int
Bukowina. but military experts are o
the opinion that the Austrians mus
forge ahead a long way in this direc
tion before they can hope to affect th
general Russian position.
Most Desperate Battle.
The fighting in the Carpathian
would appear to be a part of this pro
cedure.
Concentrating their forces the nigh
of February Z. the Germans early th
following morning began what doubt
less pluly uSSeloPSd lAlo OlS vi u
fiercest attacks in the Carpathia,
campaign. With their first line al
most annihiliated. the Germans pushe,
forward their second line under tn
support of heavy artillery. and wer
successful in gaining strategic ele
walton.
But from this position they were al
most Immediately driven back by
Russian bayonet charge. Attacks an
a%t ,x1,n <>1I~ ;v n
cession and towards the evening th
Germans in great numbers seemed {
he in permanent possession of tn
heights
Fight Hand to Hand
Then counter attack by the Rus
slams resulted in two hours of har
hand to hand fighting. which left th
snow clad hillsides strewn. with deaf
After most stubborn resistance. tn
German regiments finally were defin
itely driven out.
to have counted UPWARDS of 1000 Ger
man dead before the Russian position
on this hill. He described this engage
ment as typical of the battles. whic
are occurring daily i'll the Carpatllia
mountains.
The official statement follows:
"The Germans. who gradually ha
Deen concentrating III cast Prussia VIZ
fresh troops. began Il series of enter
getic "Reminiscences and on Februar
Z they opened offensive operations wit
considerable forces in the district be
tween HorZele and Johannesburg. The
undertook at the same time active OF
erations on both wings of their frnr
in east Prussia. In the vicinity 9
Lasdehnen. to the east of Tilsit W
drove back German attack and sue
ceeded in almost completely annikiiat
ing one of the German battalions OF
posed to Us. Following this encoui.tc
our cavalry moved forward in the di
rection of Sierpec. travelling over II,
road to Rypin.
.'On the left bank of the Vistula 1ur
| ing the day OF February S. the enem
/ showed no signs of activity.
Judging from the corpses abandone
by the Germans in frcnt of our posi-
tions they would appear to have 10,
In dead and wounded. several tens I
thousands OF men in the six day