Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-11
GERMANS DRIVEN
|. BACK BY RUSSIANS
IN BAYONET FIGHT
Armies in Desperate Strug-
giles for Possession of
Carpathian Passes.
ADVANTAGE is CLAIMED
IN PETROGRAD REPORT
Battle in Galicia as Fierce and
Sanguinary as That Before
Warsaw Lines.
QUIET ON WESTERN FIELDS
Believed Kaiser's Forces Are Prepar-
ing for Another Attack
Near La Bassee.
ADVANTAGE is CLAIMED
IN PETROGRAD REPORT
QUIET ON WESTERN FIELDS


The Russian and Austro-German
armies are lighting another series Of
battles for possession of the snow
covered Carpathian passes, to decide
whether the Russians will commence
another invasion of Hungary or evacu-
ate part Of Cialicia. as they have
evacuated Bukowina.
The Russians have issued TWO official
reports of th- operations. claiming the
better of the fighting. Their right
wing has crossed the mountains, and
has been engaged In battle near
Bartfeld and Svidnik. on the Hun
garian side of the Carpnthians. and on
the edge Of the plains which sweep
down to Budapest.
This army, too, threatens the rear OF
the Austro Germans, who. having en-
tered Lupkow Pass. to, the east, have
suffered severe losses in q battle with
another Russian force.
The hardest fighting has occurred on
the Galician side of Tukhoika Pass,
where on Sunday the Austro- Germans
captured the heights in the region OF
Koziouwkp. only TO be driven back
after n bayonet fight, which the Rus
sian report describes as being with
out precedent in history"
Correspondents say this battle was
terrific. The Germans brought up their
best reinforcements to aid the Aus
TRANS, and themselves led the attack
CUT OFF FROM MAIN
GERMAN ASSAULTS
Backed by heavy artillery. they as
saulted the Russian position on the
Koziouwka heights, but found them
selves under an enfiladng fire from the
Russians on parallel hills. and were
cut off from the main German column
The Russian infantry then attacked
driving them back at the point Of the
bayonet
Attack followed counterattack until
the Russians had regained their old
positions. leaving the slopes. accord
ing to their report. Uttered with
bodies of dead Germans"
The hghtinE here seems to have been
as desperate and sanguinary as thar
before the Warsaw lines during the
last week and, SO far as can be Judged
by official and unofficial reports. has
been Just as unsuccessful for the Ger
mars. The Germans now have as
sumed the offensive on the southern
border of East Prussia. and. as a re-
suit. another important battle is pro-
ceeding In that region. or the battle
In the northern part OF East Prussia.
neither official communication speaks.
AL the other extreme end Of the line
In Bukowina the Russians are falling
oack Derore superior Austrian forces
put still hold the greater part OF that
province.
FROM Rome comes the report that
the Russians have reached Wloclawek
on the lower Vistula. thirty-fvc miles
southeast OF Thorn. If this is true II
suggests that the Russians, last re-
ported at Sierpec, have made q move
which may enable them to interfere
with the transfer OF troops from Po-
iand to East Prussia. as Wloclawek is
on the railway from Lowicz TO Thorn
ARTILLERY AND AIRMES
CONTINUE ACTIVE
There has been little or no fghting
In FLANDERS. France, or Alsace. al
though artillery air airmen continue
active. 1t is believed the Germans mr..
preparing for another attack on the
british line near La Bassee which it
successful, would open the door TO the
French coast from which the Germans
hope to threaten England
Meanwhile. the allies are reported to
De making slow progress along the
coast OF Belgium, where the CAPTURE
or the Great Dune was of considerable
advantage, as from 1t almost the entire
coast as far as Ostend can be con-
trolled by artillery.
Speeches In the Russian Duma. in
which the possession OF Constantinople
was spoken of as the ambition OF the
RUSSIAN people, have caused little or
no discussion here.
While the German loan to Bulgaria
Is discussed In the German press as
though II assured Bulgaria's continued
sympathy, 1t is pointed out In Sofia
that the loan was arranged before the
war. at time when there was no cx-
pectation that Bulgaria would throw
In her lot with the. triple entente.
The defeats which Turkey has suf-
tercd, according to the view here, arc
sufiicient to induce Bulgaria to remain
neutral.
RUSSIANS ABANDON
CAPITAL or RUKOWINA
BERLIN. February 10 (by wIrelcss