The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1915-02-04
GERMANS POUND
WARSAW FRONT
Russians Have Reached Hun
garian Plains.
AUSTRIAN LOSS At TARMOW

Marshal Won HInderbure Determined
20 Smash the Russian Defense and
Seize Warsaw For the kaiser-8rit-
ish Merchant Steamer lkaria is Tor.
pedoed.
Paris, Feb. 2.-The merchant steam
Or Ikaria, British, from Brazil with
q cargo Of coffee was torpedoed ten
miles from Havre. A tug reached her
within an hour and as the watertight
compartments kept her afioat the
cisw, with the exception Of the cap
tain and firemen. boarded the tug and
the latter succeeded In towing the Ika-
ria into port Most of the cargo was
saved before the vessel sank.
The night OF Jan. 81 was extremely
calm. On the morning Of Feb. ! tffe
enemy violently attacked our trenches
north Of the road from Bethune to~La
Bassee. He was repulsed and left
many dead on the field.
At Beaumont Hamel (north OF Al
bert) the German infantry attempted
u
trenches, but was compelled to fee,
abandoning on the field the explosives
which they were carrying In the lr-
gonne there has been great activity in
the region of Fontaine Madame and In
the La Grurie wood. A German attack
was repulsed.
In the region of Bagatelle one OF our
trenches was destroyed by the explo-
sion OF two mine chambers and was
evacuated without any losses. In the
vosges and in Alsace no action has
been reported. Heavy snowfalls pre-
vail.
An overwhelming disaster TO the
Austrian army Of western oalicia 10
reported from Cracow to the Tribune
OF Geneva. The Tribune states that
the Austrians were iured into q trap
south Of Tarnow. sixty miles east OF
Cracow. and lost $4,000 men In killed,
wounded and prisoners.
n the Tribune's information Is ac-
curate, the Austrians have again failed
to hold a position assigned to them by
the German general stan, nullified
General Won Hindenburg's terrific ex-
ertions in Poland and left the southern
road to Cracow open to the Russian
invaders.
Germans Active az Warsaw.
The Russian general stan reports
that the Germans have eneTgized their
attack on the Warsaw front and are
beginning 10 use large bodies or In
fantry instead OF small detachments In
their day and night onslaughts against
the Russian positions. Their lncreas-
ed offensive movement began on Jan.
26. when they threw 10000 men against
the Russian front at Borjim0w. Charge
after charge was delivered by the Ger
mans on Jan. 80. and the Russians,
holding firm until the coming of night,
made several counter attacks In the
darkness, bayoneting the Germans
from all trenches that had been taken,
except one line.
The Russian military authorities as
sume. on the basis OF these operations,
that Marshal Won Hindenburg Is not
yet contemplating q retirement from
the Rawa and Bzura positions. but Ii
determined to make still another effort
20 smash the Russian defense and
seize Warsaw for the kaiser. The ac-
tivity OF the past few days Is taken 70
be q development Of q new drive.
The recent destructive raids by Ger
man submarines I'm the Irish sea fol-
lowing bold and extensive operations
IN the North sea. the channel and on
the north coast OF ireland has con
vincsd the British that no waters no
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