The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-02-07
Much Significance Attached to
Outcome of Carpathian
Campaign.
MAY BE DECIDING FIGHT
Won Hindenburg Continues His
Heavy Plunges to Break
Through to Polish Capital.
The General Situation.

LONDON, Feb. 6-Austria an
the Carpathians had broken down and
that the Russian had suffered heavy
losses. In some sections of the front
the AuStrianS are on the offensive
and the capture of 1000 more Rus
slams tis reported. A Petrograd state
ment yesterday admitted the Russians
had retreated in the region of the
mountain passes.
Particular significance il attached
by military strategi9tS as to the out
come of the Parthian campaign be
cause il probably will decide the mas
terry of that region of the remainder
of the war. Should Austria gain a
definite victory her territory will be
freed from the menace of invasion.
In Poland and West Galicia the vi
unchanged. PetrOgrad dispatches
agree that a battle of almost uneXam-
pied fury is in progress along the War
saw front, with the issue not yet de
termined DesultOry fighting is in
progress in the ArgOnne and AlsaCe.
bat elsewhere in the west activity is
The German attack in
Flanders, although leading to several
days of brisk fighting, has not de-
veloped into an important engage
ment and apparently the onslaught
has been abandoned.
On his chosen ground west of War
saw, General Won IIindenburg, Ger
man commander, is continuing his
costly plunges to break through to the
Polish capital At the same time the
pressed forward and after crossing the
Bzura river they are seriously threat
ening the Germans with an outflank-
ing movement. Thus another great
battle for Warsaw is on, involving,
perhaps, a greater loss of life than any
other conflict in the war. The issue
remains undecided, but the Russians
claim the initiative has passed to
them, although more furious German
attacks are eXpectet".
The more complex and strategi-
cally. the more important struggle in
the Carpathians continues without
any decisive turn.
1t appears that in the western half
of the battle region the Russians are
making progress, while in the eastern
half they appear to have fallen back
from the Lupkow and Beskid passes
on prepared positions, where they are
attempting to stem the rush of large
forces.
The Russian counter blow on the
massed assaults of General Won Hin
denburg's men is to British observers
the most interesting development of
the eastern struggle. Temporarily it
OvershadOwS operations of the Rus
slams in East Prussia and lis taken in
some quarters to Indicate they have
ceased playing the role of merely hold
ing their lines west of Warsaw and
determined on an effort to expel the
invaders.
The western war zone has seen vir-
tually no change during the week, but
there are many reports of German
for renewed activity in
Belgium.
The German threat of submarine
blockade may be factor in the situ-
alton, the theory being advanced that
the Germans expect the allies to at
tempt to force them back from the
coast. with the idea Of destroying their
base.
Dispatches from Cairo indicate that
the Turks who attacked the Suez ca
nal were mostly the advance contin-
gent of three columns struggling
across the desert The main bodies
of the invading army should soon be,
neard from.