, 1915-01-20

force at Karaurgan. The Russians captured
the entire supply of mOuItnlu Anns which
the 1ulks had brought together with their
ammunition, and they also took The Turks
complete stock of field artillery and all Their
cattle, both for slaughter and for transport,
besides taking II field hospital with GOO
wounded Turks. The capture Of the Turk
ish supplies is disastrous for the campaign
arranged by the German General Staff, be-
cause i'm eplnceable. Entire regiments Of
Ks were destroyed at Knraurgah. They
had staked everything on this battle and
have lost everything, pnd ut a season of he
year when no reinforcement. can even under
the most favourable conditions reach them
for thee months.
Unquestiouably tho desperate t!iul Of
strength in Poland has turned neninst The
Germans, even Field Marshal Won linden
burg Iecoiling from the sgupendous waste OF
aimed force which is the sole result Of his
81 cOnd invasion. His constant method Of
redoubling his attacks wherever he found
the Russian resistance was beng reinforced,
has led to the disastrous Wreckage of his
magnificent mechanical transport, aud with
that broken down, goes his organization,
as bis amy is now suffering from the want
Of horses also. The German eastern nrmy
wall doubtless continue 10 fight stubboInly,
but The real initiative, and with it ultimate
success, are slipping from It's grasp.
The Daily Ttle4rnph's' correspondent at
Hayre states thai the Pope has replied cor
dinliy to King Alberl's telegram N rtgmd
10 Cardinal Mercitr, saying thut he does not
regard the incident as grave and considers
il closed. The correspondent says that Cur
dinul MeIcier is Still under nj est in his
palace.
TA.1ou T,- 1HtI 4 D,1tA , ~ S.;.I .f.4C
ment says: "Some torpedo boats appeared
Yesterday off Westeidt, Belgium, accOmpa-
MED hy small cluft, which appiUnchtd with
in nine miles OF the coost. The French at
lacks on both SIDES of Notre Dame de Lo-
rette, northwest Of Arlus were repeled by
us, but a tIench which We took eight days
ago from Tie enemy near Ecurie and winch
had since hten occnptd by part Of one OF
our companies, was lost by IL. Fighting III
tins locality continues to Inge to-day. Tie
northern bank of The Atsne, northeast
of scissors, hns been cleared OF French
troops and by continuous fighting we we've
successful in taking Cuffies, Ctouy, Bncy LIE
Long, Missy, YuuXrot and Yailerce, all 81
tuated north and northeast OF SCISSORS, and
here The Fl ench %suffpIed heavy LOSSES, their
retreat south Of the Aisne taking place under
the fire Of our heavy artillery. The condi-
tons III this battle were very similar TO those
which prevailed in 1870, and even though
the battles north of Soissons we've not com
parable to those of August 18th, 1870, the
battlefield was about as wide as ut Grave
lotte and ST. Priyat. Tie French made IL
very strong attack north Of Verdun, nenr
Consenvoye, on our positions near Ally, but
ii was repulsed. In the region Of St. Mihiel
they delivered some attacks and reached our
front line of trenches, but were beaten off
by counter-attacks and sustained heavy
losses. During the fighting last night our
troops occupied some positions of the enemy,
and after rebuilding one position We yolun-
tarily left those taken from the enemy with
ont q contest. An attack ID force uear Mes
nil, north of St. MihieI, was beaten off by
us. In the Vosges yesterday there were
only artillery duels. In East Prussia and
Northern Poland the situation is unchanged.
Our attacks in Poland west Of the Yistnla
are making slow progress. In the capture
by us of a Russian vantage p int north east
OF the Rawka we took five hundred Russians
and three machine guns. Stubborn counter
attacks by the Russians were here driven
back with heavy losses to the enemy.
A French official communique states:
From the sea to the Lys yesterday there
were artillery engagements, some Of which