Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-03-28
Russian Aggressive Is Pro-
Ceeding in CarpathianS, At
taCkS Being Made Night and
Day. necessarily.
FRENCH FORCES GAIN
STRATEGIC POSITION
After Engagement Lasting for
Days Dominant Point Is
Taken in VoSgeSi LuII in
Operations Elsewhere,

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/ While there has been some fighting
along the East Prussian frontier and
In Bukowina, the mountains Of both
the east and the west are the scenes
of the most important engagements at
present.
In the Vosges the French, after a
long fight, in which the position
changed hands more than once have
finally established themselves on the
summit Of Weilerkopf a
mountain peak fifteen miles north
west of Muelhausen and a few miles
north of Thanh. This is considered
an important success, as It gives the
French command Of considerable
amount of country occupied by the
Germans The fight for the position
has been a bitter one and has been
going on for many days
Constant Battle Raees.
In the east the Carpathians are still
the scene nf the most violent battles,
the Russians attacking night and day.
In their last official communication,
they claimed to be advancing success
fully on the Bartfeld-U front, in
spite of the fact that the Austrians
have been strongly reinforced.
Tonight, however, the Austrian Of
fiCial announcement says the Russian
attack has miscarried, and that the
Russians have suffered heavy losses.
The Austrians also claim to have re-
PEELED the Russian offensive i'm Buko-
wilma and To have forced their op-
ponents back to the frontier.
The struggle here has been carried
on under the most terrible weather
conditions, the men having to haul
the guns and carry their charges
through deep snow.
Zig Effort Awaited.
on the western front, beyond the
French success in the Nosges, where
the Germans abandoned a large guam
tity of material and left numerous
dead on the ground, there have been
no events of Importance, neither side
apparently being ready as yet FOR the
big effort which everybody has been
expecting There have been the usual
bombardments of the positions ana
mine warfare, and the aviators on
both sides have shown much activity
Each day allied airmen fly over the
German lines in Belgium and France,
gathering information. They vary
this duty by dropping bombs ON rall-
way stations and doing as much dam
age as they can to military works.
a Zeppelin this afternoon passed
the island of Schiermonnik-Oog, north
of Holland, flying in a westerly dircc-
tion and ain attack on some English
town was expected, but IL such were
her intention, her arrival along the
English coast has not been reported
so far
Submarine Activities.
The official returns for the last
week Of the effects Of the German
submarine blockade of England show
that three vessels were sunk and one
was torpedocd, but reached port,
while the total sailings and arrivals
numbered ,450 vessels.
Hollands request for an eXplana-
ton from Germany Of the sinking OF
the Medea and the capture of two
other Dutch steamers is creating lot
of interest in diplomatic circles,
where it is pointed out that the vessels
of other neutral countries have not
been molested.
Diplomacy continued its activity IN
italy and the Balkans, the latest re-
port being that Germany is making
an offer of part of Turkish European
territory to Bulgaria in return Tor
Bulgarias continued neutrality.