The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-02-04
WARS PROGRESS.
Review of Events in European Con-
flict of the Week.

| of deadlock, the past week mas VIII
messed events Of importance in many
parts of the European theatre OF war.
Perhaps the most important OF these
! have occurred along the mountainous
! border line separating Bukowina and
Transylyania. The Russians, already
in complete control of the former
! province. have captured the passes
| leading into Pennsylvania and are re-
ported to be in position to cary out
an invasion Of that territory in large
force-a move which, if it is success
full, would probably bring Roumania
into the war.
Next in interest to this Russian at
tempt at an invasion of Austria-Hun-
gary stands the German success near
scissors. Here a determined often
sive by Gen. Won Kluck, aided, &C
cording to French accounts, by a
| freshet in the Aisne river in the
rear of the French positions, has re-
suited in the recapture by the Ger
mans of strong positions taken by
the French north of the Aisne. 1t
! is clear that in these operations
heavy losses were inflicted upon the
allies and ground has been taken
from them which they had won at
the cost of much blood and effort.
There is apparently little likelihood
that the German success at scissors
will enable the Germans to launch
from this point another fierce often
sive drive The victory, however, is
probably of large Importance since
it deprves the French of vantage
point from which they might later
on have thrust at the German lines
in such a manner as to threaten the
German communications.
In Poland there seems to have
been no important change during the
past week. Siege warfare, hamper
ed by bitter weather, is in progress
there, and while Won Hindenberg
seems to have pushed no nearer to
| Warsaw, he has at least held his
own. A Russian invasion of East
Prussia is said to threaten the COM
| munications of the main German
armies in Poland and, if successful,
might force their withdrawal. But
the Russians have had pretty bad
luck every time they have entered
East Prussia during the past five
months and there seems to be no
good reason for supposing that there
will be another story to tell this time.
Southwark towards Cracow and in
Central Galicia little seems to be 60
ing on so far as one may judge from
the reports. Following the break
down of the Austrian offensive move
ments northward from the Carpathi'
ans, there was much talk of a strong
Russian invasion OF Hungary by way
of the Carpathian passes. This has
not yet materialiZed. 1t appears pos
sible that the Russians are delaying
this blow until their stroke through
PENNSYLVANIA has made further prog
ress.
Though reports are conflicting, 1t
is clear that the Turkish forces in
the Caucasus region have suffered
severe reverses at the hands of the
Russians. In view of this and in
view of the feeling Of uncertainty
which seems to prevail at Constanti-
nople, regarding the safety of the
Dardanelles. which have been under
attack by the allied feet, some skep-
ticism is natural concerning the re-
ports of a serious Turkish invasion
of Egypt. On the other hand, the
stragetic importance Of the Sue2
Canal would tempt the Turks tc
strike a blow in this direction il
they could possibly do so.
The most spectacular, and in some
respects the most interesting, event
of the past week was the German
aircraft raid on English towns in
Norfolk. This daring exploit accom-
plished little in the way Of material
damage inflicted upon the British
The number of persons killed is va
riously estimated at this writing al
from five to ten, some Of them wo'
men, and the property damaged
seems to have included no structure
of military value. The failure oil
the raid to accomplish more note
worthy results seems on the face OF
it to indicate that the British peo'
pie have little to fear from attacks
by way of the air. On the other hand
this raid may turn out to have been
in the nature of reconnaissance and
it may be followed later by a more
formidable attack. The fact that al
the attacking aircraft returned safely
to their base is an interesting feature