Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-03-17

iHf AoN"lNo JOURNAL SPECIAL tEAsGo WtRHl
London. March iG QO:60 D. my
/ WIN the increasing activities of the
british, French and Belgian armies,
the temperance on the coast OF Bel
gum of British and French warshipa.
and the time drawing near for a big
effort In the west, the public is fol-
lowing with renewed Interest the
daily reports of the operations
The belgians, VINO are being sup
ported by the war ships of the allies.
nave consolidated the ground which
they have won In the last few days,
while the British have done likewise
with the strip of territory which they
took from the Germans near Nueve
I Chapelle and have recovered most. IL
not all, of the trenches which they
lost IN the region of s. Eloi
simultaneously there has been
heavy fighting north of Arras. on the
Champagne, In the Argoune and In
the Nosges. In which both French
and Germans claim TO have been sue
lcessful,
All these operations are believed
here TO be preliminary to the general
offensive which the allies win UNDER
| take when the ground dries, enabling
q more rapid movement OF trooDs ana
/ guns ana the use of cavalry which
thas been Out OF action all winter. ex-
lcept when the troopers left their
horses and took to the trenches.
The Russians on the eastern front
are even more active than their west
ern allies The German offensive
Iagainst Pr2asynsx having failed TO
lmateralize. probably owing TO the
thaw which set in the Russians have
themselves undertaken the offensive
and according TO their own account,
are advancing successfully along both
banks of the Orzyc river and haze
occupied the village Of Stegna. which
Is on one OF the main roads leading to
Pr2asynsz from the northeast At
this point they repulsed "A determined
cOunter-attack
Germans Claim Successes
Tho Germans. however. say that the
Russian attacks have been repulsed
ana that they captured 1000 Rus
slams
Along the ridges Of the Carpathians
and in eastern Galicia, the Russians
report "a series Of successes against
the Austro-German armies which, de-
spite the deep snow, have kept up al
most continuously attacks in the Bali
tral passes, in the hope Of relieving
Pr2emysl. The Hussans are closing
around the fortress and their infant
rymen are within rifle shot of the
northern forts,
From unofficial sources II Is learn
ed that the Russians have resumed
the offensive IN Bukowina, and a
battle is now in progress near the
BukoWina frontier along the stan
islau kolumea railway.
In the Caucasus, too, the Russians
are again on the move and accord
ing 10 all accounts from Petrograd, are
pushing the Turks back along the
const of the Black sea and arc threat
ening the safety of the Turkish army
at Olti, on the Russo-Turkish border.
struggle at Dardancllcs.
The allied fleet continues its opera
tiOus I'm the Dardanelles and off
smyrna, but no official report of the
progress of the warships has been
made for some days The public is
depending on reports from Athens for
one of these reports
say tna the British cruiser Anne
thyst has penetrated the straits as
.as as Negara The cruiser is said
10 have been hit by three shells. there
being number of casualties among
he crew.
There is belief in some quarters
hat the Turks win capitulnte il the
'leet gets through the straits, in order
% save Constantiuople from bonn
iardmcnt.
The interesting statement was made
onight by Lord Southwark, at
meeting of the Associated chamber of
Commerce. that since the outbreak of
he war, Great Brltain's output OF war
has increased three hundred
old.