The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-01-31
Armies on Either Side of
Tilsit Have Cut German
Railway .2otween That
City and Nlcmel
| ANOTHER ARMY is
ADVANCING FROM
SOUTHERN FRONT
The AustrO-German Army
Is Launching Sweeping
Movement to Drive Rus
slams From Austria

London. January 30-l9.55 y. m.)
The end Of the sixth month Of Eu-
yope's great war finds the beIliserent
armies completing preparations for or
nctuslIy engaged In operations of an
extent hardly anticipated when the
Declarations Of hostiIitics wcre made.
In Flanders France and Central
Poland a deadlock still exists, but
largely because of Russias tremendous
resources and Turkeys action the
sphere OF operations has been widely
extended. Russia alone is engaged tu
Fighting hostile armies from Tilsit. fa-
BIN the north of East Prussia, se Cab
riz, in Persia. a distance of over 1900
miles. Only that portion of her ter
fitory bordering Roumania is free
from menace, but her reports declare
Ill of her Immense armies are sue
cessful.
The Russian outflanking movement
n northern East Prussia Is said to be
gaining momentum. The armies on
Either side of Tilsit have cut the Ger
man railway between that city and
Memel on the Baltic.
fSs> New Army Advancing
On the southern front, in East Prus-
sia another army is advancing toward
The German fortress of Thorn, while
ktill another is holding line pf en-
trenchments which protects Warsaw
hnd which General Won Hindenpurg
has been trying to batter through for
hree months. other armies are again
preparing to meet a big Austro Ger
man force attempting to regain Ca
icia and Bukowina.
To the eastward. where Muscovite
troops are battling against the Turks
snother defeat apparently has been in.
flcted on the Sultan's forces. The
Russian official report says the Turks
hre retreating to Tabriz. while unof-
fetal dispatches declare the Russians
have reoccupied that city.
What is regarded as the most i'm
portant campaign, however, is that de-
veloping in the Carpathians, brought
shout by the Austro- German offensive
o drive the Russians from Galicis and
Bukowina. The Austro- German allies
are said to have concentrated % army
rOTDS IOI tulS venture. 20 Idr dS can
be gathered from contradictory Off
,ial reports the Russians have won
preliminary skirmishes in the western
5asses from Dulxla to Wyszow, while
o the east they have been forced to
Fetire before superior forces
These battles, which are being fought
n the snow, are just commencing. how
ever, and many days must pass before
Definite decision is reached.
Local Engagements
Battles in the west still consist of local
engagements, although the Germans, ap-
barently preparing for an extensive Of
Fensive before the allies get their full
strength into the field, occasionally deliver
.ather more serious attacks These are
scattered all along the front from the
sea to the Swiss frontier.
Guinchy, which the British now hold
fter driving back the Germans who cap
ured it on Monday, was attacked again
yesterday, and according to a British re-
bort the Germans We're repulsed, leaving
100 dead in front of the trenches they
ought to capture
The Argonne has been the scene OF an
bther attack and in this case the Ger
nan forces claim to have taken over 700
prisoners and counted between 400 and 500
ead
In giving a review of these local af-
airs between January 16 and 27, a
French eyewitness declares all but one
II them resulted in favor of the allies.
There has been more outpost fighting in
he vicinity of the Suez canal, hut latest
eports say the Turks are Withdrawing
heir advance posts. There is some doubt
whether they have definitely committed
themselves to the march they must make
cross the desert to invade Egypt.
Austrian Report
Vienna, January 30.-(Via London 1870
m.)-An official statement issued here
rday says