New Britain herald., 1915-01-19
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 1 enemy has not renewed his attacks on this part of our front.
 'In the section of Soissons the bonn mbardment of the suburb of St. l Paul during the night of Jan. 17-1S 8 was not followed by any infantry at tack and the date of Jan. IS passed ] in absolute calmness
 Several Artillery Charges.
 Tn the valley of the Asne, to tine east of Soissons and in the section of Rheims. there were yesterday artil lery exchanges.
 ITO the northwest of Pont-a- 1 Mousson we yesterday occupied an- ! other field of work of the enemy in i the forest of LePretrc, where we to- day occupy 800 yards of trenches of 1 the enemy.
 Tn the Vosges yesterday saw a snowstorm. Here also there has been artillery fighting, particularly in Ban Dc Sapt and in the neighborhood of Thanh"
 Only Artillery Ducls. Berlin, Jan. 19, by Wireless to Lon don, 2:50 p. m.-The German official statement given out in Berlin today says:
 
 few unimportant sllirmishes only artillery duels took place along the entire front.
 Tn the eastern theater the Wea- ther was very unfavorabe.
 At Radzanowa, at Cjezhun and at Sierpec (north of the Vistula river) the Russians were repulsed with heavy losses. Several hundred pri- soners remained in our hands.
 "On the west of the Vistula river and on the east of the Pilica river the situation generally remains the same''
 Fighting Around Ypres.
 Amsterdam, Via. London, Jan. 19, 9:29 a. m.-"Heavy artillery fighting has been heard since early Monday around Ypres, where the Germans have taken an active offensive.' says the Sluis correspondent of the Tele graaf. "Their efforts to occupy Ypres have thus far been unsuccessful. Many fresh British troops have ar rived a this front"
 The correspondent of the Telegraaf at Selza etz, In the region near Ghent. wires that the Germans have issued proclamations forbidding the inhabl- tants to discuss the war under penalty of a heavy fine or long Imprisonment. Some of the inhabitants have al ready been punished,' he says Tn fact the prisons are filled, not with ordinary criminals but with citizens who have unwittingly been guilty of some mira ction of the numerous Ger man prescriptions"
 Russians Recapture Trenches.
 Pctrograd, Via London, Jan. 19, 2:46 P. M.-The German forces in central Poland are continuing their ef- forts to advance west of Warsaw, be- tween Sochaczew and BolomoW, and southwest of Warsaw, between Skier niewice and Grodzisk, although their left flank is endangered by the ad- vance of Russian troops along the right bank of the Vistula west or Flock and tho position of their right flank, according to Russian reports, is no longer tenable. This forward movement of the center of the Ger man line has been unsuccessful thus far, having been noted by Russian aeroplanes and checked by artillery All the trenches which the Germans succeeded in taking have been recap tured by the Russians.
 It Is now the consensus of military
  must either force it's way through the Russian line in the center, where it's present efforts are directed, or else retreat to the Warta river, Which would mean falling back within about 25 miles of the German frontier. The Russian movements designed to en- circle the German Hanks will make 1t impossible, military men say, for the Germans to maintain their present position in the center.
 Sunk Turkish Steamer
 Sebastopol, Via. Petrograd, Jan, 19 A detachment of Russian torpedo boats have entered the Bay of Sinope, a Turkish port on the Black Sea, in Asia Minor and have sent to the bot tom Turkish steamer and three sailing vessels. The crews of all four ships were saved The name of the steamer appears to have been the Meorges.
 No date of this engagement is given. The news is trustworthy.
 Suppress News of Defeats.
 London, Jan. 19, 10:59 a. m.-The Central News has published de- spatch from it's Athens correspondent who declares that the authorities at Constantinople are suppressing the news of Turkish defeats in the Cau- casus They have ordered the execu- ton. he says, of any one spreading unauthorized news reports.
 The military rule in Constantinople is stlcter today than it was in the strlctest days of Sultan Abdul Hamid 1 keVolutlonary rumors are numerous.