Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1916-01-11
Believed Outnumbe cred
Two to One at kut-
el-Amara.
ADVANCE DELAYED BY
WEATHER, SAYS LONDON
Teutonic Forces Make Impor4
tant Gains in Drive Into Mons
tenegrin Territory.
POSITIONS ON MT. LOvAN
CAPTURED BY AUSTRIANS
Paris Reports That German Of
fensive in Champagne Has
Failed Entirely.
BY the nited Press.

BY the United Press.
LONDON, Jan. 11.-British forces
marching to the relief of Kut-El-
Amara are within seventeen miles OF
the beleaguered garrison. according to
best information available here today.
They must fight their way eastward
through a Turkish army believed tn
outnumber them two to one. No news
of the fate of the Kut-El-Amara gar
rison has reached London since the
arrival of official dispatches covering
Saturday nights fighting. and it is |
believed possible the decisive battle
already has been fought.
Not since the Beers surrounded 81
British force at Ladysmith has a
British army faced a SIMILAR peril.
For that reason news of the progress
of the relief expedition is being
awaited with the greatest anxiety, ifl
not alarm.
Weather Impedes Relief Force.
The latest dispatches indicated that
the relief forces under General Ayl-
iiitt tlliD dfHtill NeilliBDtii NGi6 dif
grips with the Turks in the bend Of
the Tlgris, east of Kut- I-Amara.
Weather conditions. it was stated.
were impeding the British advance.
Though details are almost completes
| ly lacking. it is believed here that
the Turks encircled the British right
at Kut- l-Amara, throwing strong
force between the garrison and tho
river Tlgris. Constantinople reported
such an enveloping movement in
progress n week ago. If this Is true.
the relief expedition must fight its
way eastward through this force tn.
save the garrison from capture.
Prepared for Long Siege.
India office officials today viewed
the situation hopefully. Kut-El-
Amara undoubtedly Is provisioned
sufficiently to withstand a long siege.
they said, having been used as base
for the campaign against Bagdad.
The town itself is well fortified. De-
fenses were first built by the Turks
VINO intended that Kut-El- Amara's|
Notifications should check the Brit
! ish advance into Mesopotamia. The
British improved these works when
they took the town. 1t is believed
they are impregnable to assault by
| the light artillery the Turks have
drawn down the river from Bagdad.
BY the Associated Press. y
LONDON. Jan. II a p. m.).-Tne.
! British force in Mesopotamia under
Gen. Aylmer, proceeding up the Tigris
to the relief Of Kut- t-el-Amara, is still
halted at Sheik Saad. some twenty
miles from Kut -el-Amara, according to
the latest advices received by the gov
ernment. but the halt is due to wealth.
er conditions and the necessity of re-
moving the wounded by river.
This announcement was made in
| the House of Commons this afternoon
| by j. Austen Chamberlain, secretary
for India.
British cavalry forces have located
| the Turks six miles to the eastward
OF Kut-el-Amara, Mr.. Chamberlain
added. This is the position front
which the Turks were originally
driven by General Townsenhend in
the battle of Kut-el-Amara.
! BY the Associated Press.
PARIS, Jan. 10, 1910 p. m.-Detaiisl
of recent fighting in which the Monte.
negrins were driven back by the over.
whelming efforts of the Austrians are
contained in a statement issued to-
night by the Montenegrin consulate.
The statement says:
1.-The Austrian offensive continues to
! be energetically pushed against all
! our front, particularly to the north
and east. where there has been
desperate fighting. The enemy greatly
outnumbered us. and has been attack
! ing furiously on the eastern front
! from Ipek onward.
| Climbed Over Mass OF Bodies.
1--WE repulsed him several times,
with such heavy loss that our troops,
to recapture their lost position were
forced to climb over masses of bodies.
Nevertheless, we have been obliged to
evacuate Berane.
austrian attempts at Rugova and
Mojkovac failed. BY counter at
tack we retook Touriak, but, the
enemy having received reinforcements.
we fell back on the left bank of the
Lin.
"1n the neighborhood of Catazko|
strong enemy forces succeeded after
furious fighting in taking several of
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