Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-01-30

London, Jan. 29.--The western war
front has been the scene of really
heavy fighting, the Germans having
launched a determined offensive
there.
After making in recent days sever
al dents in the Allies line, the Teu-
tons yesterday, after heavy lombard
ment, assaulted the Allies positions
south Of the river Somme, and to the
northeast of Neuville, in the Artois
region.
Teutons Make Gains.
The attacks resulted, according TO
Berlin, in sweeping gains in both
cases, the villages Of Fryse and 1000
yards of trenches south of it being
taken in the, more southerly sector,
while in the Melville region l,5O0
yards Of trenches Were stormed, the
gains amounting to nearly a mile and
a half Of front.
More than 1,1oO prisoners and %
machine guns were taken. :. Mn &.
Is French Qle.ss sFsf Glains. & Il
The French account tofSthis fighting
differs materially from that given by
Berlin, declaring that the Germans
failed in their attacks, except on the
banks of the Somme, where they
drove a detachment of French troops
out of the village Of Fryse. Paris
asserts that the attack has been
checked and that some Of the trench
es lost were recovered in the first OF
the French counter attacks.
,. British Claims.
In it's account of the fighting in the
Artois region, the British war office
apparently refers to the operations
mentioned by Berlin as taking place
near Neuville, it being asserted that
a portion Of the trenches occupied
yesterday by Germans were retaken.
Elsewhere than on the. Franco-Bel-
gian 'front.', there have been no i'm
portant engagements recently, except
that in the Caucasus, where the Rus
SLAMS claim to have secured material
successes against the Turks.
Petrograd again points to the pos
sibility of the operation of the Rus
sian Caucasus army being markedly
helpful to the British in Mesopota-
mia. Russian military observers take
the view that the Turks fear a juno
ton of the two armies and are taking
measures to protect their lines
against such an eventually.
Active In Albania.
In the Balkans the Austrians con-
tinue to make progress in Albania,
reporting the occupation of Laesio
and San di Medua, on the Adriatic
coast
In Montenegro calm prevails. Wen
ma now declares the capture of Sl4
canon, more than $4,000 rifles and so
machine guns in the Montengrln op-
GRAFTON. ."
An expedition of marines from
French, British, Russian and Italian
warships at daybreak Friday occu-
pied the Greek fort of karabar over
the protest of the Greek commander,
according to Saloniki dispatches to-
day. The news caused great excite
ment in Athens, because it marked
the first appearance of Italian and
Russian armed forces on Greek soil.
On the eastern fronts there have
been only isolated engagements.
A Reuters dispatch from Copen.
hagen says the Danish steamer Vidar,
bound from Copenhagen for British
ports with provisions, was seized to-
day off Elsinore by a German SUBJ
marine. The steamer was taken
southwark, probably to Swienemuen-
de.
The American steamer Moreni, from
for Copenhagen with pc
troleum and naptha, has been taken
into kirkwall.
The Norwegian steamer Storaker
has left Kirkwall for Bristol to dis
charge her cargo, which has been Or
dered to a prize court.