Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1916-01-22
MONTENEGRINS QUIT
And SEEK PEACE
WAS BESET IN NORTH. EAST AND
WEST BY INVADERS WITH ALL
RETREAT CUT OFF.
RUSSIANS HAMMER TURKS
The Russ ans in Their Drive Along the
Front C Nearly one Hundred Mnes
10 the Caucasus Forced TURKS 80
Retreat-Cther Fronts, Etc.
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. Albania. where hostile trlbcsmeu FAUST
be- faced. Montenegro has asked Aus
triu-liw.arv for peace. and the re
quest has been Granted The uncou-
d.touaI .ugmg down oi arms by Mou-
teue-ro WA. mafc. Il basis ot the OPEN
INK al peace Vaccinations. and Monte
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by the dual monarchy.
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down OF arms has been accepted.
Since the preliminary conditions
have been fulfilled added the pre-
mier, peace negotiations will be en-
tered into immediately
The British and Russians in Meso-
potamia and the Caucasus region
are pressing the Turks
hard. The army OF King George, COM
ing northward from the Persian Gulf
to the relief of the British forces at
hut-ei-Amara, has driven the Otto
mans to within six miles OF the be-
ieaguered town on the Tigris.
The Russians i'll their drive along
the 'front.' OF nearly one hundred miles
III the Caucasus nave won additional
points OF vantage from the Turks and
especially IN the Arasa and mid val
ley regions. ConstantInople admits
THIS, nut says that south OF the Arasa
IN hand-to-hand lighting IN a Russian /
advanced position heavy casualties .
were inflicted on the Russians by the !
turks.
On the other fronts little fighting of .
moment has taken place. The British .
and French guns in France and Bel +
GUM have been busy bombarding Ger I.
man trenches, while on the Russian (
front there has been fighting only at ,
Isolated points from the Riga region .
to Bukowina.
The Italians. through a concentrat- .
ed artillery fire on trenches near
Oslavia. taken from them recently nv
the Austro-Eluugarians have forced
out the invaders and again occuniad
their former positions.
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