Arizona republican., 1916-01-11
Petrograd Statement Says Calm on Czelnowitz Front Is Due to Huge Losses and Generalization of Austro-Hungal.ians
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LONDON, Jan. 10.-While the Rus sian front has been quiet during, the past 24 hours there has been severe fighting in the other war theaters.
 On the Montenegrin front the Aus trians have been generally successful. They have advanced their positions at several important points despite the handicap of snow waist deep, and are showing themselves just as adept as the Montenegrins in >mOun- tain fighting. which heretofore has been regarded as the particular spe- cialty of the Montenegrin soldiers.
 In Champagne the French have re- pulsed four German attacks. The Germans have retained, however. a foothold at two places in the French advanced trenches.
 In Persia, British endorsements on their way to the relief of Kut-El- Amara have met Turkish forces which were compelled to retire after some neavy fighting.
 The Petrograd official commmica-
  nowtz front is due to huge losses and resulting demoralization of the AUstrO Hungarian army. That there is some basis for this statement is evident from the estimate of the Hungarian newspaper, Pester Lloyd, that the losses on both sides of the Bessarabian battles so far exceed 1 ha ta1 pIit- ish losses in the whole Dardanelles campaign.
 Another Hungarian newspaper states. on the authority of a staff report that the fighting on this front has beer the bitterest and bloOdiest in the history of the war both sides sacrificing men in a manner without parallel
 The Salonk front is chiefly notable in the days dispatches as the scene 1 of almost continued aeroplane skirm- iishing, one of which continued for | two hours. The Germans. have thus 1 far lost six aeroplanes in this region. The rumor that tine consuls of the 1 Teutonic allies arrested at Saloniki l had been released appears to have been without foundation. as il Is now announced that they have been trans ferred to a French auxiliary cruiser on which they have been interned Extensive Turkish reprisals are all rendy announced bv the central powers.
 The present situation in Albania was thus summed up to day by Lord Robert Cecil, under secretary for for cign affairs, in the house of com mons;
 l T regret to say that it is impossible to speak of Albania as an entity at present In the central area over which Essad Bashas authority ex- tends, the relations between the Ser bian soldiers and the population have been friendly and Essad Pasha has rendered them valuable assistance The northern tribes among whom the enemy has conducted considerable propaganda, are hostile to the Ser hians and Montenegrins.
 Several lengthy dispatches have been received here giving details of the recent operations in eastern Cali cia. which were so meagerly described in the official reports. According tC these dispatches the Russians, after artillery preparation which showed there was no longer any shortage ir their big-gun ammunition. started ar offensive which caused the Austro- Germans to rush every available di- vision to Galicia.
 CZernowitz is still in the possession of the Austrians and is filled witf
 wounded. But the Russians appar- ently are directing their main attack against Sodagora, north of the Buko-
 wna capital. where five important | roads converge.
 In the Balkans reports persist that the Germans are concentrating al
 Monastir preparatory to an attacl on Saloniki, but the interest in the l Macedonian campaign has become sec ondarv to the operations of the Aus trians in Montenegro. A determined
 attack is being made on Mount LoV-
 cen, 3 Montenegrin su onghold over
 looking Cattaro, by the guns of th' Austrian fortress at Cattaro and Aus
 trian warships lling in the Adriatic
 The formidable Austrian forces in vading Montenegro extend over
 wide front. from the river Tara il | (COntinued on Page TwO)