Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-01-19
Russian RelnforcementS Are
Coming Up and Continua-
ton of Offensive Is Ex-
peCted in BeSsarabia.
GREECE IS CENTER OF
DIPLOMATIC INTEREST
Artillery Engagements and Air
Fighting Feature Operations
in France and BeIglumi
Turks Pressed Hard,

The offensive which the Russians
launched against the Austro- lIunga-
rlan In east Galicia and along the
Bessarablan frontier, Christmas eve.
described as the New Years battle"
came to an end January Is. accord
ing to the -lfungarian war Of
flee, with the Teutons holding all
their lines in the S0-miles front, hav-
ing inflicted losses on the Russians
estimated at 10000 men killed or
wounded and G,000 captured.
That this ends only one phase OF
the offensive, however Is indicated
by the Austrian official statement
that Russian reinforcements are be-
Ing thrown into east Galicia. The
Austrians all along have considered
that the big Russian offensive was
undertaken with important military
and political objects In view. To II
has been attributed the dual purpose
of lessening the strain on the en-
tente allies In the Balkans, and pos
sibly causing Rumania TO enter the
war on the side Of the entente allies.
that the Germans are evacuating
Lutsk, one Of the triangle OF fort
resses In Volhynia around which
there was sanguinary fighting in the
Teutonic drive Of the Russians last
/ fall.
s.lll farther north. 10 tho .onsh =
east OF Riga. and south OF WIdsy, re
Russians. during snow Storm :s.ss 81.
surprise attacks against German
posts and destroyed them.
From a political point Of view.
Greece has again become q center OF
interest In addition to the report
that the entente allies have ordered
Greece to hand passports to the rep
resentatives of the central powers
and their allies In the KINGDOM.
comes an assertion that British and
French troops have been landed at
Corihth, forty-eight niles west Of
Athens. should the latter report
prove true theentente allies would
have o line of bases almost surround
ing Greece--Salonilsi on the east, at
Corlnth on tho SOUTH and at Corfu
on the west
Iiostilities In Balkans.
With the ending of the Montene-
grin campaign by the capitulatlon of
the Montenegrins to the Austro- Hun
garians, hostllities for the moment
have ceased In the Balkans, although
a dispatch from Athens reports the
dropping of bombs by twenty-five
French aeroplanes on u Bulgarian
position northeast of Saloniki. Hun
dreds of Buigarians are declared to
have been killed in this attack and
n very large number wounded.
The British and French on tho
western line continue their artillery
duela with the Germans. Paris re-
ports the shattering Of German
trenches in the region Of Moulin
Sous--Toutvent and the damaging OF
a German battery in the Vosges.
while the British record the destruc-
ton of a large portion OF the para
pets of German trenches with the
explosion of o mine near Frlcourt.
The Germans are declared to have
suffered considerably from the ef-
feets Of the explosion and the shells
the detonation of the mine. One
French and two British aeroplanes
have been brought down by the Ger
mans in the western theatre.
Artillery On Italian Fronts.
The usual artillery engagements
continue along the Austro-Italian
front.
Violent snow storms in the Cauca-
sus have not needed the Russian Of
fensive against the Turks, who are
declared by Constantinople to be bat
Ting hard against the superior forces
of the invaders. Petrograd reports
the capture OF rifles, war material.
tents and provisions in this region.
Nothing additional has come
through concerning the situation in
Mespotamia. where last accounts had
the British forging ahead against the
Turks in an endeavor to bring aid 10
the British force beleagured In Kut-
ell Amara.