Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-02-23
Austrian Position Near Gallo
in Sugana Valley Is Taken
After Big Gun Siege Last
inc Weeks,
FURIOUS FIGHTING IS
REPORTED IN FRANCE
No Change in Situation Along
Front in RlSsiai Turks Are
Pressed Hard in Armenia
BuIgarianS Retire,


The Italians. after weeks Of ham,
merlng at the Austrian position with
theii big guns. have captured the
mountainous region of Gallo in the SUI
CANA valley. and also have occupied
the towns Of Roncegno and Ronchi.
By their new acquisition Of Terrain,
the Italians now are almost within
striking distance of one of their chief
objectives OF the war--the city nf
Trcnt--which lies. protected on the
north. east and south by a line Of
forts fifteen miles west of the cap
itured region.
Again there has been furious fight
ing IN the Artois region Of France In
Champagne, and along both banks of
the Meuse above Dun 10 the east Of
Souehcz, after a heavy homhardment
the Germans attacked and captured
500 meters Of French trenches and
took seven officers and $40 men pris-
oners.
So powerful was the attack that the
Germans, seven batlalions strong, not
alone occupied first line trenches, hut
at points gained access to some OF the
communicative trenches.
The French by a eounter-attack it
is officially announced by Paris, sue
cceded in driving out the Germans
from all but Il few Of these positions.
she Germans suffering heavy casual
ties
At Brabant- -SHr-Meuse. the Germans
also broke into The French trenches,
but here again they were driven out
and back to their original positions.
! The entire crew Of about twenty-five
men of the Zeppelin arship which was
shot down by the French near Bra
bant- t-Le-Roi, persisted in the flames
which envclopcd the aircraft az il fell
from height of G,00O feet Berlin
admits the loss of this Zeppelin.
I There Is no change IN the situation
along the front in Russia and Galieia.
The Russians are stll pressing the
Turks hard in Armenia,
Constantnople, in its first official
statement concerning the reverse TO
the Turkish arms at Er2erum, says
the retirement to positions west of the
fortress took place after the Turks
had destroyed positions TO the cast of
'Erzerum ana also fifty old cannon
which they could not take with them.
Denial is made that the Russians cap
tured | 1000 cannon and 10000 prison.
crs.
a scmi-official report from Berlin
says the Xenuss trbosmen from west
ern Egypt have captured several towns
and are approaching the Nile river
valley.
4 Again the BulEarians ana French
have come in contact on the Gfaeco-
Serb frontier. Tho Bulgarians were
forced to retire after a lively engage
ment leaving half dozen prisoners IN
the hands of the French.
A japanese fleet. having in its IL
number Of aircraft, is reported to
have arrived in the Mediterranean sea,
according to Italian dispatches print
fed in German newspapers
Lord Robert Cocil, British under
secretary FOR foreign affairs. Is con
sdcrcd as likely to be given the port
folio Of blockade minister the govern
ment having decided to create this
new portfolio in the cabinet, ana place
full responsibility for the blockade of
Germany and matters connected with
the British orders in-councl in the
hands of a single individual