Middletown transcript., 1916-01-15
ALLIES FEAR
FOR MONTENEGRO
Austrian Gains There Cause
Great UneaSfness.
ITALYS AID MAY BE TOO LATE
German Attacks In Champagne Re-
puIsed-Russians Divert Main At
tack Against Sadagora-Un-
easy over Invasion.

London.-On the Montenegrin front
the Austrians have been generally sue
cessful. They have advanced theil
positions at several important points
despite the handicap of snow waist
deep and are showing themselves just
as adept as the Montenegrins in noun
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 Ger
mans, however, have retained foot
hold at two places in the French ad-
Vanced trenches.
In Persia, British reinforcements
on their way to the relief of Kut-El-
Amara have met Turkish forces which
were compelled to retire after some
heavy fighting.
The Petrograd official communica-
ton says that the calm on the Ger
nowitz front is due to the huge loses
and resulting decentralization of the
Austro- Hungarian Army. That there
is some basis for this statement Is evil
dent from the estimate of the Hun
garian newspaper, Prester Lloyd, that
the losses on both sides of the Bess-
arabian battles so far exceeded 175,OOO
or more than the total British losses
in the whole Dardanelles campaign.
Another Hungarian newspaper
states, on the authority Of staff rep
resentative, that the fighting on this
front has been the bitterest and
bloodiest in the history Of the war,
both sides sacrificing men in manner
without parallel.
The Saloniki front is chiefly notable
in the latest dispatches as the scene
of almost continued aeroplane skir-
mishes, one of which continued for
two hours. The Germans have thus
far lost six aeroplanes in this region.
The present situation in Albania
was thus summed up by Lord Robert
Cecil, under secretary for foreign af-
fairs, in the House Of Commons:
"T regret to say that it is impos-
sibIe to speak of Albania as an entity
at present. In the central area, over
which Essad Pasha's 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 a considerable
propaganda, are hostile to the Ser
bians and Montenegrins.'
Several lengthy dispatches have
been received here giving details of the
recent operations in Eastern Galicia,
which were so meagerly described in
the official reports. According to these
dispatches, the Russians, after artil-
lery preparation, which showed there
was no longer any shortage in their
big-gun ammunition, started an Of
fensive which caused the Austro-Ger-
mans to rush every available division
to Galicia
Czernowitz is still in the possession |
of the Austrians and is filled with /
wounded But the Russians are ap- |
parently directing the main attack
against Sodagora, north of the Buko-
wilma capital, where five important !
roads converge.
In the Balkans reports persist that J
the Germans are concentrating at !
Monastir preparatory to an attack on
but the interest in the Mace
DOMAIN campaign has become secon-
Diary to the operations Of the Austrians
in Montenegro. A determined attack
is being made on Mount Lovcen, a
stronghold overlooking
Cattaro Bay, by the guns Of the Aus
trian fortress at Cattaro and Austrian
warships lying in the Adriatic. The
Austrian forces invading
extend over wide front,
from the River Tara in the west to the
Tpek district in the east.