The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1917-01-13
SATURDAY, JANUARY 13. 1917
PROGRESS OF THE WAR

With the exception OF RAIDS OIL Tic
western front, some skirmishes IN
Persia and Mesopotamia and some
minor operations north of Salonlkl,
the only fighting of magnitude has
been on the Russian and Rumanian
fronts.
While the Austro-Germans in WAL
lachia and the Transylvanian Alps,
acting in conjunction with the Ger
mans, Bulgarians and Turks in Do
brudja, have been pushing forward
despite desperate resistance, the
Russians have been making demon
STATIONS at various points along the
thousand-mile line from Rumania to
the gulf of Riga. In the latter region
they appear to have launched an Of
fensive of slight proportions and to
have taken some trenches. In the
Dvinsk region, to the southeast OF
the Riga sector, the Germans cap
tured an island by making a swift
raid across the ice. In the Pripet
region, as we'll as further southwark,
especially in the wooded Carpathians,
there have been demonstrations in
force, ending in little advantage to
either side.
The Russian purpose in making the
demonstrations in force is to relieve
the tremendous pressure of the leu
tonic armies in Rumania. These
armies have gained decisive success
in the last two weeks. but quite OBJ
viously their progress is much slower
than it was Immediately after the
seizure of Bucharest. While much
of the fighting has been in the nature
Of real guard actions to v the
slow retreat of the Russian main
armies in Dobrudja and north of
Rimnik-Sarat, there have been stiff
battles in which the losses on both
sides must have been severe
In the Dobrudja the Turko-Bulgar
forces pressed the Russian rear
guards back upon the main army a
little to the southeast of Braila.
The Dobrudja is cut off from Braila
by the Danube. The Russians retir-
ling in Dobrudja planned their re-
treat so that they could quit the Do
brudja by crossing the river into
Braila. The Germans and their al
lies pushed northward on both sides
of the river. On the west side they
tried to enter Braila before the Rus
so-Rumanians could retreat into it
from the east side of the river. This
operation failed, the Russians carry.
ing out their plan of retreat, but
only by sacrificing to the enemy
heavy rea guards.
In the last week of the campaign
the Russo umanians held a triangle
in the Dobrudja. the apex of which
was back of them at the conf1uences
of the Pruth and Danube and the
Danube and Sereth rivers. Instead
of permitting themselves to be driven
in toward the apex. the Russians re-
treated by their right flank into
Braila after holding the base of the
triangle from Matchin, just across
the river from Braila, to the town OF
Jijila. The first general assault OF
the enemy at Jijila and Matchin was
repulsed by the Russians. but the sec.
ond was a success. Then the Russians
fled across the river into Braila and
turned northward toward Galatz, a
dozen n fifteen miles from Braila.
The foe continues to push northward
on both sides of the Danube and now
has Galatz under artillery fire. Be.
fore retreating from Braila the Slavs
burned most of the factories so as to
deprive the Teutons of industrial
aides in the economic warfare which
has become as important as the mill
tary struggle.