Show RUSSIANS PRESSING FORi FO ARD Czars Czar's Forces on Offensive Along Whole Front From Baltic Sea to Roumania and andin andin andin in the Caucasus sus Region GERMANS BEING PUSHED BACK IN NORTH POLAND I Strongly Fortified Ridge in Between Two Passes Captured by fry Scaling Steep Ice Ice-cov Ice covered red Hills TURKISH TROOPS DEF DEFEATED T LO LOOX ONDON OX April 2 The Tho Tho Russians LJ now arc are on the offensive along the whole of their front from thc the Baltic sea to the tho border and in tho the Caucasus an and according to n It Stockholm dispatch they have concentrated aa nn enormous enormous' number number- of sol soldiers on tho the coast of Finland to prevent ent any attempt by the Germans to land Janel there All tho the Russian advances d according to Petrograd advices are aro proceeding with success The Russian official re report report re- re port issued tonight makes tho the claim that tho the Germans in North orth Poland are arc being pushed back to the East Prussian border horder and that in th the be between be- be tween the and passes tho the Russians have captured still another another another an an- other strongly strone-l fortified ridge overcoming overcoming over ocr coming In doing so 80 almost Insurmountable Insurmountable insurmountable mountable difficulties los such as t the e lc Ice covered hills and andI scaling scaling- of or I penetrating arranged d bathed barbed wire wiro ir and timber Umber obstructions Turn PI on OIL German The Russians also have taken en the tho of offensive of- of against the German forces Inthe Inthe in inthe the region of or near the tho pass which long has been launching attacks against the Russian position In th tho t tt district a a. large number number num num- ber of ot prisoners is Js reported to have been captured Against these reports of Rus Russian lan success the Austrians make the claim that the they have repulsed all tho the Russian attacks in the tho liei BeLd ld id range of mountains moun moun- farther east Cl The Russians declare they the have successfully suc sue countered an Austrian raid Int Into near Chotin Their re reports reports reports re- re ports say that units of tho the sec Forty ond division of or the Austrian army which undertook this diversion were virtually annihilated and that over 2000 of the tho survivors were cap cap- It Is la declared that tho the Turks Tudes have now been entirely cleared out of or Trans Trans- caucasia and that the Russians hold the time Turkish Black sea coast t as far tar a as Fighting r for Ilond to Metr Mets On the western front the battles are aro of a scattered nature Beyond Boond artillery engagements tho the only emily fighting righting that has taken place Is 1 In the forest of oC Lo wet went of Pont Pont-a- Pont Pont-a-Mousson where tho French are aro tr trying to reach the tho roads leading from St. St Mihiel to Metz Matz and to the tho south of Peronne where tho the French also aro are on tho the offensive During the last twenty four hours news has been received in London of ot the sinking of oC tho British steamer Estori Estori Es- Es tori ton formerly the South Point the Norwegian Nor Nor- bark barlt Nor Isor and three thieo British trawlers by German submarines and of the Dutch steamer presumably pre pre- b by a mine Seven sailors of the are ale missing The sinking of the trawlers it is al alleged alleged al- al here Is a a. vIolation of Tho The Hague convention of 1907 Oi which exempts exempt fishing vessels from molestation Bet oI German Germon Corps Corp Denten lien ten London April 3 2 10 IO a. a m. m The m The re retreat retreat retreat re- re treat of the Germ Germans ns on the front says Bays the Morning Posts Post's Petrograd Petrograd Petro Petro- grad rad correspondent means a final Inal de defeat defeat defeat de- de feat for Cor Germanys Germany's best arm army corps corps- tho the Twenty first which Twenty which was brought especially from the German front to form torm the time point of ot the wedge Into Russia's Russia's Rus Rus- sias sia's line of communications communication This corps got farthest In and antI Is still twenty t mlles miles farther tarther Into Russian territory than an any other corps which participated in this tiIs raid Its retreat can only be extremely difficult The roads for forthe the extrication of lar large e forces Corces of men do not run in favorable directions directions lions for tho the Twenty |