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Show RUSSIANS ARE HELD IN CHECK AT ME POINT So Far They Have Been Un able to Capture Hill 992, Midway Between Uzsok and Beskid Passes MUST TAKE HEIGHT BEFORE ADVANCING British Military Writers III Warn Public Speedy Con B elusion of Carpathian m Battles Improbable IyIQN ipnl 10 10 SO p m !Exiro has been a eons derao a exten fsioa of the battlefields, both n the 1 Carpathians and id the Soare 1 Itntf of Tna e where fighting of est 8 Itrero violence continues bj Say and i Ksiht, without, however anv defin te Jf dee s on having been reahd 4 Jbe Kn ans have made themselves j n alters of the t r u pal cha n of nioun t ns from Dukla pa s to I rsok pass ud have begun an attack on the Ger Sana forees ihnh hold the hill from jpha latter pass eastward to the Beskid trass. Th s section of the Carpath ans Has been the scene nee early Febru lirv of man f erce encounters between the tjermans who were sent to help the Aostnans in their fruitless efforts to relieve Priemysl and the Russian army whose, task t was to hold them back intil the fall of the fortress Inab'e to Capture Hill Now th s German army has been pven another task that of trying to .revent the Russians from straighten ng oat their 1 ne, which is necessary be ore the in asion of Hungary is un ertaken. It s apparent that this arn y as succeeded in at least checking the tusnan alvanee as the Austrian offi lal report la ms a v tory for the Ger pans in this e t on while the Russ ans Jmit that the have been unable to aptnre h U 94 which 1 es about mid ray between I zsok and Beskid parses .Is the Russians ha e mmense for es IS the r d sposal and splendid railways o take them to the front conf dence s arreted thev will succeed as they m in the Laboreza-jvalley in counter tg this check The British militar rnters howeer warn the public that Ihev must not expect a speedy conelu -Mflon of the Carpath an battles as the IKBsssians t 11 have serious obstacles to Hgtreome and toe further thev advance tl-oogh the mountains the more diffi Htft will be the task of keeping their Bus es supplied |