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Show F RUSSIANS CI ' lit ADVANTAGE OVER THE ENEMY 1 Main Body of the Austrian Army in the Carpathians ' Cut in Two Places , Hungary Hun-gary Open to Invasion , DESPERATE BATTLE STILL PROCEEDING ; Austro German Forces Mak mg Desperate Attempt to Stop Onrushmg Hordes of Muscovites i PETEOGEAD April 9 via Lon don, April 9 3 59 a m An of ficial communication concerning the lighting In the Caucasus says On the sixth of April our troops threw hack the Turks along the whole line between 01U and Art-rin. Art-rin. t ;, BT FREDERICK SENNET eg SpeIJl Cab br AnuiemeDt W th London Dally Te ecnpn. and la emUoo Inews Serr co.) ? PETBOGEAD April S By bringing iIrone forces along the southern forks tie Beskid mounts ns the Buss ans converted the operations of the rate columns invading Hungary a general battle wh ch is now de mg across a broad front Great es of Infantry are pressing slowly ard into the Hungar an valley .ring the laEt e ght weeks desper md unsuccessful efforts have been i bv the Germans to force the pass ng into the Stryj valley ey have had to substitute entirely attacking forces three or four i so great were their losses from urn fire the bayonet and the suffoca t on in the snow covered ravines Broad Roads Near The Buss ans are now approaching he broad roads which converge to the est fanning land in Hungary Great re nforcements both Austr an and German are fill ng the prepared de fenave posit ons A large number of fortifications have been thrown up to p otect the southern roads The present battle extends nearly 100 miles pract cally due east and est It should prove the most dec sive struggle id the campa gn so far s nee it is lm po able for it to end m an entrenched deadlock like the iattls in Poland and 5a Tlande s H The result undoubtedly will be de tided by the indomitable spirit and Jhysique of the Bnss an infantry Peace Rumors 'f Beports that Hungary s anx ous to s ek a separate peace seem to be based chiefly on the fact that Count Tisza is engaged n temporiz ng with the op joition leaders h It is evident that the reason why (Admiral Souchon div ded the Turk sh teefc nto two squadrons during the re tent raid in the Black ea was his anx ety as to the nat re of the movements ; of the Russ an roer hantmen. i Altho gh the Goeben has a large con 'Crete patch o her a de she s slower by five knots than formerly However sis s st 11 able to outdistance anyth ng ' h ought aga nst her except torpedo boats !:nna claims SUCCESS FOR THE AUSTRIAN ARMY pVNA Apnl 8 via London, 7 47 p the wa office today t e follow i atement was Issued lbs natc Ago in in the sector of east Besk d mounta ns (a ong he indirv) between Hungarv and Ilea, ihch las lasted for several As reached Its climax at Eas er 'tin a Russ an attacks espec ally both s dea of the Laborcza a ey ere the enemy -was re nforced by a lor ty of the troops which had be sea Preen 5 el we e repu sea with irmous osses o the enems Coun a ack ng German and Aust an ops captured on he he gilts o he " a d east of the a ey seve al ?ng Russ an pos tlons : o gh the light ng at this point s 1 u;- V determ ned our success In the itS? er ba t e n wh ch some 10 000 unbounded prisoners were captured Jan ' ina sputab e 'GmtJa. 60m Parts of the woodd die mincts east of the Laborcza valley se V? "Sh Ing Is progress ng iF.n! southeast Ga cla e e ha e been 3 t ery co"nba s at some p aces flKilt . we5t 0aUc a and Rust an Fo and W' s corapa at ve y qu et. AUSTRIAN ARMY MWT IN TWO PLACES f? BY THE RUSSIANS fctowrRAD Apri 8 1 noon a rRu"an. 2, 30 f m T e ad an e of BKul ?, ln hc tarpa ans has he ISin , " a y nde Gene a Boe Pit mv V aces The easte w ng of s Li Tho T. a p eca ous PB 0 f leul ,u " ,ans have captu ed bmo n k Th. 5kcm Pass WRussan, a o ha th own ba I 'Continued on Page Two ) RUSSIANS Oil II THE CARPATHIANS (Oont need from Page One) the AUstrians In the district of Bart feld and In the district of Lupkow Hav lng advanced throngh the Rostock pass they have forced a wedge between the Austrian armies 5molnik controls the only road through the Beskid mountains between Mezola borcz and Uzsok a distance of sixty ml es The wes era wing of the Austrian army has its base at Gummenoe and its con munlcat ons along the roads Into Hun garv are quite safe The eastern wing to the contrarj s Jo ned with the forces operating around Uzsok twenty m es from the Russ an pos t ons at Sraoln k by whic they are threatened with at It is regarded as 1 ely that the Aus trlans wi 1 be compe ed to transfer the r base at Uzsok in the direct on of Munkao or e se accept battle at Lzsok 1 and capped by tl e lack of roads In either case the Austrians will find themse es cut off from tl e main army under General Boerno itch and h s Ger man re nforcements f The Russians 1 ave crossed the. crest of the Beskids' at -Gummenoe and apparently have a c ear road to the plains of Jhin gary |