Salt Lake Tribune | 1916-02-12 | Page 1 | Russian Guns are Effective in New Attacks

RUSSIAN GUNS ! HE EFFECTIVE IN NEWATTACKS Germans Surprised at the Fierceness of Onslaught in Galicia and Forced . to Retire. PROGRESS IS MADE ON OTHER FRONTS British Deny Berlin Story That Cruiser Arabic Has Been Sunk; Admit Mine Sweeper Is Missing. FETKOGRAD, via London, Feb. 11, 6:05 p. m. Although a general revival of activity is officially reported along i the entire Russian front, the only developments de-velopments of more than local and temporary importance are the Russian advances in the Stripa region, southeast south-east of Isehroff, where the Russians succeeded in capturing heights commanding com-manding the district in which ruue the main railway line between the Chodo-rov Chodo-rov and Stry rivers, and the occupation occupa-tion by the Russians of the heights east of Tchemerine. The progress in the latter district, which is between Kovno and Lutsk, is 3cother sign of the resumption of the Russian offensive, which came to an abrupt halt half a month ago, when Germans apparently succeeded in erecting such firm f ortitications that 1 further attempts at an. advance on the j.'art of the Russians became a waste euergy and ammunition. it is considered significant that a new and more formidable Russian offensive offen-sive is being launched against the same positions, and with initial success. This is explained by most of the military mili-tary observers as due to the new power and effectiveness of the Russian artillery, artil-lery, which recently has shown marked improvement on all fronts. The Germans, evidently surprised by the fierceness of the new Russian onslaught, on-slaught, which promises to become a general initiative along the whole line, have been forced at several points in Galicia to retire to their second line of defenses. ! GERMANS REPORT AND BRITISH DENY LOSS OF CRUISER (Special Cable by Arrangement wit!i London Daily Telegraph and Interoailonai News Service.) BERLIN, via London, Feb. 11. Official announcement was made tonight by the admiralty that the British cruiser Arabia had been sunk on the Dogger bank in the North sea. The announcement reads: German torpedo boats sank the British cruiser Arabia on Thursday ' night on the Dogger bank. We also torpedoed another British cruiser. Our ships rescued the commander of the AraDia, with two officers and tw enty-one men. We suffered no damage or losses. - Several other British cruisers which L$ were sighted by our torpedo boats .ear the Dogger bank took flight. LONDON. Feb. 11. The British admiralty ad-miralty states that the cruisers mentioned In the Berlin official statement were four mine sweepers, three of which have returned re-turned safely. Lloyds Marine Register gives the Arabia as an oil-burning, twin-screw steel ship of 3323 tons gross, built in 1914 and owned by the Flower Motor Ship company, Limited, of London. FOUR SUCCESSIVE ATTACKS MADE BY FRENCH REPULSED KKRLIX. Feb. 11, via London. 3:15 p. m. The repulse of four successive attacks made by the French in efforts to recapture trenches they had lost northwest north-west of Vimy, in tile Artois, was announced an-nounced today by German army headquarters. head-quarters. The French also failed in assaults as-saults to the south of the Somme. The official statement says: Northeast of Vimy the French, after artillery preparations lasting for hours, attempted four times to recapture the trenches they had lost. AH their attacks failed. South of the Somme they were also unable to recapture re-capture any part of the two lost osltions. (n the Aisne and in the Oharu-(Continued Oharu-(Continued on Page Two.) SlGEGTI (Continued frora Pape OneJ 'pagne there have been local artillery duels of a lively character. j One of our captive balloons escaped I without its crew and drifted over j the enemy lines near Vailly. j Ka stern theater: North of I-ake Dilsvtaty. the advance of a strong Russian division was repulsed. HalUan theater: There is nothing to report.