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Show "llll FORGES U lii OFFENSIVE OF BATTLE TURNING A-AINST THE GERMANS IN NORTH POLAND. i f Teutons to Smash the Rus-ltit( Rus-ltit( ' Forces Seems to Have Us- F-jied a"d Reinforcements are Being Rushed Forward. V.j. Kussi'itt successes in the re- "f pr?.asnysz. North Poland, ami 'K -vuieu. East Galiea; the success-!!' success-!!' v.'projress of the operations of the I, j fleet in the Dardanelles and t -f titH-ision of the allied govern- to stop all shipping to and from tl' -n'any, Austria and Turkey, it is t: y evei bere that a new phase of the JC --r is about to he entered upon. Be-' "while the success reported by Pet So-'! .--d covers only a small portion ot ei" -e iong front In north Poland and oru Germans have been able to record oi nter success near Kolno, the gen-clr- l impression among military men is' "- London is that not only has the ips "..jan offensive in the north ex itei --'liied itself, but the tide Is turn-: turn-: .- in favor of the Russians, who, Ti railways at their back, have t.-a able to bring up more reinforce-;:!s reinforce-;:!s than the invading army, whose UK nanications, after Germany ter- -jrv is left, must cross a county o! i;. -;4e and "overflowing rivers, t. "iuch more fighting, however, must V vised before a final decision is :---hei, and in the meantime the bat-;e bat-;e has been resumed in central Po-T. Po-T. where the Russians have made i 5;-ht. advance, and the engage-'-v.i in the Carpathians, eastern Ga-Jt'i Ga-Jt'i ;:.;a and Bukowina continued with er -iated fury. From what can be gathered from th reports, the Russians, despite :c; re onslaughts -made upon them fron: t" C side h)' tie Austrians and Ger zj.1!. have been able to maintain i:-.;r strength at all points and tc 1 ': tix-T in new troops where they were irJiary. As a result the Austro-t Austro-t i'i-:-.3n plan of compelling them to i-krn their center by attacking the n " r-n extreme wings has failed and. :!! the Russians have been forced ::xa East Prussian and Kukowlna. i:;v have been able to make a stand -.:i. when reinforced, deliver counter-' counter-' iv.i.ks, which apparently are making , '. K-ie headway. Tie only activity of any importance the west is in the Champagne dis-s.. dis-s.. r:::t where the French continue their .!sive and where the fighting, ac-U-.. Kiizg to the German report, has in quite spirited, and in thr- coun-j- :.7 to the north of Verdun, nhere j- tare have been heavy artillery en-i- P?enents in which the French claim . r -j) have done damage to German guns ? &l encampments. French airmen c;.. :jre been dropping bombs on the i t -i-'z fortress. |
