Show TO YIELD REPORTED TO HAB HAVI BEEN FORCED ON THE SIVE IN EAST FAST aha WEST frenchmen claim to have regained much of the ground they had lost while russians report decided progress beyond the fact that the alllen frenca british and belgian forces are taking rho the offensive little lias has been beeri made public regarding dlag tho the operation operations in belgium and northern france th the french official cation says that tho the germans arc are particularly ac tive in tho the region of cypres but that have achieved nothing and that e everywhere ery where elso else on the aasne aisne the allies are holding their ground to the northeast of soissons Sol esons however the allies have made rather notable progress in gaining the plateau on they had not previously been able to gain a foothold la in tho the eastern held field of the itar according to all official reports the russians have made decided progress against the germans and Aust austrian and russian cavalry has penetrated german territory likewise lewise Li the rus elane have driven back the rear guard guards of the Ausit rian forces along the nida aher in 11 poland and in galicia Gall cia are carrying out a strong offen offensive she movement which Is indicated by the off official iclal depont repol t that they have captured more than soldiers including of or fleer in recent engagements on the ban san river A newspaper dispatch estimates that about austrian and german troops are on the line from cracow chacow in galicia Gall cia cothorn to thorn in east prussia earl kitchner the secretary of state for war has telegraphed con granulations to grand duke nicholas on the success of the russian arm arms against the germans and hud austrians Aust lans rians earl kitchner KItch nor predicted that the joint efforts of the allies would result in tho th final crushing def defeat at of the enemy A A cruiser of the breslau class formerly owned by germany and now attached to the turkish navy has bombarded the seaport of poti on the black sea little damage was done ned the fire of the russians Itus drove off oft the cruiser in the west southwest of ypres cypres over a thousand frenchmen wn and fou guns have been captured accordini to the germans germano who declare also that thai attacks by the french N eat est of vo ut bailly and chavonne charonne Ch avonne have been re r pulsed with severe losses the adels elon mon I 1 made howe however or that the french have retaken the village of soupir and part of prance france says that while germans havo have been active along the weola french line in the west all their attacks were repulsed tho the village at 0 st remi on the heights of the deusa meusa was taken at the point of tho the bayonet the austrians lans have been cut off from their western base and are being backed southward toward thi car pat hians thus thiis reports petrograd on oa the operations of the russians nain st tho austrians lans in galacia Gall cia heavy losses it Is averred were ware inflicted on the retiring hordes mon men having been killed or wounded and cannons captured vienna however do declares clares here there Is no alting in althar galicia cr or poland and sas the mover movements cents of the at arians that are taking place are in accordance cor dance with prearranged plans tho temporary cession of territory the official report says Is ju justified stifled in the general situation the russians say they are successfully developing offensive movements against the dast prussian front and already are attacking Ste raft on thep warthe in russian poland this engagement 4 ga a they say marks the advance against the last torti mortified fied position of the germans on russian toll |