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Show I RUSSIANS SEND I MEN TO CAUCASIUS H ! Italians on Austrian Front Lose H Men and Trenches Are H Captured. n ! Constantinople, Jan. 16, by wireless H ! to Berlin and London. A new general Hj ! offensive along a front of almost 100 ! miles has been undertaken in the Caucasus by reinforcements of Russian Rus-sian columns, according to an official statement Issued today at the Turkish ; war office. Hj The text of the statement follows: Hl "On the Caucasus front the enemy, H. i heavily reinforced, commenced a gen- Hj eral offensive on January 11. The m fighting which Is taking place over a B j front of nearly 100 miles 'between M ' Karadlch, south of the Arasa river H and Icham, south of Milo, is develop- H ing favorable for us. Hg "Two Russian attacks near Kara- Hl dach ended in the defeat of the en- H emy. Prisoners taken at this point H state that during four days' fighting H f . each of their regiments lost at least m j SOO dead." H i Berlin, Jan, 16, by wireless to Say- H I ville. Austro-Hungarlan troops took H an Italian trench near Tolmino yes- H terday, according to an official state- H ment issued by the Austro-Hungarian H headquarters under date of January H 16. The Austrian statement adds that H Italian artillery activity was Increased H yesterday at Monte St. Mlchele and H i against the Tolmino-Gorlzia and H Mrzlivxh bridgeheads. H The text of the statement follows: H Bessarabian frontier has resulted in I a pause In the operations that is only interrupted by intermittent artillery fire. An Austro-Hungarian patrol at- mi tacked by surprise a Russian advance H post south of Karpllovka and annlhl- H ! lated its occupants. H J "The Italian artillery yesterday in- H creased its activity at Monte " San j j jVIihele and against the bridgeheads of M j Tolmino, Gorlzla and Mrzlivrh. H "The reported conquest of Italian H positions near Oslavia was executed H i by detachments of the 52nd and 80th j j Infantry regiments. Italians number- j I ing 933, among them 31 officers, H were made prisoner and three ma- H I chine guns and three mine-throwers H j were captured. H "AuBtro-Hungarian troops also took H an enemy trench near Tolmino. The Ht Italian artillery- Is active In the dis- Hf trlcts of Scthluderbacb, Laverons and H Folgarons. H ( "Faithfully watching the country's Hg frontiers in the Tyrol, the kaiserjae- H( gers (harpshooters) are celebrating H j j the 100 anniversary of tho formation Hjj of their organization. The Austro- HI Hungarian army thankfully rcmom- Hl bers the glorious deeds of these Hfi troops whole files survive the spirit H of the heroes of 190S and who have Hi won new immortal laurels in the U world's war. Hfl "In Montenegro, Austro-Hungarian Bi troops north of Orahova captured 250 Hi Montenegrins and a complete annu- H: nition depot. The pursuit is still go H Ing on. The number of prisoners H taken near Beranc had reached 500." |