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Show FRENCH INFANTRY REGIMENT ANNIHILATED London, Jan. 3083 m. The following statement was made tonight by the otficm press bureau : "An attack was made in some force yesterday near Guinchy (northern France) but the enemy was easily repulsed. re-pulsed. Over two hundred German dead were counted in front of the trenches occupied by the British, among whom the casualties were small." Paris. Tan. 80, 2:45 T. m.-The French war office today gave out a report on the war reading as follows: ' Generally speaking, the day of .Tan. 29 passed quietly. In Belgium there were artillery engagements. In front of Guinchv. near LaBassee. the British Brit-ish drove back an attack delivered by three German battalions The Germans Ger-mans In this case suffered heavy looses. "To the north of Arras, near Neu-xille Neu-xille St Vaast, our heavy artillery brought a German battery under its ) fire and caused the caissons of the ' enemy to explode. "In the sectors of Albert. Rove. ' Soissons. Craonne. Rheims and Perthes thorc were yesterday artillery engagements at times rather severe, 2 Our batteries acquitted themselves ef ficiently. "In the Woevi district near Flirey, the Germans exploded a mine the object ob-ject of which was to blow up our trenches s a matter of fact all the diJ was to destrov their's. "There is nothing to report from the remainder of the front Germans Capture Men and Guns. Rerllu. Jan. 30 By wireless to 'London 3 05 P m German troop ! captured 745 French soldiers and 1- macblne guns in the western part of f the Axgonne forest yesterday, accord ing to an official announcement made 5 bv the German war oTfice today Of P these men. 1- were officers, the state ment savs The Germans captured also ten smaller guns The enemTB losses were heavy, from 400 to 500 dead men having- boon left on tbo field of battle. The French Infantry reglmrmt No. 155 soems to have been annihilated. The German losses were comparatively slight The text of the communication follows -5 "The French losses in the righting I to the north of Nteuport, January' 2S, were heavy Over 300 Moroccans and Algerians were found dead In the l Hand dunes. German artillery ham-h pered the enemy in his efforts to make his way by sapping operations , in the direction of the sand hill which , (- Is to the east of lighthouse located. . L" "To the south of La Baasee canal, last night the Germans captured from , the French at this point two more I trenches which are connected with l" the positions occupied by us Janu ary 25. In this operation we made sixty prisoners. Many Prisoners Taken, "In the western part of the Ar-gonne Ar-gonne forest a German attack yes- n terda resulted in a considerable ai - 5" I vance. Twelve officers and 74 o soldiers sol-diers were taken prisoners. We cap-lured cap-lured also twelve machine guns and ten smaller guns. The losses of the lL enemy were heavy from 400 to 6s0 9' dead having been left on the field o u battle The French infantry regiment No 155 seems to have been anulhila e0 ted. The German losses were com- f parativeJv small . , I "French night attacks to Che south: east of Verdun were repulsed Wttn Z. heavy loesca to the enemy. J' '' , northeast of Badonvlllier the French forces were driven from the village of Angomont, as far back as the -; lage of Dremenil and Angomont wnb occupied by our troops JLt, In East Prussia a Russian attao against the German force protcttaB a bridge head to the east of uar-kehmeo uar-kehmeo was without result some of our fortifications to the east en ; the lnke district were shelled by tn; enemy. A Russian attack to th southeast of Lake Lowcnsteln broke down under the German fire ana a Russian night attack near Bor mo-mow, mo-mow, east of Lowlcz. was repuiseci with very heavy losses to the enemy Russian War Report. Petrograd. Jan. 30 Success by ttte Russians in the vicinity of TaWM. JP. Persia ls indicated In the officii , 4i communication Issued by the general staff of the army in the Caucasus to-j to-j dav Tin; statement says: "In the valley of Alaahkei'l we came I In contact with the enemy and after a stubborn battle captured their colors, col-ors, guns and military supplies. 1 he enemy himself retired toward Tabriz, abandoning on the battle field many hundreds of killed." Speaking of other fighting In the Caucasus the statement says: "In the region around Tchorok, south of Batum, a column of troop of the enemy were repulsed in the village of Baschkioi. They retreated precipitately. "On the front near Sari Kamysh there has been no important change. On January 28 the Turkish artillery cannonaded energetically a part of our front but with no success." London. Jails 20, 9:5f a. m. The Paris correspondent of Reuters Telegram Tele-gram company telegraphs that be learns that the Russians have routed the Turkish troops In Persia and have entered Tabriz, capital of the province of Azerbaijan, which the Turks occupied early in January. Review of War Situation. London. Jan 30. 12:32 p. m Two conditions call particularly for comment com-ment today by British observers of war: The Austro-German concentration in the Carpathians, which is regarded as a menace to the Russian armies In Bukowina and the Russian activities in East Prussia, which have been characterized as a threat to the German Ger-man forces in this territory. Thus at the extreme ends of the Immense eastern front military operations of the greatest Importance are develop- 1DAs for the western battle front, another an-other big battle in the vicinity of Soissons is confidently expected as is a bitter conflict near LaBassee. where for some time the Germans have been piling up reinforcements. Russians Advance n Prussia. Russia's new invasion of East Prussia Prus-sia is becoming well defined in British Brit-ish eyes as an outflanking movement. ! For some time this frontier district has been in Russian hands without at- racting much attention, but now the invaders have begun a series of slight western advances along the fifty mile Eront from Tilsit southward almost is far as Angerburg. This front is only about flftv miles to the east of the Prussian fortress of K-ienigsberg. Many miles to the south, the combined com-bined Austro-German armies and the lorrcs of Russia are battling in the unow in the Carpathian countaln passes but as 1s usual with mountain Hghtlng the situation is confused, each side maintaining that the tide of btt tie is running In its favor It will be hard to form a clear picture of the situation until either the Russians, emerge in force on the Hungarian plains or the Austro-Germans hammer them back to the mountain passes, perhaps causing at the same time a Russian retreat in Bukowina. Fanning War Flame, One effect of this struggle has been to bring the Austro-German troops so near the Rumanian frontier as to Can the war flame In that country, a fad which may have an Important bearing on deciding when Rumania will enter the conflict. The London newspapers, whlen bailed the fighting to the east of El Kantara as the real beginning of the Turkish invasion of Egypt, now seem Inclined to qualify that assertion. While there has been more unimportant unimport-ant skirmishing to the east of the Sue, canal, there is little proof that the Turks are advancing in force. Austrian War Report. Vienna. Jan. 30, via Amsterdam and London 9:80 a. m -An official communication com-munication issued by the Austrian general staff says: g The present phase of the war In Galicia is proceeding gPtrtM" us The attempts of the Rwan Galiciau army to outflank Archduke Joseph Ferdinand's army near Now y Saiidec and attack Cracow v a Tarnow W v, 1,-1 to a counter offensive by he Lrchduke apalust Tarnow. which Threatens the rearward communication communica-tion of the Russians in Galicia and U"fi;uSrthiine8ffecUve was the B sian invasion of Hungary and the at-1 tempt to invade Transylvania from Bukowina In order to isolate General Fischer's army and outflank our Carpathian Car-pathian forces. "In the north the German trenches are approaching the forts of Warsaw and we also are gaining ground in the Carpathians. "In Bukowina the enemy has retreated re-treated to Kimpolang after General Fischer's victory near Kirlibaba." |
