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Show RUSSIANS RENEW OFFENSIVE I AGAINST TEUTONIC ALLIES , Five Important Attacks Made Austrians Claim Repulse of Enemy and Capture of 5,1100 Prisoners Italians Shell Austrian Lines Montenegrins Abandon Capital and Lose Many Guns and Ammunition. ' . ; ! London, Jan. 15, 7 : 06 p. m. The British steamer Toquet has been sunk. No steamer by the name of Toquet is listed in available shipping records. 1 Berlin, Jan. 15. The Russian of fensive has been renewed on the Bes-sarabian Bes-sarabian front and (five important at- tacks have been repulsed by the Aus-; Aus-; tro-Hungnrian troops, according to the Austrian official report, dated Janu : ' ary 14 and received here today. The Austrian official statement follows. fol-lows. "On the Bessarabian front the Russians Rus-sians again have attempted to break ! through near Toporoutz and east of , ; liarinczle. Five great attacks failed. The well directed Austro-PIungarian artillery fire contributed eminently to 1 the repulse of the Russians Since the beginning of the battle iu East Galicia and Bessarabia the Austrc Hungarian forces of Generals Pflanz- er. Baltfn and Bothmer have taken 5,100 Russians, including thirty officers offi-cers Austro-Hungarian patrols rout- ' ed Russian field guards near Karpl- lovka. Italian Artillery Active. : ' On the Italian front several places ! near Malborgeth and Raibl were shell- ed bv Italian artillery. Italian airmen air-men have been active In the Triest ; district. One bomb was "dropped in Spirano but caused no damage. : t "In Montenegro the troops of that ; ; coutnry, having abandoned their capital, capi-tal, are in retreaUon the whole south ' ; and west front. The Austro-Hungarian troops, who are following up the enemv, have passed the line of Bud-ua Bud-ua "cettinje Grab Grahovo and : , have entered Montenegrin territory ' east of Blleca and near Avtovc. Near ' ) Grahovo the Austro-llungarians cap- f tured three cannon with their gunners as well as 500 rifles, one machine gun and a quantity of ammunition Serbians Warmly Welcomed. Bizertn, Tunis. Jan 14. via- Paris, ' Jan M, 4:50 a. m. (delayed). A de-: de-: tachment of Serbian troops has ar-n'ved ar-n'ved hero and received an enthusals-tic enthusals-tic welcome. The men have been, - quartered in the Farre barracks and i i the officers are entertained at the military club 'by Admiral Guepratte of ' the French navy. ' ' How Cettinje Was Taken. Rome, Jan. 14. via Paris. 5:44 p. m ; ; (Delayed) Describing the Austrian Austri-an attack on Mount Lovcen, a Cettinje dispatch to the Tribuna says that it was carried out by 50,000 men who attacked at-tacked directly from Cttaro, the ' mountain being simultaneously bombarded bom-barded by warships in Cattaro harbor I and by batteries of 12 inch guns in stalled on Mount Czermatz. The Montenegrins retired to Mount l Kuk where they continued to resist, ! r the correspondent adds. Ho expected them to continue the struggle at Rie- l ka, transferring their capital to Nik- slc, and officially agreed to abandon these positions to concentrate their . defense at Scutari. i I Greece Opposes Landing of Troops. : Paris, Jan. 14, 8:20 p. m. A dls- ', patch to the Havas Agency from Athens Ath-ens states that the Greek government ; has decided to protest against the landing of troops at Corfu, alleging that the disembarkment took place before the arrival of the Greek answer ! - to the notification of the entente .1-' .1-' ; lies of their intention to occupy Corfu. Cor-fu. To this the allies replied that no answer was expected to an Intimation '. ; of their decison due to necessty, an : i Intimation, moreover, which announced , i that they had no intention of infring-'. infring-'. k Ing upon the Greek sovereignty of the ; Island. German Aeroplane Raid. Paris, Jan. 14, 5:30 p. m. (Delayed). A Havas dispatch from Athens says that on "Wednesday a squadron of Geman aeroplanes from the direction of Uskup made another raid over the camp of the allies at Saloniki, dropping drop-ping bombs on French positions but ;; causing no damage. French nero- planes arose and drovo the raiders Dff. Enemy Aeroplane Shot Down. ;, Berlin. Jan. 15, by Wireless to Say- vllle. The following official state-' state-' ment waB given out today by the Ger-, 3i an army headquarters: "On the western front an enemy I aeroplane was shot down by Lieuten- :j tnt Boelke. It fell into the British HneB and was shelled into -flames by J German artillery. : "A RusHlan attack in tho district of '.it Czernowitz, south of the river Styr tgalnst General von Linslngen's army I broke down before the Austro-Hun-'$ farlan front." - j Russiane Resume Offensive. After a cessation of activity in that part of the fighting front for several , JayB, Vienna now reports, however, ! ihat the Austrian lines in Bessarabia iave been subjected again to doter- mined attacks, but that tho Russian i ittempts were repulsed, although the f ittacklng forces In great inumber3 advanced five times to the assault. It is claimed by the Austrian office that since the inauguration of the winter operations in eastern Galicia and Besserabia more than five thousand thous-and Russians including thirty officers have been taken prisoner. Further Advance In Montenegro. The Austrians announce further advances into the interior of Monte-nego Monte-nego following the capture of Cettinje. The Montenegrins are in retreat and are suffering losses in men and guns, according to Vienna Dutch Steamship Ashore. IOndon. Jan 15, 11:16 a. m. The Dutch steamship Maashaven which uns abandoned in flames after striking strik-ing a mine near Galloper lightship, Mcnt ashore last night at a point six-miles six-miles east of Calais. The vessel was broken in two and is considered a toial "loss |