TURKS ROUGHLY HANDLED

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2352, 7 January 1915, Page 5

TURKS ROUGHLY HANDLED

RUSSIANS CAPTURE A WHOLE TURKISH ARMY CORPS SULTAN'S TROOPS HEMMED 1 ES! graphio account Is given to-day v of tho cnptviro by th© BVonch. of Steinbach', in Southern Alsace, and their further advance to Cennay, in the same neighbourhood, but further cast. The attack on Steinbach!' . -was a, "soldiers' battle,'- desperately: hard-fought, and.it is recorded that "ev«7 lane was aii ambuscade and every cottage a fortress." Inthis part of Alsace the French Have ,bow penetrated about ten miles into German territory. Some minor successes in Belgium and North' France are claimed by the Allies', but operations have been, greatly hindered by bad, weather. Continuous fighting is reported along the Lowct yistulai lmt'no striking de-velopments appear to have taken place .either in Poland or in. Galicia.; At Sarikamysh, in Trans-Caucar sia, the Turks have been heavily defeated, the whole of their Ninth 'irmy Corps being captured by the Russians. Further north, at 'Ardahan, the Turks are saiil to be almost surrounded, and to be desperately seeking a way of retreat. Their position is all the more difficult owing to the mountain passes.being deep in snow. A 'Washington message states that the United States Government has to certify to the exaot contents of American car goes, thus assuming, responsibility :'for the correctness of manifests. The Germans are reported to be taking elaborate precautions to prevent a repetition of. the Oushaven raid. Austria'is calling up its last line of reservists.. A Sudanese, alleged to be Enver Pasha's chief spy, has been arrested in Egypt for : attempting to un'dermine the loyalty of Egyptian soldiers.