RUSSIAN SUCCESS IN THE CARPATHIANS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2427, 5 April 1915, Page 5

RUSSIAN SUCCESS IN THE CARPATHIANS

BIG CAPTURE OF PRISONERS Petrograd, April 2. Official. —"Wo have had an important success in the luasna region, west of Simno. The enemy is rapidly retrea ting, and we are vigorously pressing. ""We secured very substantial results 111 the Carpathians, wading in snow up to our loins, and climbing almost perpendicular precipices. "Hacking through entanglements in the forests, we dislodged the Xustriaiis from their trenches in tlio ljitowiska region, and captured a series of fortified heights. "Ou the principal chain of the Heskid mountains we surrounded and partially exterminated several Austrian battalions. "Towards Chotin, north-east of Czernowitii, wc captured fifteen hundred survivors. "Altogether wo took 5680 prisoners and captured fourteen machine-guns in tlio Carpathians on Tuesday." OFFENSIVE OX NIEMEN CONTINUES. Petrosratl, April 2. A p.ninmuni<|ue< tiiMir-M 'Tiitr offsiisinj on ihti Kwmcit coiUiuußii. '1 ha Get. imwu W6i6 driven bavk JVith lie-avj. lo&sea,

iJ troo P s esoaladed the ice-covered Austrian escarpments towards the Uszok lass, and carried an important range of heights, and almost all the summits of tho Polonina Range, south-west of the pass, on a, considerable front, after fierce bayonet fighting. 9 300' , '^' 1 ° /llstr ' !m l >r ' soners taken in the Carpathians on Thursday totalled The Prime Minister has received the following from the High Commissioner dated London, April 3, 3.20 a.m. Petrograd reports: On the Niemen tho Germans were driven hack, losing heavily. In the Carpathians another Russian success is reported. After a long struggle an important range of heights was captured at the point of the bayonet and almost all the summits of the Polonia Range, between the Lupkow and Uzok 1 asses. Twenty-three hundred prisoners wore taken on Thursday. AUSTRIA SEEKS A SEPARATE PEACE RUSSIAN" REPORT OF NEGOTIATIONS THROUGH THE POPE. (Rec. April 4, 5.5 p.m.) mi -,r „„ Petrograd, April 3. the .Moscow newspaper, llusskal Slowo," says that after the failure of the Emperor l'rancis Joseph's appeal to the Pope to overcome the Kaiser's obstinate desire to continue the war regardless of consequences, the Emperor asked tho lope to try to conclude a separate peace with Russia, the terms to include the surrender of Bosnia, Herzegovina, and Galicia. In Russian military circles this is not believed to be practicable while the Austro-berman armies are interwoven and Berlin is directing the plan of campaign in tho Carpathians. REIGN OP TERROR THROUGHOUT THE EMPIRE. (Rec. April 4, 3.30 p.m.) >ru n,r • -r, London, April 3. . Z". 6 Morning Post s Berne correspondent states that a reign of terror exists in Austria-Hungary. Sixteen persons were recently executed in Austria, and forty-six imprisoned, including tho Countess Icruyi. There are daily executions m Moravia, the Governor declaring that it is his intention to strike terror into tho people. In consequence of fresh mutinies aniong the Czech troops, two regiments at irague have been transferred elsewhere. A regiment at liraim refused to entrain for the front, and was decimated. A municipal councillor and twenty municipal emplovces have beeu heavily sentenced at Prague for spreading unfavourable news. " '> ••■■■ ... . Rome, April 2. Austrian people are tired of privations and reverses, and are agitating for the stoppage of the war. There have been violent demonstrations in several cities, and iii 'Vienna shouts of Down with the -war!" "Down with the Armvl" "Down with the generals ! Attempts to stono the War Office were also made. Police and troops charged the crowd, wounding several and arresting many.