RUSSIAN MARCH TO HUNGARY

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2429, 7 April 1915, Page 5

RUSSIAN MARCH TO HUNGARY

SEVEN DIVISIONS NEAR ' ' lISZOK , A naval skirmish has occurred between the Russian and Turkish warships, the main'incident of the fight being a long but fruitless chase" after tlio Goeben and Breslau. The Goeben, apparently, is not so crippled as previous reports represented her to be. From France conies a story of three weeks' most desperate lighting in the Chani'pagne district, and successful operations by the French troops in the M'oevre region. The German guns at Zeebrugg9 and the British warships oif-the coast have been indulging in a lively artillery duel. In the Eastern theatre interest attaches chiefly to the Russian offensive in the Carpathians, which is daily assuming more formidable scope: a message from Venice reports the ar rival of seven divisions of Russian • troops near the Uszok Pass. There is no further news from the Dardanelles. Germany, bargaining with Italy on Austria's behalf, has .again been "turned down", on a proposition regarding territorial concessions in return for neutrality ip the war. The principal item of interest in' the news of the blocka dc is the Note from the United States to Britain—a most friendly and conciliatory document, favourably commented on by the London I'ress.