THE RUSSIAN FRONT.

King Country Chronicle, Volume IX, Issue 735, 9 January 1915, Page 2

THE RUSSIAN FRONT.

GERMAN FRONTAL ATTACKS. COST TERRIBLE LOSS OF LIFE. '■ ' ■ London, Wednesday. The Daily Mail's Petrograd correspondent states that the German General Staff has not found any fresh tactical methods of keeping the sians cut of Silesia. ■ After a pause the Germans have resumed their old methods of frontal attacks in solid formation. This suggests that it is felt unsafe to cease hammering, despite the fact that every blow is terribly expensive.

AUSTKIANS IN CARPATHIANS.

SWALLOWED UP IN SNOW. SURRENDER WITHOUT FIGHT. London, Wednesday. Advices from Budapest slate that three Hungarian officers relate that they fought for a fortnight between Uzsok and Dukla Passes in the mountain slopes. Hundreds of (heir men were swallowed up in the Boffc snow. The rest, horror - stricken at their comrades' fate, sat down and refused to move, though they were shelled from below. Mountain batteries drawn by mules seldom reached their destination. The ; mules slipped, rolled down and disappeared. Many of the guides bolted at night and Mi the columns to their fate. Most of the men were frostbitten and famished, and were unable to use their rifles. When the Russians arrived they surrendered without resisting. Officers fear that the Auatrians will not long be able to hold off general advance of <*he Russians.