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HEAIIY FIGHTING ' ON Allied Artillery llemolishetl Enemy lleadquarters. Sabering Hundreds 0 and Capturlng[l.000 nition and Stor (S/>¢'¢'ial' fo the Glraralalt.; LONDON, jan. 23.-The fol- lowing British statement was issu- ed to-day: There was heavy artil- lery activity on both sides at lricourt. We llombardcd the lguard, near Erzerum forts, sabred cnc|ny’s works successfully about llulluch, Richbourg and Pilkmutl. (Special to the (}nardian.) PARIS, jan. 23.--An official communication tells of artillery en- gagements in divers sectors. Our fire \vas particularly effective north of the Aisne on the Lorraine front and the Vosges. (Special to the Guardian.) ROME, jan. 23.--An official communication says: “There is in- terntittehf artillery action along thc entire front. The enemy artillery caused some damage _in villages, particularly in Sugny. Our artil- lcryfdegiglighed. the , lteadquarters at Veroiie' occupied by' our adver- saries,`an`d" disposed `of ' enemy de- ta'ch`rne\1'ts,_in,1Corvar'a. ~ Small in- fantry actions ended successfully for us. On 'Carso o`ne of our dc- tachments penetrated the enemy lines and seized guns, implements, and hand bombs. An enemy aero- plane dropped bombs on Dogna without damage. ~ (Special to the Guardian.) PETROGRAD, jan. 23.--A Russian statement read: “On the Caucasus front the Russians con- tinue their pursuit of the central ALL FRONTS -1-wq‘- Russians Defeated Prisoners, Ammu- es. -section of the Turkish army, which is retreating from Lake Tortun. We captured prisoners, arms- muni- tions and stores of all kinds. The L`ossacks charged thc Turkish rear- liundrcds and captured more than 1,000 prisoners. The remainder of thc rcadguard fled to lirzcrum. Our artillery has botnbarded their forts. (S/>¢'riiaI to Ihr Guardian.) RUSSIAN FR()N'l`, jan. 23.- The Germans shelled our trenches in Teunen I~`led rcgion with gas bombs. North of Czcrnowitz the enemy repeatedly but vainly tried to recapture a hill occupied by us. (S/>z‘rial to t/lc Gtlardian.) (2.-\l,lCIz\, jan. 23.-On the front at lvliddlc Stripa we repulsed attempts of the enemy to approach our trenches. Desperate lighting is proceeding around craters. In the Black Sea our destroyers Saturday sank forty sailing ships near the .~\natolian coast. ‘ (S`[>criaI to iltc Guardian.) PARIS, jan. 23.-An official communication this afternoon says, In the course of last night our artillery directed its tire against certain provision trains and work- men of the enemy at points in Bel- gium» Champagne and V osges. On the rest of the front the night passed quietly. HOLD FIRM AND WE SHALL WIN OUT PARIS, January 20.-General Joffre says .that the essential thing now is for the civilians to do their part in holding firm. "If only the civilians will hold firm, that is the essential thing,” said the French commander-in»chlef to u depu- tntion from the national ruilroad men’s union, formed to help the war suffer- CFB. "lf Frenchman keep steady We Shall have victory not immediately or even soon. hut, eventually." The head of the deputu.1'lon said: --“'l‘hotte lg one thing which encoura- ges us above ull others. lt is that the commander-in-cliief enjoys the confidence of everyone. l‘r-oplo do _not say-‘General Joffro.‘ but ‘our Jolt rc,” ‘Gru`ndfother."' The general smiled, more deeply ly touched than lm cared to show. Then he :said gravely:-“l 'have on- ly one object, the salvation ol’ tho country. After that I shull disap- Dear." _ ` CONDENSED ADB. T00 LATE FOR CLASSIFICATION word each maor- in this column orders. Mint cents ONI tion for Cub lilo tee. from count, money refund. HADATRUNK FULL . OF WAR LITERATURE LOSDON, January 20.-Isaac Rose, a New York theatrical man, former husband of Madame Saharet, the dan- cer, was removed by the British autho- rities from the liner Rotterdam at Fal- mouth todny with n trunk loaded with German war literature it is charged. Rose. according to the authorities, was in posaosion of threo American psss',\'~r:s. one ol which was mum out ot' date the of-t ond issued May fll). 1915 ln the Dutch East Indies, and the third an up-to-date passport. These poss- ports will be turned over to the Amer- ican embassy and if nothing is found wrong with them Rose will be permit- ted to proceed, but the trunk will bo re- tained by the British authorities. Tho trunk, they declare. was filled with pamphlets, newspapers, war pictures and books ull on the subject of the pra- sent contlict, many oi! the documents being addressed to M. B, Cluussen, 30 East 42nd street, New York, while other packages containing documents in five different languages, were add- ressed to places in all the Central and South American republics and in the West Indies. ' TITE \VEA'l‘HER-, » 'l‘El\II’ERATURE, ~ TIDE, MOON, ETC. ¢h0 Guardian.) 24 -Maritime; and west | I WBB V' recorded zero; morning it nero: at zero. Yi (T651 4 . 56 to- boon be tm RIYGI' ~ (Special lo the Ctmfdian.) LONDON, jan. 23-German air raids on the coast of England, the capture of Montencgro’s two prin- cipal seaports by tlie Austrians and the taking by the Germans of trenches from the French near Arms and in Argonne Forest", are told of in the latest official com- munications of London, Vienna and llcrlin. First one German aeroplahc and- t\vcIvc hours later, two German seaplanes flew over and dropped bombs on the east lcoast of Kent. Nine bombs were dropped by the aeroplane; one man was killed, two men and one woman and three children injured. Some damage was done to pro- perty. The raid of the seaplanes was without effect apparently. The London \Var Office declares no damage was done and there were no casualties. The aircraft in both instances escaped, although fired upon by British guns and chased h_v ‘British aviators. ‘ Antivaria and Dulcigno on the Adriatic coast of Montenegro have fallen into the hands of the Aus- trians, which leaves King Nicholas only a` few miles of front on the sea and gives the Austrians com- mand of the coast from the Gulf of Trieste virtually to the Albanian frontier. Vienna reports that the Monte- negrins continue to lay do\vn their arms and that in addition fifteen _ '_ _ _ _ ' _ I -_-_ _ ' T ‘ -T ,. _._ A - N ' fuel Trenches Taken and elakeu in Western Theatre. "“ S-UNIMARY OF SITUATION GERAIANS CLAIM THEY IN DIFFERENT WAR ZONES CANNOT BE STARIIED R Any Altentpt hy British lo Cut 0lt llindered by Bad Weather. hundred Serbians have surrendered in the past fc\v days. A semi- official communication says a con- siderable portion of the Montene- grin army declined to Surrender and fierce fighting has been resum- ed in the mountain district. Heavy fighting has been in progress in France. The French advanced position on thc road between Arras and Lens arc being ztttackerl by strong German forces. The in- fantry atlack was preceded by ming explosions and a violent bom- bardment, and the Germans cap- tured thc first line trench on a front of several hundred yards. 1" reneh counter-attacks were immediately inaugurated and :t portion of the captured trench was retaken. The Germans, however, ,at the close of the day occupied about 206 yards of the advanced trench which formed a salient in the French lines. _ -Twenty-four. l~`reneh acroplanes made a raid on the railway station and barracks at Metz, dropping 130 shells. The'French airmen were heavily bombarded, but all returned undamaged except onc, which was forced to land south-east of Metz. The British forces in Mesopo- tamia going to the relief of Kut-el- Amara are hampered by bad wea- ther, ncverthelcss fierce fighting with varying success is being in- dulged in with the Turks. General Sir Percy Lake, thc new British commander-in-chief, rc- ports casualties on both sides very heavy. The- Russians are continuing their advance against the Turks in the Caucasus, Petrograd says, mak- ing thcm retreat in the region of Tlrzerum, and the Russians are cap- gturing prisoners- ammunition and supplies. The roads are strewn with Turkish dead. The Russians are also on the offensive against the Teutons south of Dubno and Dinester and Pruth Rivers in East Galicia. At one point along the Pruth, Vienna says, thc Austrians blew up a Russian trench, killing nearly all of thc 300 men in it. (Special lo the Gtrafdiari.) PARIS, Jan. 23.-The following ofhcial communication was issued .to-night:-In Belgium the fire of our artillery was directed on enemy works in thc region of Nicuport. This morning, after thc explosion of mines and a violent bombard- ment, the Germans carried out an attack on part of _our front west of the road between Arras and Lens in the region of Neuville St Vaast. The enemy was able to penetrate on a front of several hundred metres into our first line trenches and as far as the support- ing trench. Our counter-attacks, delivered imniediately, broke do\vn the effort of the enemy and dis- lodged them from thc ground which they captured. IIIIUPIIIIE IIIIIIPPEII l IIIIMIIS llll KIIII One Mun Killed und ,Six Persons Slightly lnjurotl. ' -_*_ (Special to the Guardian.) , LONDON, Jan. 23.-A hostile aeroplam- dropped bombs over a section of liast Kent this morning. One man was ltillcd, two men and one woman and three children in- , jttrcd slightly. Damage to property was caused by tire. The War Ofiice announces that, taking advantage of the moonlight, a hostile aeroplane went leisurely Over Kent. The district visited was east of the city of London. A second attack, this time by two sea- plnncs, was made Sunday afternoon _on Kent. No casualty reported. The raiders escaped though pur- stted by military and naval machines. - ' _-Mal I ,`uPo|tcrial fo ilu' Gu-ardian.) LONDON, jan. 23.-A report just given out tells of heavy fight- ing betwcen the British army trying to reach Kut-cl-/\mara, in Mesopo- tamia, and the Turks. The battle took place at lissitulscvcn miles from Kut~cl-.f\mara. The ftritish were unable to drive thc Turks from their positions. The purpose of the British is to relieve the original expeditionary force which was surrounded at Kut-el-Amara by the Turks. The losses are rc- portcd very heavy on both sides. 2so,ooo,ooo oA|.|.oNs E or vom