March 29--Austrians make gains at several points; Russians say that the Memel dash was a mere raid. March 30--Russians storm crests in the Carpathians; Austrians are in a big drive across Bukowina; 160,000 Germans are reported as being rushed to Austria. March 31--Russians are making their way down the southern slopes of the Carpathians into Hungary; German army corps reported trapped and cut to pieces in Northern Poland; Pola is preparing for a siege. CAMPAIGN IN WESTERN EUROPE. March 2--Germans are pouring reinforcements into Belgium; British gain ground near La Bassée. March 4--Hard fighting in the Vosges; Germans spray burning oil and chemicals upon French advancing in Malancourt woods. March 5--Germans checked at Rheims; report of Sir John French says situation is unchanged in Belgium; Germans are holding reserves in Alsace. March 9--Floods hamper campaign in Alsace; it is reported that Germans are shelling factories in France which they cannot capture. March 10--Germans declare that the French have failed in the Champagne district and have lost 45,000 men. March 11--After several days of severe fighting the British capture Neuve Chapelle, the German loss being estimated by British at 18,000; the British also have lost heavily, particularly in officers; British believe they will now be able to threaten seriously the German position at La Bassée; French War Office says operations in Champagne have aided Russians by preventing Germans from reinforcing eastern armies. March 12--British are pressing on toward Lille; they gain near Armentières, occupy Epinette, and advance toward La Bassée; Germans are intrenched in Aubers; the new drive is expected by Allies to prevent Germans in the west from sending reinforcements to the east. March 13--Sir John French reports further gains in Neuve Chapelle region. March 14--French occupy Vauquois, the key to a wide area of the Argonne; they capture trenches and occupy Embermenil; Belgians gain on the Yser; British repel German attack on Neuve Chapelle; it is announced that the French recently won a victory at Reichackerkopf in Alsace. March 15--French capture trenches north of Arras; Germans drive back British south of Ypres; Germans meet reverse at Neuve Chapelle; it is announced that the French recently won a victory at Combres; French and British are preparing for a general offensive; the first installment is given out from French official sources of a historical review of the war, from the French viewpoint, covering the first six months. March 16--Belgians cross the Yser; they drive Germans from trenches south of Nieuport; British retake St. Eloi; barbed wire fence, ten feet high, encompasses entire zone of German military operations in Alsace; British still hold Neuve Chapelle after several spirited attempts to retake it. March 17--Westende bombarded; Belgians carry two positions in Yser region.