Jan. 28--Great struggle for the Carpathians is opening; Austro-German forces advance on eighty-mile front. Jan. 29--Russian wings advance in East Prussia and the Carpathians; Russians close in on Insterburg; Tilsit surrounded. Jan. 30--Russians cut railway between Memel and Tilsit, and enter Hungary. Jan. 31--Russians gain in Carpathians. CAMPAIGN IN WESTERN EUROPE. Jan. 8--Allies gain north of Soissons, near Rheims, and in Alsace; French Alpine troops use skis in gaining an advantage in Alsace. Jan. 9--Germans retake Steinbach and Burnhaupt; French take Perthes and gain near Soupir. Jan. 10--French cut German railway lines to prevent reserves from coming to the relief of Altkirch. Jan. 11--Allies, attacking from Perthes, are trying to cut German rail communications. Jan. 12--French attempt offensive near Soissons and Perthes; they are checked in Alsace; British forces at the front are steadily increasing in number. Jan. 13--Germans, reinforced, win victory at Soissons, forcing French to abandon five miles of trenches and to cross the Aisne, leaving guns and wounded; heights of Vregny are won in this fight by the Germans under the eyes of the Kaiser; Germans take 3,150 prisoners and fourteen guns in two days' fighting. Jan. 15--French are calm over the Soissons defeat; British gain near La Bassee. Jan. 17--Allies take trenches in Belgium; deadlock at La Bassee; Allies closing on Lille. Jan. 18--Fierce fighting at La Boisselle; both sides are claiming success at Tracy-le-Val. Jan. 19--French advance in attempt to cut off St. Mihiel. Jan. 20--French are nearer Metz; British take Freylinghuysen. Jan. 21--Germans repulsed in Ardennes woods by French and Belgians; French retake trenches at Notre Dame de Lorette; Germans retake Le Pretre woods; it is learned that the Soissons battle was won by von Kluck's veterans, and that the Germans granted a half-hour truce while French Red Cross aided wounded. Jan. 22--Fierce fighting in Hartmanns-Weiler region. Jan. 23--Germans renew activity near Ypres and bombard left wing of Allies; fighting in Argonne region. Jan. 24--Germans are bombarding Flanders towns; Allies leave St. Georges. Jan. 25--Kaiser sends Prince Eitel Friedrich to capture Thann and direct fighting in Alsace; French gain toward Altkirch and destroy bridges over the Meuse at St. Mihiel; Germans forced to abandon Dixmude trenches because of floods. Jan. 26--Another battle on at La Bassee; Germans gain ground by vigorous offensive near Craonne and in Alsace. Jan. 27--Germans attack between La Bassee and Bethune, this being the Kaiser's birthday; the French claim that the German loss is 20,000; indecisive fighting near Ypres. Jan. 28--French defeated at Craonne; Germans make gains in the Vosges and Upper Alsace. Jan. 29--Germans checked in two attempts to cross the Aisne; they drain the Yser flood area. Jan. 30--Germans win in the Argonne.