THE RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE DEVELOPS.

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2401, 5 March 1915, Page 5

THE RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE DEVELOPS.

ENEMY'S ARMIES IN DIFFICULTIES STUBBORN FIGHTING IN THE CARPATHIANS London, MarcK 3. ine Daily JNews'a"- Petrograd correspondent reports that a Russian cavalry movement at Ivrasnosielo (10 miles ea6t of Prasnysz) last Friday cut' the German East Prussian army in two. mi n- ; Petrograd, March 3. \ j 013 ottens've on the Niemeit and the -Vistula continues. "We m&de a successful advance south-west of Grodno, the Germans resisting stubbornly. > The High Commissioner reports (Ldondon, March 4, 4.30 a.m.):— Reports from Petrograd state- that several attempts by the enemy to approach the fortress at Ossowiec were repulsed. In the north (Niemen-Vistula front) the Russian advance continues. AUSTRIAN AKMY IN DANGEROUS POSITION

SUDDEN DEVELOPMENT OF RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE. tu tin -i xt ii t> i. j -, London, March 3. The "Daily News" Petrograd corespondent states that there is a considerable gap between the separated parte of the main Austrian army, and the position is dangerous, owing to a sudden offensive Russian movement. Fresh Russian artillery are reported arriving at Novoselitica, on the 1 northern end of the Rumanian frontier. The High Commissioner reports (London, March 4, 4.30 ain) '— "Reports from Petrograd state that in . the Carpathians, between the Undava and the San Rivers, furious Austrian attacks were repulsed completely, berman attacks in the region of Kosziowa-Rodanka were equally fruitless. At latter point two German companies were surrounded and annihilated lhe Austriatos who were defending the passage of the River Lomniza • sustained a serious reverse. We crossed the river, and in the fighting captured 6000 prisoners, 11 guns, and a quantity ,of transport."The Ondava .flows south frpm the Carpathians, into Hungary, and the ban flows north, on the Galician side. The battle front between these two rivers includes the Dukla, Lupkow, and Usgok Passes. The Kozio-Rodauka front 15 111 the region of the Vexeczke Pass, further to the east along the range.ihe Lonmiza River, a tributary of the Dneister, flows from the Carpathians ' north-oast, joining the main river.in Galicia. St,inislawow, the 'scene of tlie recent severe fighting,- is 15 miles to the east of the Lomniza, and a similar distance from the Dneister.

AUSTRIAN LIES IN RUMANIA. ' . (Rec. March 4, 5.45 p.m.) / .The Austrians have.established a reign of terror amongs"'th^Rumanian population by inventing Russian barbarities and failures, and Austrian successes, for circulation 111 Rumania.-"Times" and Sydney "Sun" services? GRAND COUNCIL CONVENED AT ATHENS (Rec. March 4, 11.10 p.m.) . , ~ A A-„ a Ca s'" et meeting at whioh the Greek Minister at"Pans 0 present five M-f.remiers Ueen 10 d a Grand Council;. those present including