PROGRESS OF THE RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2402, 6 March 1915, Page 7

PROGRESS OF THE RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE

CAPTURED GERMAN ARMY ORDERS FRUITLESS NIGHT & DAY ATTACKS BY AUSTRIANS Tie High Commissioner reports:— t> j ... . „■ London,, March 4, 5.5 p.m. reports: On the Narew front, German - army orders were captnred. They state that prisoners must be captured at any cost, in order to obtain information regarding the grouping pi the Russian forces. The order recommends that traps and concealed pits be used to facilitate captures peman trpops have been ordered "to requisition all foodstuffs not needed' ■ which are to be sent to the commissariat. Some manoeuvres have been explained by Germans searching for potatoes. ' "In the, region of Stanislavoff the Austrian 26th Division was completely routed. The Russian? captured an ambulance, six doctors, and the ambulance trains." /; Further report from the High Commissioner:— _ . • , , • • . London, March 5, 4.10 a.m. Petrograd reports:—The Russian offensive on the front between the Niemen and the Vistula is progressing on the roads from Olita. Further progress has been made in the Grodno district, and a stubborn artillery duel is proceeding near Qsowiec. East of Jedwabno the Russians reached the enemy's trenches and there was hand-to-hand fighting in places. We had success near Kierzec' where a German brigade was dislodged, followed by the capture of six hundred prisoners. Particularly stubborn fighting is proceeding between Mlawa and Chorzele. ' . _ In the Carpathians between Ondava and the San the Atisfcrians, despite immense losses, continue fruitless attacks night and day. Here and in Eastern Galicia the Russians took three thousand prisoners in one dav. THE "ORDERLY RETREAT" OP THE GERMANS. ... . „ • Amsterdam, March 4. A communique from Berlin respecting the German withdrawal from Prasnysz uses the words "orderly retreat," and attributes the disaster to the combination of larger forces. RUSSIANS CAPTURE A VILLAGE. (Rec. March. 6, 0.35 a.m.) Petrograd, March 5. The Russians have captured Kerjek, twenty-one miles north-east of Prasnysz. AUSTRIA CANNOT CARRY ON THE WAR BEYOND MAY. ((Rec. March 5, 5.25 p.m.) a ~ , London, March 4. A message from Budapest states that there is an appalling scarcity ,of cereals in Hungary, and that 140 restaurants have been closed owing to the scarcity of bread. _ .a . The newspapers are featuring the declaration of a Hungarian general that Austria cannot carry on the war beyond May, because of the shortage of food and war materials. —"Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services.