GERMAN FIASCO IN THE EAST

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2583, 4 October 1915, Page 5

GERMAN FIASCO IN THE EAST

COLLAPSE OP GREAT .. OFFENSIVE "v."" By -relesmph-Preis Aseociation-CopyrigM (Rec. October 4, 0.15 a.m.) „ . Paris, ; October 3. i Official. —"Tho great German • offensive towards the eastward of Svientziany is considered to have been a complete failure. The. .enemy everywhere lias been thrown back towards his for-, tilled entrenched position from DvinsK to Vilna. • -"The Russians ■. . liavo straightened their line , southward from Dvmsk to the westward of tho Vileyka, and completely held up the. German offensiva in the direction of the Piusk-Riga front." N LATEST COMMUNIQUE IMPORTANT SUCCESSES; ■ '■ •. By Tclesrrapli—Press Association— Copyright (Rflc. October 4, 0.15 a.m.) Petrograd, October 3. A communique states: "As the result of a bayonet action we captured a cemetery at 'he southern end of Lake Narotch. The enemy was driven back a considerable distance from the Stileika '■ railway. . An engagement ..-upon the Villa, .north of- Smorgon, .developed,,into a, stubborn. battle.

"There was also a hard-fought action south-east of ilke, m tlie Aliciciio Styr region. Tho . energetic, . operations, which lasted for -twenty days, are not yet finished. • As the result, the Russians wrested tho initiative in the ■\Vileika' region from the enemy, decisively repulsed a German attack, and destroyed theiv scheme of actions for some days. Tho great intentiveness of the enemy was being gradually held in cheek, and his offensive broken. Then he was finally repulsed, enormous losses being inflicted.

"The Russians'_ well-contrived plans turned the defensive into an offensive, accomplished ■ with a skill «nd perseverance which testify to the highest gallantry of the troops."