THE RUSSIAN BLOW IN GALICIA

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2670, 17 January 1916, Page 5

THE RUSSIAN BLOW IN GALICIA

TERRIFYING EXPERIENCE FOR THE GERMANS i By Telegraph—Trow AssoolPtlon—Cotiyriirht ("Times" nnd Syrlnoy ''Sun" Services.) (Rec. .lunimry .15, 6. 45 p.m.) London, January .14. Tho "Times" correspondent at I'otrograd states that German prisoners on tho south-western front are nnniijnioun in ( t heir testimony of the irresistible character of tho Rusfiian atliiekH j» Gulieia and Bukowina. They speak of the Russian bayonet charges with unloignod horror. Tho Russian artillery fire was" so overwhelming that the lortiljcations erected in Bukowina by Von Mackensen's experts were speedily demolished. On the Strypr., the cannonade was ko awful that l.lin (ire-swept, urea looked as if it had been subjected to earthquake—-deep pitM, allnrnaling with mounds of blown-up earth. The enemy's wiro entanglements litileil lo olieek l.lio onslaught of the Russian infantry. The elaborate character M tho 'Aitslro-German trenches on. the Strypa indicates that tho enemy cunfuleiilly expected to occupy them ifor the entire winter. The soldiers' whellern wero literally rooms, furnished with stoves, tables, and beds, while tho olllrern hail luxurious quarters, with washstands, spring mattresses, lioiilicafces, and upholstered chairs. AUSTRIAN OFI'MOIAL COMMUNIQUE. (lice, January Ifi, 1.1 p.m.) Amsterdam, January 16. An Austrian official communique claims that the Auslrians repulsed five attompts by the Russiaim to pioivn their front near Toporontz. Thero were heavy Russian loimoii. MR, LLOYD G ROUGH'S MKSBAGR TO THE RUSSIANS. (Roe. January Ifi, :).-)5 p.m.) Petrograd, January 14. Mr. Lloyd George, mi # message lo |,ho Russians, says: "My warmest greetings to our valiant Allien. The time is noon coming when both fronts will faco tho enemy on conditions ol complete equality as regards munitions and numerical superiority on our bk'c.