THE RETREAT ACROSS THE STRYPA
FRIGHTFUL HAVOC BY RUSSIAN GUNS TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE OF BEATEN ENEMY 8y Telegraph-Press Association—CSopyrlcW Petrograd, January 17. Prisoners agree that the Austra-Germam retreat across the Strypa was a terrible experience. Not anticipating the impetuous Russian onslaught, the enemy erected only two wooden on a twenty-mile _ front, and they wore reserved for transport. The Russian artillery, by its ceaseless fire, wrought frightful havoc amongst the infantry, which forded the stream over treacherous ice. One division took a day to cross, and half the men; perished. Masses of: wounded remained on the Russian bank, and two thousand unwounded men were taken prisoner. A sudden thaw on part of the front has made quagmires of the roads. The enemy's wagons and heavy guns aro stack fast, and will probably fall into tho Russians' hands as the methodical advance continues. (Rec. January 18, 5.40 p.m.) J Petrograd, January 17. Daring the withdrawal to the right bank of the Strypa one of the AustroGerman envisions lost half its effectives in killed, wounded, di'owned, or prisoners.
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2672, 19 January 1916, Page 5
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174THE RETREAT ACROSS THE STRYPA Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2672, 19 January 1916, Page 5
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