FIERCE ALL-NIGHT BATTLE IN THE WOODS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2987, 26 January 1917, Page 5

FIERCE ALL-NIGHT BATTLE IN THE WOODS

RUSSIAN BAYONET CHARGE STUBBORN RESISTANCE AND HEAVY LOSSES OF A GERMAN DIVISION (Rec. January 25, 8.10 p.m.) London, January 24. Tlio lull on General Brusiloff's front is due to bad weather, which has broken. There was a sharp battlo near the woods on the heights surrounding the Trofcus River (in Moldavia). The Russians commenced the battle on Sunday with a bayonet charge. Thero was the fiercest lighting all night long. The German 2'2sth division, bcing oxpcrienccd soldiers, offered the most stubborn resistance. The Russians finally advanced two \ersts, capturing an important defencc. Two German battalions were wiped out, losing two thousand, in addition to '100 prisoncrsaud ton machine-guns.—Aus. N.Z. Cablo Assn. ENEMY ABANDONS NORTH BANK OF THE DANUBE. (Roc. January 25, 7.30 p.m.) ,London, January 24. A German communique says: W c abandoned tile north hanlc of tho Danuhe, north of Tulcea."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.-Reuter. [The Bulgarians reported a few days ago that they had forecd the Danube at Tulcea, which place is in tho northern Dobrudja.]

[ BULGARIAN DETACHMENT SURPRISED, (Doc. .January 25, 5.5 p.m.) London, January 24. Wireless Russian official message: 'We surprised and destroyed a detachment of Bulgars while they were crossing the Georgeicf branch of the Dan-ube."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.-Routcr.