Russia

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 277, 20 November 1914, Page 5

Russia

OFFICIAL CONFIRMATION OF RUSSIAN RETIREMENT. United Press iAbsuoiation. , ,Amsterdam, November 18. A German communique states that the battle north of Lodz is developing indecisively. The Russians southeast of Soldau have retreated on Mlava. Petrograd, November 20. Official: The Russian advance guards between the Vistula and Warta are falling back in the direction of Szoura, The enemy has reached Lenezya district. The Russians continue fighting all the way towards the Gumbinnen and Augensburg front, which the enemy is defending. The enemy abandoned upwards of three hundred dead in the trenches at Vershlagen. The Russians defeated some Austrians at Lodovitz. GERMANS MASSING FORCES BEFORE THORN. Petrograd, November 19. The Germans have assembled their chief available forces in the neighborhood of Thorn, their .immediate objectives being Plock and Katno, but, inasmuch as the previously wrecked communication had not been restored, their movements are likely to be crippled for some time. Semi-official: An army message remarks that decisive events impending between the Vistula and Warta will prove a long step towards the successful conclusion of the whole campaign. A HEROIC EXPLOIT BY A RUSSIAN OFFICER. Petrograd, November 19. The Germans were constructing a pontoon on the Vistula. A Russ.in officer, with twenty men under fe,irful fire, conveyed barges, and ’'lowing them up against the pontoon, destroyed the latter. Only a tew of the Russians escaped alive. The ! troops in some places are in contact 1 for many hours, with incessant bayonet attacks.