Eastern News
CERMANS' STUBBORN OFFENSIVE United Press Association. ' Petrograd, January 13. i Official: Gißrmans continue their ineffective but stubborn offensive in t"ie Spkha and Mogely district. Six attacks were repulsed. Scouts at some parts of the front threw grenades into the German trenches, causing heavy losses. The Germans left 500 dead at Samice on the night of the 10th. THE USE OF ICE-BREAKERS. Petrograd, January 13.
The Germans are using ice-breakers on the Mazurian Lakes, to enable gunboats to operate, and also to prevent the Russians crossing on the ice. THE FICHTINC EASTWARD OF CRACOW, v Petrograd, January 13. Private advices regarding the fighting eastward of Cracow show that the Austro-Germans are being gradually pushed back towards Czenstochowa. DEVASTATION IN POLAND. TRAGIC CONDITION OF POLISH PEASANTS. Times and Bvdney Sun Sseviom. London, January 13.
The Times' correspondent at Warsaw says the devastation in Poland lias resulted in deplorable conditions. Thousands are poverty-stricken, having lost everything. Leading Poles are constantly enquiring why, when kindness is lavished on Belgium, there is relatively small interest in the pathetic and increasingly tragic condition of Polish peasants.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 11, 14 January 1915, Page 5
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182Eastern News Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 11, 14 January 1915, Page 5
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