Eastern News
RUSSIAN SUCCESS IN THE CARPATHIANS. United Press Association. Petrograd, February 8. Official; In successful night attacks at Rypin our artillery routed a column marching towards Bolitnow,'and captured its guns. Fighting occurred along the whole front in the. Carpathians, and shattered the enemy’s resistance at three fortified positions at Me/.olaboreff. We pursued the enemy for several versts, capturing 172 offio ers, upwards of 10,000 men, 13 guns, and 22 machine guns. The enemy’s attack at Tukholka and Besko passes were repulsed with heavy losses, and they resulted in disorder. TITANIC STRUGGLE ON THE VISTULA. ' Rome, February 8. The Mossaggeros’ Petrograd correspondent reports that the conflict on the Vistula and at Rawka was titanic. Soldiers fell in thousands, the bodies being piled three feet high. The rescue of the wounded was difficult, many being buried under their comrades’ corpses. RUSSIANS DRIVE OUT THE ENEMY. (Received 8.50 a.m.) Petrograd, February 8.
After crossing the B/aira, the Russians occupied a strong position close to the Germans’ advanced base. Two companies of infantry commanded by Captain Petroff Spiridonoff, cut the wire entanglements guarding the base despite the enemy’s artillery, and -the men wriggled on their hips and elbows for two and a half miles and drove out the enemy.
THE BATTLE OF DUKLA PASS
AUSTRIANS CLAIM VICTORY. (Received 12.15 p.m.) Amsterdam, February 8. An Austrian communique states: The battle of Dukla Pass ended in our favour. Russian artillery and a weak force of infantry strongly assailed the heights and three lines were mowed down. Finally, the Russians lay all night long in a snow-storm and were benumbed. They attempted in the morning to storm the positions, but broke down and lied. \Ve are pursuing. RUSSIANS FALLING BACK BUT FIGHTING FAVORABLE.
Petrograd, February 8
A communique states: Although we are falling back in the Southern Carpathians and Bukowina, the fighting is proceeding in our favor.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 32, 9 February 1915, Page 5
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