Eastern News

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 63, 17 March 1915, Page 5

Eastern News

> BIG BATTLE IN BUKOVINA. i ■ AUSTRIANS DEFEATED WITH HEAVY LOSS, ■' ' \ United Press Association. ■ (Received 9.35 a.m.) Bucharest, March 16. It is reported that in a big battle! at Novo Sulitea, Bukoviua, the Austrians retreated with heavy losses. COSTLY CARPATHIANS CAMPAIGN. IN INDIAN FILE THROUGH THE PASSES. United Press Association. (Received 9.35 a.m.) Petrograd, March 16. Official: The Russian advance in the Carpathians is slow. The troops move slowly in Indian file along beaten paths, involving heavy losses. MISCELLANEOUS. United Press Association. Petrograd, March 16. Official.— We progressed on the whole Przasnysz front from the Mlawa railway to the Erjiec river, and on the left bank of the latter, fighting all the way. German counter-attacks were everywhere repulsed. The guns at Osowiec wrecked several of the enemy’s siege batteries of heavy calibre. The capture of Markowice enabled the Russians to approach close to the out works of Przemysl, and the bombardment has begun. The Russian and German lines in the Przasnysz region are so close that large masses of troops are unable to move freely. Amsterdam, March 16. An Austrian communique reports that Austrians repulsed the Russians in Opor Valley, taking thousands of prisoners. They drove back the Russians to the north of Uszok Pass, along the entire front.

Paris, March 16. The Journal states that there is every indication of the concentration of eight German army corps in the Praznysz region. The Germans dragged heavy guns into position at Ossovieez, and unsuccessfully endeavoured to disperse a mobile force before the fortress. The winter losses on both sides have been terrible. London, March 16. Copenhagen says the Austrian prisoners in the Carpathians were shot in the back, showing the manner in which the officers encourage them to advance. Times and Sydney Sun Service. London, March 16. Germans in the neighbourhood of Sieradz, in soutH-west Poland, have commenced to build a strategic railway, using the forced labor of thousands of villagers.