Eastern News

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 80, 8 April 1915, Page 6

Eastern News

OFFICIAL. Unitbd Pbebb Association.London, April 7, 2.10 p.m. Petrograd reports that all the prisoners taken at Przemysl have been removed. Altogether, we sent into, interior Russia nine generals, 2307 officers, and 113,880 soldiers. In addition, 8800 sick and wounded were cared for in the hospitals at the theatre of war, their condition being such that they could not bear the discomforts of ail immediate journey. There are 128 surgeons and 100 hospital orderlies of the Austrian Army provisionally kept attending them. A complete. list of the captured'"war, material has not been prepared. We have recorded the capture of more than 900 guns, many in. perfect order. Many were thrown by Hie Austrians into th© river San.

. A press message from Vienna to Rome states that the Russians captured 23,000 prisoners since March 20th, between Baligiod and Uszok pass.

The High Commissioner reports, under date London, April 6, 2.40 p.m.:—

Petrograd reports successful progress* at certain points west of the Niemen on Sunday. In the- Carpathians, on ,the night of Friday and' Saturday, and on Saturday in the region of Bartfeld, there was fierce fighting with artillery and the bayonet. Twenty officers, more than 1200 soldiers, and two maphine-gun& were captured. Progress was made on the front Mezqlaborez-Czok. We captured during the day 25 officers, more than 2000 soldiers, and three guns. We occupied the railway station at Tsisna and captured engines, coaches, and a great stock of ammunition, and part of a provision column.

tnere was desperate fighting on Saturday and Sunday near the village of Okna, north of Czenowitz. We took more than a thousand prisoners the Austrians had left behind.