Eastern News

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 17, 18 September 1915, Page 5

Eastern News

RUSSIAN SUCCESS. DEATH BEFORE SyRRENpIR. j i, tn —rjr j i •i 'i .'■. ■••-: , - UNTTBD (Received, 1?. .a.m.) j ...,< Petrogracl,,, September }7. . Russians on ,the, Sereth.'completely encircled the^,Third and, Fourth man divisions-.! The latter like lions and death,-toj surrend: er. An officer, iof thfl Guards thqupl} suspended on i the points ol Russian bayonets continued to fire his revolver until he expired. THE NORTHERN THEATREENEMY OCCUPY VIdZY. ../' (Received 9.50 a.m.) < te^TfeepVenifer , A communique states: GeneT^vpn Hindenburg morning - after ( severe .' hmise-to-hoilse fighting. The'attack ,is proceeding north of Viln'Jk '\ \ , ~v, > : . AUSTRIAN COMMUNIQUE. "I -r til, -J i '< .'. . !»).ll CLAIM TO HAVE ORIVEN BACK THE RUSSIANS.

(Received 11.0 a.m;) - Amsterdam, September 17. An Austrian communique states: — We captured nineteen hundred v Russians southward of Zolocza. The Russians advanced to the western hank of the Ikwa near Novo Porjajew, hut were driven hack to the east hank, and suffered heavily from our. artillery's flanking fire. "NEVER AGAIN!" FRIGHTFUL GERMAN LOSSES. ENDURED ONE WINTER CAMPAIGN, NEVER ANOTHER. (Received 9.50 a.m.) Paris, September 17. A letter found on a German soldier killed in Poland states that the losses sustained by the Germans were frightful. The dead before Warsaw could be counted in thousands. We endured one winter campaign in Russia, but never again. We were told we would not have to go beyond Warsaw, but the pursuit continues. The morale of the men is not very good, owing to the great losses. Deserters and jailbirds are put to work on the poison gas reserves which are very dangerous. If they refuse, their brains are blown out. The Bavarians seldom take prisoners; instead, they stab them to death. RUSSIAN PROGRESS REPORT. Petrograd, September 17. A communique states:—We repulsed repeated attacks south-west of x Dvinsk. The enemy north-eastwards of Vilna" •crossed to the left bank of the Yilna. We are falling back in the Pinsk region under pressure. Desperate fighting continues at Strypa, westward of the Taniopol-Trambovla line, the enemy clinging to the pas>>sages of the river.