FIVE THOUSAND PRISONERS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 116, 18 January 1915, Page 5

FIVE THOUSAND PRISONERS.

HUGE CAPTURES OF SUPPLIES. BIG HAUL BY RUSSIANS. Press Association —Copyright. PETEOGRAD. Jana. 10. (Official). —Referring to Marantuam. in addition to the destruction of the 52nd Regiment, we pursued and defeated the foe. Upwards of 5000 were made prisoners. Fourteen guns, enormous supplies, and 10,000 cattle were captured. FALLING BACK BEFORE RUSSIANS. PETROGRAD, Jan, 16. (Official).—The enemy expelled from Sierpiec occupied forts at Skrawa, 40 miles east of Thorn. They were unable to maintain the position, and have fallen back northwards under our pressure/ There has been nothing, eventful elsewhere. MINES PUT OUT OF ACTION. AMSTERDAM, Jan. 18. Over 100 n»ne9 have drifted ashore on the Belgian coast. Soldiers at Knoeke, Heyst and Zeebrugge are bus? exploding them. TREATMENT OF GHOULS. WARNING TO SINGLE MEN. LONDON, Jan. 16. Mr. Horatio Bottomry, addressing a recruiting rally, said he would not hesitate to court-martial everyone taking advantage of the country's trouble to line his pockets with gold at the expense of the soldiers. Three-fourths of Kitchener's army were married. Unless single men enlisted freely they would soon be compelled.