HEROIC RUSSIANS

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 150, 27 February 1915, Page 5

HEROIC RUSSIANS

CUT THROUGH GERMANS THE BICCEBT BATTLE NOW DEVELOPING THE GERMAN BLOCKADE SEVERAL BOATS SUNK CRITICAL WORK IN GALICIA AUSTRIA SEVERELY ROUTED DARDANELLES BOMBARDMENT RESUMED ——————» \g-. i

DARDANELLES BOMBARDED ENTRANCE FORTS REDUCED.

GERMANS' FEVERISH ACTIVITY CAUSES FEARFUL SACRIFICE. k THE RUSSIAN REBUFF. | fci Press Association —Oopyrigh*. (Reed. 8.20 a.m.) LONDON, Feb. 26. The "Daily Telegraph's" Petrograd correspondent reports that Russian military leaders expect a considerable part of the Russian 20th army corps to succeed in fighting its way out of East Prussia and cf rejoining th|3 main force. These hopes are based on the centinual arrival of small detachments which extricated themselves from the labyrinths of the forest. Reports indicate that the German losses were greater than the Russian. A Paris journal's correspondent declares that the Germans lost 50,000 aien in attacking Russian positions on the Rawka River, and adds that Germans are being gradually and undoubtedly worn down. Whether they attack or merely defend, their armies melt away. TheUr jfevej-ish activity causes a frightful sacrifice of life which gcies to show that they realise that they are fighting against time.

OPERATIONS STILL CONTINUE,

(Press Assn.-— Extraordinary) '■: (Reed. 6. 10 p.m.) LONDON, Feb. 26. Bombardment of thfe Dardanelles was resumed on Thursday morning. All forts at the entrance were reduced. Operations still continue.

BATTALION OF NAVVIES. FOR THE FRONT. "*■> "(Reed. 9.40 a.m.) LONDON, Feb. 26. !£r J. Ward, a Labour member of the/ House of Commons, is organising a battalion of navvies for pick and spade work. GREAT BATTLE IMMINENT : HUGE GERMAN REINFORCEMENTS. f* RUSSIAN CAPTURES. (Reed. 9.40 a.m.) PETROGRAD, Feb. 26. The battle along the Wemen, Bobrv Nafcw and Vistula front is developing! into one of the greatest during the war. ; . • ,Aviators report that the Germans are pushing forward reinforcements to ; all sections. -Russian motor-cars near Przmysl did splendid service in several instance's, foiling thfa enemy's flanking movements. There is heroic fighting in ihe. Malava district, between thld railway and Orzyc River, where a large Gorman force repeatedly attacked a village of giteat strategic importance. The .Russians have re-taken the village, ,but thjere were only sixty defenders th\at were not wounded. . , ?'*;>[; T COST OF WAR. T — i THE CURRENT YEAR'S BILL. (Reed. 8.55 a.m.) v LONDON, Feb. 26. The war vote for the current year totals £362,000,000. j. . : 61 PROGRESS REPORT \W\ i: A FURTHER ADVANCE- f' 1 F^ ■■'■ J (Reed. 8.55 a.m.) L j PARIS, Feb. 26. A communique states that the British repulsed an attack in and in addition gained a hundred metres on the Labassee Road. Progress continues northwest of Perthes and Masiiilleshurlus.

THE BELGIAN PRINCE. GOES TO THE FRONT. AT THE AGE OF FOURTEEN. (Reed. 8.20 a.m.) PARIS, Feb. 26. Prince Leopould, the eldest son of the King of the Belgians, has joined the troops at tW,3 front. The Prince is only 14 years of age. BRITISH REPORT, BAD WEATHER HAMPERS OPERATIONS. (Reed. 8.55 a.m.) LONDON, Feb. 26. Sir John French in a" communique states that thick mist and rain culminated in a hlaavy snow storm on the 24th, hindering operations. Nevertheless, aircraft carried out duties by cooperating with the artillery fighting on the Ypres Canal intermittently, but With such gallantry that though the position is unchanged a sergeant and a man laeld communication with the French uaaided, and shot down the Germans that were attacking thjem. There were no infantry attacks elsewhere. GERMANY AND AMERICA. '«BENEVOLENT MUDDLING. •' NEW YORK. Fob. 26.

The Sun says that President W?l----eton's attempt ci effect a compromise is: benevolent muddling Germany's r.tteonpt to sink a Channel steamer was an act of savagery worthy of a Dyah pirate. Gerr.nny may see a warning in the- fact that :he first and second lines of battloship;!. with auxiliaries, have he-en mobilise.!, and the naval yards are working at the fullest pressure. TURKS SEVERELY DEFEATED. PETROGRAD, Feb. 26. Official: The Turks werfe defeated with great loss in attempting to take the heights on the left bank of the Itchalson, in the Caucasus. AUSTRIANS ROUTED. LONDON, Feb. 26. After desjaprate fighting in Eastern Galicia, we dislodged and overwhelmed the Austrians by a night attack on the Tchetohova River. The enemy fled in disorder. The dead lie heaped in the defiles.

SOUTH AFRICA REBEL MARITZ IMPRISONED. GENERAL BOTHA'S SUCCESSS. (Reed. 8.55 a.m.) \ •■;'. CAPETOWN, Feb. 26. '• Unconfirmed reports state that tfofa rebel Colonel Maritz is now imprisoned at* Windsock. General Botha who is commanding! the Northern force has quitted Swa-1 kopmund. He has captuijed Goanikontes and Gonidas, from whence the enemy fled, Waving much war material. GERMAN LINES BROKEN ?. THROUGH. W PETROGRAD, Feb. 26, Official: The Germans took the offensive near Moghely, but we drove them back and perfatrated their lines, «apturia« two lines of trenches.

THE WESTERN FRONT. GERMANS FLEE EN PANir. HALF FOiCE LOST. PAKV'S. Feb. 2fi. Official: The-S'V :es-? at Los Eparges was (Lie to the excellent artillery fire. . An officer of the Eighth Bavarians who was taken prisoner stated that lie was unable to prevent a panic. Most of his men fled before the intensity of the Are. Those remaining- were killed. Our gain is represented by five hundred metres of trenches. There was violent bayonet work. Two hundred corpses of the enemy were found in oue trench after seven attacks by the enemy. They retired exhausted, losing half their effectives. ANOTHER EFFORT OTs T CALAIS. (Rec. 12.5 a.m.) AMSTERDAM, Feb. 26. German officers declare that a great effort is to be made against Calais in three weeks. CARPENTIER A PRISONER. AMSTERDAM, Fob. 2(5. The Berliner Tageblatt states that Carpentier, the boxer, is wounded and is a prisoner of war. SATISFACTORY PROGRESS. LONDON, Feb. 20. Paris reports: At Lombaertzyte the Allies' artilery reduced to silence and seriously damaged the enemy's battery. At Souain and Beausejour the operations continued under favourable conditions, notably the carrying of German earthworks nortk of Mesnil. We decimated and dispersed a marching column south of Tahure.

GERMANY'S DESPERATE PLIGHT. PARIS, Feb. 2(5. M. Viviani, in an interview with the American Press, declares that the Germans' torrent has been checked. Germany has been beaten in the field and the implacable blockade is drawingtighter round her, and despite precautions to conceal the truth, her financial and economic rout is complete. THE GERMAN BLOCKADE. TOLL OF THE MERCHANTMEN. LONDON, Feb. 20. The Admiralty states that of 70S vessels which arrived and 673 which sailed between the IStli and the 24th, German submarines had sunk eleven. It is uncertain whether the Western Coast was torpedoed or mined. Boats had previously been swung out in .case of emergency. A steamer followed in the wake and rescued the crew. The Deptford's crew drifted in an open boat in a snowstorm for five hours. The torpedo struck the Harpalion amidships and the boilers blew up. The chief engineer was saying grace, and had uttered the words, "For what we are about to receive, Lord make us truly thankful,' when there was an awful crash and everything was shattered. i ~" " NORWEGIANS INFLAMED. LONDON, Feb. 2(3. The torpedoing regime has inflamed Norwegian public opinion. The people assert that they will demand their (j'ftvernment to send Germany a communication the meaning of which ii will be impossible to mistake.—(Times-Syd-ney Sun Cpecial Service.) THE DACIA NEARING ENGLAND. LONDON, Feb. 26. The Dacia is four- hundred miles west of Land's End. (The Dacia, like iha Wilhelmina, i? destined to capture by Britain.)

FIERCE FIGHTING IN GALICIA. RUSSIANS MAKE STUBBORN DEFENCE. WHOLE FRONT ENDANGERED. EVERY INCH CONTESTED. BUDA PESTH, Feb. 26. , There is fierce fighting at Stanisavoff. The Russians are hurling reseiwes into the fighting linje, and are defending their positions stubbornly. The chief struggle is for the heights surrounding the town, where the Austrians' right threatens the whole Russian Carpathian front. The Austrians are literally fighting every inch of the ground. PETROGRAD, Feb. 26. In connection with the fighting at Stanislavoff, an Austrian battalion wishing to surrender put up a white flag, but when otblar Austrian forces perceived this, they turned their guns and quick-firers on their comrades, killing and wounding the majority of the battalion.

RUSSIAN ADVANCE GUARD PUSHING ON. ALL GERMAN ATTACKS REPULSED. PETROGRAD, Feb. 26. Official: Our advance guards between Koviio and Olyta progressed a long distance from the Nijemen.. The Germans threw a small detachment of infantry to the right bank near Sventsiansk, where a battle fosgan in Northern Poland around the Osowiec fortress, the artillery successfully 'engaging the German batteries on' the right bank of the Nanew. In actions along the whole front the Ge,rman attacks* were repulsed with seven's losses. A farm near Krosnosielc was defended by the Germans with extraordinary tenacity. We captured only one hundred and fifty survivors of the garrison when they surrendered. BRILLIANT, BUT TRAGIC. AN ARMY SACRIFICED. REMARKABLE PEAT BY TWO REGIMENTS. (Reed. 10.45 p.m.) PETROGRAD, Feb. 26. General Betulgatoff's losses were tragically grjaat. Whole battalions sacrificed themselves with the utmost heroism to save the Tenth Russian Army. The two regiments which broke through perfiorirted one of the finest feats in the history of war. Without ammunition they flung themselves on the enemy and bayonetted a path to safety. When thlair bayonets broke or twisted, they used their rifle-butts. Taking advantage of every kind of cover they awaited their opportunity and madia short desperate rushes not resting day .cr night until they had escaped.

PETROGRAD, Feb. 26. The German onslaught in East Prussia reached the border at six points between Wirballen and the Vistula. WHEN "CULTURE" IS "BARBARISM." WAR BROUGHT HOME TO THE PRUSSIANS. LONDON, Feb. 26. In thfe Prussian Diet, Ministers expressed profound grief at their country being sestroyed by a barbarian enemy.—(Times and Sydney Sun Special Services.)