THE PROZSNYSZ DEFEAT.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 152, 2 March 1915, Page 5

THE PROZSNYSZ DEFEAT.

GERMANS STILL RETREATING. WONDERFUL MOTOR CAR > BATTLE. transferring troops to BELGIUM. ANOTHER ATTACK ON WARSAW. (Reed. 8.45 a.m.) PETROGRAD, March 1. The Germans are in full retreat west of the .Naiiew River,- in some disorder, losing large batchps of prisoners, gains and transport. The feature of the fighting was the motor cars’ battle on the three main roads, converging on Lbmja, wherein 70 cars participated. Captain Gurdoff, the pioneer of armoured cars in Russia, killed daringly, charging a battery whereof thie gunners were afterwards annihilated. It is estimated that 44 divisions are operating in the Carpathians, twentysix in Western Galicia and Poland, and thirty in Northern Poland and East Prussia. Newly formed battalions have tpen hurried' into the field. The enemy dread Russia’s increasing strength for spring. The Germans are already transferring troops from East Prussia, some going to Belgium and Alsace, but most to the Vistula, where a renewed effort is to be made to reach Warsaw.

RUSSIAN LOSSES. S'*?” 1 ■ i TOTAL 1,102,222. {Reed. 8,45 a.xn.) COPENHAGEN, Mai'ch 1. The Priidsiah casualty lists total 1,102.222. CLEARING THE DARDANELLES. BOMBARDMENT CONTINUED. GREAT DAMAGE DONE. ALLIES LAND ARTILLERY. (Rpcd. 10;45 p.m.) ATHENS, March 1. The Allied Fleet continued the bombardment of the inner forts on the Dardanelles on Saturday afternoon, flowing up a powder magazine at Meehovi, There were numerous victims. , The Fleet in this evening penetrated, to iCar'ophomia lifehthouse; nealf Forts Kedel Bahr and Tahna Kale. The forts on the European side werp silenced and the Allies landed artillery near the destroyed forts, on which the Anglo-French flags are now flying. The Parisian press stages that Fort Kedel Bahr was blown up with the entire garrison. The Are of the Turkish artillery was very bad, NEWS CAUSES SENSATION IN EGYPT. CAIRO, March 1 The news of the bombardment of the Dardanelles caused a sensation in Egypt. The riecple are almost astounded to realise that after cjenturies their account against Turkey is being finally settled. Events are sieriously affecting Djemil Pasha’s plans