Eastern Campaign

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 175, 2 January 1915, Page 5

Eastern Campaign

GERMAN FCnC'EI ANNIHILATED. ENEMY'S TRENCHES TAKEN. RUSSIAN SUCCESSES IX WEST GALICLA. AUSTRIAN'S' PANIC:n."3IC;CF.N FLIGHT. Received 31, 0.40 p.m. Pctn.e.rad. December 21. An oflVial communique states: "Assuming the oii'en-ivc at Bolimon, the Hermans, under heavy Russian lire, madcap, eruption (?) in . the village of Borgimo, and against the Russian H'ee ;at !; e iu. The Russians, in an impetuous counter-attack, killed ail the enemy with tie- layouci. e:;c.ept a few score, who v,ere taken prisoners. Ma-!-;eiie-::iie,s intiicted enormous losses on the enemy. The Russians, after a stubborn struggle, capture:! i': • enemy's trenches !->:!iinv;>.rd of i'ussah-, near Inovlodz. The enemy captured a:; entrenched posithm at J'lokhiiu-te-j but was subsequently routed. We are progressing victoriously in 'West Galieia. Vl'e Manned and carried several fortified works eastward of Zakittchine, capturing 44 officers, 1500 men, and eight quick-firers. "The Russians, by a determined attrck, dislodged the Austrians from strong positions Miuth-wcst of Tinkla, putting them to panic-stricken flight. "We had an important success southward of Disko, and also repelled sorties from Przemsyl. THE ADVANCE ON WARSAW. ONLY A DIVERSION". Times and Sydney Sun Services. London, December 31. Petrograd reports that the German attempt towards Warsaw was never the principal movement, but was intended to divert the Russians, who were threatening Cracow. The German movement temporarily succeeded, but the Russians in front of Warsaw have now broken the German advance. Critical issues are again approaching. THE TOLL IX POLAND. AUSTRO-GERMAN LOSSES, 100,000 WEEKLY. London, December 31. The Times' Petrograd correspondent writes: "Trustworthy sources assert that during three' weeks on the Upper and Lower Vistula, along the lines from the Bzura, Rawka, and Nida, and also in Galieia. the Austro-German killed, wounded, and missing reached 300,000, of a million and a quarter engaged. GERMAN CASUALTIES. Times and Sydney Sun Services. Received 1, 7.10 p.<m. London, January 1. German casualties in Poland and East Prussia since 9th November are estimated at 000,000. RUSSIAN LEFT WING'S SUPERIORITY. Received 1, 7.5 p.m. Paris, December 31. A wireless from Berlin states that the. fact must be faced that the Russian extreme left wing is proving superior. MORE GERMAN BRUTALITY. NON-COMBATANTS EXECUTED. Petrograd, December 31. Germans in the Lodz district shot three Roman Catholic priests for refusing to preach in favor of Polish submission to Germany. Scores of children in Russian Galieia have been sent to Russian monasteries and convents, their parents having been executed or imprisoned by the enemy. Forty inhabitants in one Carpathian village were hanged. PRISONERS SENTENCED TO DEATH. Amsterdam, January 1. Lonsdale, a prisoner of war at the Doerberitz camp, who was recently sentenced to ten years' imprisonment for assuming a threatening attitude, and refusing to obey the guard, was retried by the Supreme court-martial for aggravated assault, and sentenced to death. He intends appealing to the Imperial court-martial.