Russian Campaign

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 18, 13 January 1915, Page 5

Russian Campaign

GERMAN ATTACK WEAKENS. .MEN UNFITTED FOR WJNTER CAMPAIGN. PITT A RLE CONDITION OF THE PRISONERS. Pctrograd, January 11. Thi' German attacks at JJzura are now half-hearted, are badly concerted, and lack impetuousity. The condition of the prisoners is pitiable. Many Landsturmers are unfittted to stand the rigors of winter. Frostbite and exposure added considerably to the list of jned'ectives. Most trencher are halffull of melted snow.

GERMAN ATTACK REPULSED. AFTER TEMPORARY SUCCESS. CANNONADING IN GALICIA. Received 12, 9.15 p.m. I'etrograd, January 12. Ollicial: Germans on the 10th attacked several points on tin? left bank of the Vistula unsuccessfully. At villages east of Skiei'niewice they reached the entanglements, and tried to dupe us by calling, "Don't lire on your own men!" But we poured in a murderous lire, and then (he counter-attacks were driven oil with heavy loss. We are cannonading German positions in Galicia. STRAINING EVERY NERVE. THE ADVANCE ON WARSAW. IMMENSE SACRIFICES OF GERMAN TROOPS. j-;\emy makes no headway. Received 12, 11.20 p.m. Petrograd, January 12, During the past week the German oll'eiiMVe has been confined to a zone ten miles wide, thirty miles from Warsaw, Two army corps were engaged, one in the trenches and the other in reserve, the Germans straining every nerve to gain the Bolimoiv woods, where, tlie lighting is fierce. Positions are frequently changing hands. Despite enormous sacrifices of men and unceasing bombardment, the Germans failed to make headway. Thirteen consecutive attacks were repulsed in one night. After Hie tenth attack tlie bodies were pilot so high that the Russian riflemen were 'unable to shoot, and a party was sent out ami arranged the heaps of bodies to for:'i embrasures for the inae'fußS-gutis. I The three next attacks were repulsed irom behind the shelter of the enemy's bodies.

At iiiiotlu-r point, at Rawka, a German ,six-gun i'u'kl battery wont into the open and shelled tlie Russian trenches. Tlii' Russian artillery demolished three, killing the servers. The remainder took shelter, hut came cut later, and the Russian* smashed two move y;::u. killing the crews. The last gun was served until it was destroyed.