Russian Campaign

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 238, 17 March 1915, Page 5

Russian Campaign

i . great concentration at PRZASNYZ. ; terrible losses during winter ' Received March 17, 1.30 a.m. l'aris, .March 10. ! . -y'e Journal states that there is every i indication of the concentration of eight I German army corps in the l'raznvsz ' region. The Germans dragged heavy 1 guns into position at Gssoviccz, and un- | successfully endeavored to disperse o mobile force before the fortress, j Hie winter losses on both sides have been terrible.

N BOMBARDING PRZEMYSL. * AUSTRIAN'S CLAIM BIG SUCCESS. , Received March 17, 1.30 a.m. I I'etrograd, March IG. ! The capture of Markowiee enabled the , Russians to approach elo.-e to the out- . work- of I'rzeniysl, and tlie bombardin<*nt ha-, bi'^un. llio Kuwait and (.Icriuan linos in the l'ra-ny-z region are »o close that largo | masse, ot troops ar,. unable to movu I freely. ' Amsterdam, March 10. ' An Austrian conmiimi<|ue reports tliat ' Au-tr.'ans repulsed the Russians in Opor I \ alley, taking thousands of prisoners. i 7 bey drove hack the Russians to the i north of Uszok Pass, along the entire j front. i RUSSIAN PROGRESS. | fighting all tiie way. I Received March 16, 8.5 p.m. • IVtrograd. March I'd. J OiTrcial. —We progressed on the whole I'ra-nysz front from the Mlawa railway to the Erjiec river, and on the left bank j of the latter, fighting all t'le way. German counter-attacks were everywhere | repulsed. Th- guns at Osowiec wrecked -several of nemy's siege lotteries of heavy I calibre.