Russian Campaign

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 299, 27 May 1915, Page 5

Russian Campaign

SHARP FIGHTING CONTINUES. RUSSIANS SCATTER TOE EXEMVT. Received May 20, 11.40 jmu. JPctrograu, -uay 20. Official: Sliarp fighting continues on the whole Dubissa front. We repulsed the enemy in the Opatow region, respite reinforcements, inflicting, heavy losses. There was desperate lighting on hotli banks of the San. Our artillery scattered great forces by repeated attacKs, Ind we took prisoner twenty ofliccis, hue thousand inen and several machineguns. It is unofficially stated that the Germans are endeavoring to encircle L'rzemysl. They claim they have captured positions within seven miles of the inner fortress, and that tile Or/uans got across tne San on a front cf fifteen miles. The Russians are holding a bottle-neck between Przemysl and the Dniester marshes, where the Russians advanced and captured some villages.

A RUSSIAN HAMMER. GERMANS ON THE ANVIL. Received Hay 27, 12.20 a.m. .London, May 211. The Daily Chronicle's l'ctro»Tad correspondent .-ays the Russians are making !'rzemy>! the anvil whereon the German c-'lre is being hammered, the hammer heini; the Russian advance southward from Xiskn. In view of the imtnense. reserve of men the Russians find their striking power less all'ected by vne Germans' apparent success and may eventually shorten the war. GERMANS TELL OF PROGRESS. Received "May 2fi, 7.30 p.m. Amsterdam, May 25. A German eomiim»i(|ue state-: Strong Russian forces attacked us on the l)u----liis.-ii, kisl of Ros-ieni, and we repuLed them across the river with heavy 10-h. We took 22-10 prisoners and captured five, machine-crmis. General Maekensen re-opened the attack north of Vr/.emysl avill i complete success. We stormed and captured the stroll.!! fortified places of Dadiniow. A<tro\v, Hitdymno. '.\YysocLo. South of Getula we captured 21.0011 men and ;«» •runs, of which nine were heavy, and forty machine-guns. An. extraordinary hiidi number of Russians were kdled.

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