RUSSIA'S TASK.
K AT THE STRYPA. £ 4 ■" THE ROUT OP THE ENEMY, f THEIR TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE. $*:•• Received Jan. 18, 5.5 p.m. Petrograd, Jan. 17. Prisoners agree that tie "Austro-Ger-man retreat across the Strypa was a terrible experience. Not anticipating the impetuous (Russian onslaught the enemy! erected only two wooden bridges on ii twenty mile front, which they reserved for the transport of artillery. The ceaseless fire wrought havoc amongst the infantry, which forded a stream over treaclierous ice. One division took a day to cross, and the halfperishing masses of wounded remained on the Russian bank_ Two thousand unwounded prisoners were taken. A sudden thaw lias turned the roads into quagmires, and the enemy's wagons and heavy guns have stuck fast. They will probably fall into our hands as our methodical advance continues. .; ENEMY DIVISION'S LOSSES, : * :: Received Jan. 18, 3.40 p.m. Petrograd, Jan. 17. During the withdrawal to the right tank of the Strypa one Austro-German division lost half its effectives in killed, wounded, drowned and captured.
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Taranaki Daily News, 19 January 1916, Page 5
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