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Show VIENNA REPORTS REPULSE OF THE RUSSIAN ARMY WASHINGTON, Feb. 22. Repulse of many Russian attacks in Russian Poland and West Galicia. with the capture uf 2000 prisoners and inufli war material south of the Dniester, was announced in an official dispatch from Vienna received tonight by the Austro- Hungarian embassy em-bassy here'. The dispatch follows: All along the front Jn Russian Po-1a Po-1a nd and Galicia there were brisk artillery duels. In sea ttered skirmishes skir-mishes we held the advantage and easily repulsed the enemy. In the Carpathians there were numerous Rubs: an at tacks, which rontinued in the western portion during the night. All t hesi a t tempts, however, against our lines failed, with great Josses for the enemy. South of the Dniester engagements of great dimensions devlop"d when a stronger detachment of tne enemy made an attack, but were finally re-rulced re-rulced after a loner fight. Two thou- sa nd prisoners were captured, wi th J four giins and much war material. The urn of the Russian prisoner-; tken in the Carpathian battles from the end of January until a few days a go, according to announced official Russian figures, was declared to 1-e Increased to sixty-four officers. 40, 801 men. Triir'y-four machine guns and nine cannon. |