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Show TEUTONS FLING THEMSELVES 01 1 ALLIEDFORCES Battle Front Along- Aisne From Souain to Region of Perthes Scene of Terrific Ter-rific Assaults. DESPERATE FIGHT STILL IN PROGRESS Claims Conflict Regarding the Developments in East Prussia and Poland; Pet-rograd Pet-rograd Denies Story. LONDON, Feb. 19, 8:55 p. m. Keuter's Petrograd correspondent Bends the following: ' "A dispatch from the Caucasus says the Turks before surrendering stabbed their German instructors, and that not one of the instructors was among the many prisoners taken.' ' 'Special Cable br Arrangement Wtth London Dally Telegraph and International Newa Serrlc.) LONDON, Feb. 19. German troops, appareutly stung to desperation by the continued French successes of the past three days, flung themselves re-peatedly re-peatedly against the allies' lines in an unprecedented scries of attacks in the dark during last night. With the impetus im-petus of the night assaults and tho revival re-vival of infantry operations all along the line, battles of intense ferocity raged all during the day, according to the night official statement received from Paris. The battle-torn front along the Aisne and Beauscjour was the scene of the most terrific assaults. Five counter drives were directed against the French lines in an effort to retake the trenches gained by the French during the preceding two days of fighting. According to the French statement, every attack was repulsed. Paris adds, "We achieve further progress." prog-ress." Battle Still in Progress. The hour the French commander's report re-port was transmitted to general staff headquarters the battle was still proceeding. The assumption of the offensive by the Germans is believed to have been inspired by the receipt of the news officially of-ficially published in Paris that great reinforcements re-inforcements were to be added immediately imme-diately to the French line, General Joffre having decided to enroll regularly regu-larly the reserve units of the army for active service. The attacks, however, were not directed di-rected solely against those sections of the line held by the French. In Belgium Bel-gium the British were called upon to withstand a furious assault to the east of Ypros. The attack was made across a broad front, five companies being deployed de-ployed on the first line of the attacking force a marked departure from the closed rank formation in which the German Ger-man assaults generally have been made. Reports Differ. North of Arras, near Eoclincourt, where the Germans claimed to have routed the French front a trench previously previ-ously captured from the invaders, the fans report states that an attempted German attack was checked. Along the upper reaches of the Oise there were comparatively insignificant infantry and mining operations while Rheims was again placed under bom-bardment. bom-bardment. VIENNA REPORT CLAIMS REPULSE OF THE RUSSIANS 1 VIKNNA, Feb. 13, via London, Feb. CO, 1:25 a. m. The following official communication was issued tonight: On the Russian-Polish front yesterday yester-day there was more activity, the Russians Rus-sians increasing their artillery and infantry fire with a view to concenl-inff concenl-inff movements behind their fighting line. In several sections actions developed de-veloped and advanced Russian parties were repelled. In west Oalicia our troops took jsnme advanced posit fons of the pn-emy's pn-emy's line. The Tyrolese-Kaiserjae-ger stormed a fortified village and captured S'0 men. In the Carpathians stubborn fighting fight-ing continue?. North of the Smi-worna Smi-worna and Kolomna we repulsed Russian Rus-sian atta'-ks. Inflicting great Iosspp. The enemy's fighting is increasing in violence. In the southern theater the Serbians Ser-bians -attdy repeatedly have bombarded bom-barded open towns on our frontier On February 10 a hundred shells from hf-avy guns wee fired on Semlln. Several buildings were da m.-tged and a .-IvIUan wounded and two .-blHren were killed. On the 17th, MIlrovk-zLt was shelled, whereupon the com munder of our forces ordered a short homhardmunt of Belgrade with heavy uuns. Reprosfii';' i ives were sent to inform tlu- Serbian commander that cvry humhard itichl by !v- Serbia ns b-r-'a rt-r v.i'l be answrixj bv the Austrians. Karon Stepban Buiian, the Auctri-fi Auctri-fi n foreign minister, si art A tomthl I (Continued on Page Two,) TEUTrlS ATTACK IHE ENEMY WITH VIGOR Continued from Page One.) for the Austrhi n Ma if headquarters, where he will meet Tr. von Beth-ma Beth-ma nn-1 lollwe. t he German imperial eha .'U'ellov, tomorrow. |