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Show RUSSIAN TROOPS LEAVING SPHERE OF AUGUSTOWO , PliTROdRAD, Feb. 19, via Ix-ndon. Feb. -0. 12:30 a. in. The following official offi-cial communication was iasued this evening: even-ing: The Russian troops in the region of Aiiffustowo are leaving the sphere of fighting. Near Ossowrtz, on the road to Hoin-za. Hoin-za. an action is ' developing. On die rmnalec river (Galh'ial front, intense firing is goin on. The attempts of the Austrian to approach our works on the left bank of the river near Oisinoff broke down. In the Carpathians, in the region of Kassionkl and northeast of Stropks, we repulsed a series of hostile attacks. at-tacks. Out troops, by a dashing bayonet bay-onet attack, captured the height north of Yuliamskhoff. At daybifak of the 17th our ha 1 1 a lions captured, in the region of Zavadok, a small fortification fortifica-tion a nd killed all the Germans defending de-fending it. The German counter attack at-tack in massed forma tion was re- . pulsed with havy losses. In the Wysakow region, where sanguinary san-guinary fighting continues, we have taken In the hist two d.iys over 2'"00 prisoners and six machine guns. |