Salt Lake Tribune | 1915-02-26 | Page 2 | Russian Report Tells of Fierce Fights at Front

RUSSIAN REPORT TELLS OF FIERCE FIGHTS AT FRONT I PETROGRAD, via London. Feb. 26. il:2'l a..m. An official communication is- ! sued this afternoon says: On the Niemen sector from Kovno to OUta our vanguards have progressed pro-gressed a long distance from the river, In the region of Sventvlanskl-Goja, the left bank of the river was occupied occu-pied bv the Germans, who passed a small detachment of Infantry to the right bank near Sventvianskl. The battle is proceeding in this region. On the left bank of the Niemen, north of Grodno and the upper Bobr, lighting continues in the Stabins region. The artillery of the fortress of Osso-wetz Osso-wetz has successfully -withstood the fire of the German batteries in the apnroaches to the fortress. On the right bank of the Narew- actions ac-tions have occurred along the whole front. The enemy Is concentrating there his principal efforts in the direction direc-tion of Novo Groisk and Przasnysz. Our troops have repulsed the German attacks In many sectors, with heavy losses for the enemy, ap.d have counter-attacked vigorously German attempts to cross the river Orzits. The Germans defended ' fiercely a , farm near the village of Krasnoseltt. j which we captured after a great struggle at 6 o'clock in the evening of the -4th. Onlv 150 Germans of the garrison of this point of support survived. sur-vived. They surrendered. On the left bank of the Vistula on February 21 the Germans assumed the offensive in the region of he farm at Moghely. Our troops, by an impetuous impetu-ous advance, seized their positions and, after a hand-to-hand struggle, captured their first and second lines of trenches, making prisoners of seven ; officers, a surgeon a d 400 soldiers I and some machine guns. Our artil- lery fire, dispersed three battalions of I Germa ns from Bolimow, who had come to reinforce the enemy. ' The bafls In the Carpathianson-; Carpathianson-; tinue. In Galieia a desperate tight i took place on the river Tchetchva, i where, bv a ni'hr attack, we d:slodged the Austrians from the village of Iukha. and on the rivors olottaya, ! Rysmtsa. and Vorona. The Austrians, ! overwhelmed by our tire nsr the vii-j vii-j lases of Voltrhints and Poluje, fid in disorder, th bodies of their dad I heine heaped in the defiles near these villages. A counter-attack which we delivered with the bayonet near th village of j Podpechary succeeded in throwing the Austrians back, aiu-r a desperate en- ! counter.