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Show RUSSIAN POLAND DEVASTATED BY OPPOSING ARMIES LOVDON March 20 i 17 p m btabsti s published in Petrograd on cerning losses to property in Kuss an Poland as a result of the German In vasion forwarded today to Keuter s Telegram company, eive the total num ber of towns and larger villages de stroyed as 95 It is said that 4500 mau villages were devastated 1000 of them having been burned. The figures apply to ten Polish prov mces. The damage is estimated at more than $000 000 000 Losses Due to Submarines LONDON March 20 10 45 a. m. Ger man submarine raids during the week ended March 17 resulted In the loss of e ght British vessels, with a total ton nags of ' 82a out of 1S39 arrivals and sal nga according to a summary issued today by the admiralty Three other ves sels w h ch were torpedoed were able to reach port The total losses to Brit sh commerce from the beglnn ng of the war to March 17 were nine y six merchant vessels and forty seven f shlng vessels. |