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Show liiEr SERIOUS DEFEAT, 15 PETRQERAD Attempt a Far-flung Attack, but Are Beaten Back and Slaughtered With the Bayonet GERMANS BATTERING OSSOWETZ FORTRESS Use Heavy Guns on Strong hold Guarding Russian Right Flank, Czar's Soldiers Sol-diers Going Forward. PETROGRAD March 1 The following offlcal -oromuntcatlon from general heaaquarte s was issued tonight On the front between the Nleraan and Vistula our troops continued their offensive on March 1 To the northwest of Grodno our troops are mm ,,.acfii nroeress The enem offeri g st bborn resistance ha fallen back bejond the line formed b the lages of Markowee Ratiezl and Rakowlecze The enemy s continuing the bora bardment of Ossowetz with shells of very arge caliber Between the Pissa. and Rosogna rivers our troops are developing their offensive and are approaching the road between Myszynlee and Kolno In the region of Przasnysz the tn emy pressed bv us is retiring pre cipitately on Janow and Mlawa Our troops are also earning out successful operations In the sector nearest the Vistula, lu the region south of Rad zanow Austria ns Defeated On the left bank of the Vistula thero has been no change In the Carpathians tl e Austrian, bringing up large forces of artillery essaved a vigorous attack but with o t resu t against a district extend lng o er sixty versta (about forty ml es) betw een the rl ers Ondawa and n On the da before co umna o' Aus trian Infan rv ere concentrating their fire on ou pos ons The r first attacks were directed on the night of February 2S and at dawn against the region of Tworl ne where however the A strans s ffered enormous losses In the center In the neighbor hood of Raba and Radzeiouw an ex traordlnarl stubbo n and furious battle raged during the tire dav of the 25th the desperate attacks of the enemj of en end ng In hand to hand fighting The Osses of the enemy were ery grea Ml he slopes of the mountains and the ravines were strewn Ith Austrian dead Man:, of the enemv nl s were exterminated to ihe las man In the d s r ct north of S ropke the on m on t e night of Ma ch 1 de ered s x a arks n massed for na on but these on e r oc-aslon we e dispersed bv o r r fie and ma b ne grfn fire Afte ha g repulsed tie s xf attack o r Infantr charged wit bayonet and f na v overthrew the Austrlans who d sappeared from our pos o s Many Prisoners Taken The to a number f prisone s a ken b s I the an few dajs Is abo t 00 An at a k pon I n as neir Koz o v,ka was ep sed and he en n who n aded eos rn Ga Ida hecked n he nads n I ng from Hal s nee some f er exp ana o ere Ln ed e h d perhaps o her ne o a es too a e Ike If pas ex p snKit geas ah eneesos n tr r n sanota, Tk asl ergs at gea n s hrf no and we canno d s and h whs a formal hokal i ef mwho g r es w r ese the n w a gr n op ng of a f n a o ka Is po xe sap uaFtsh ae ec h ehf errot sfbj ng go s he i atlon Herfl aga e w f n on |