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Show FIERCE -BATTLE RAGING ' !EAST Action on East Bank of I the Niemen River In-' In-' creases in Intensity; Attacks At-tacks Supported by Artillery Ar-tillery on Either Side; Villages Change Hands. RUSSIANS CLAIM GOOD PROGRESS Take Przasnysz After Fighting All Day; Germans Ger-mans in Large Numbers Num-bers Lay Down Their Arms After Making Most Gallant Defense. PETBOGEAD Peb 28 The following statement was Issued tonight to-night by tie. general staff of the army of tie Caucasus Our advance forces, driving the enemy before them, have reached tie river Khepatchai There is no change m the situation situa-tion on the other fronts PCTKOGEAD Feb 28 The follow injj off cial statement from the general staff was issued today On the left bank of the Iwemen to the north of Grodno the action increases m intens ty The battle extends now far in front of the fortified works . On either side the attacks are supported by fire of the artillery Villages change hands During an attack on He ght 103 we captured six German guns and several hundred prisoners. This he ght, as also those in the direc tion of the. villa ga at Kelbaslu, fell into our hands on the evenjig of IVbruary "7 The artillery engagement near Ossowetz is still going on On the , night ot February 27 the enemy V brought up re nforcements and aga n invaded Przasnysz Fierce Battle All Day A fierce battle for the possession of that town was fought all through the daj but that eiening we were masters of it The Ger man defenders in large numbers laid down their arms In other sections of the battle field beyond Przasnysz we also made important progress. In sov eral places the enemy abandoned wounded and convoys Our troops are gallantly endeav oring to develop their succebs they pay no attent on to the enemy s fierce resistance and forget their own fatigue The number of pr boners taken and already sent to the rear of our 1 nes amounted on the evening of the 7th to 587 officers and 510) soldiers On the left bank of the "Vistula, tho Douna etz the s tuation is un J changed W RUSSIANS NEED . i AMMUNITION TO J FIGHT GERMAN LONDON Feb 8 10 Bo p ro -f Russian offen e opera ons nPi, e 1 tl p p esent tnc oexeda "rjsus who e front a d catio tho' i?Von slams ha e bee ab o brills' 2.C ha e re nforcements ote field t" ancn succes ful y che ked the CenrfSans &)Z In North Poland where ""y iTrecan reported to be In retreat fhtns ture of Przasnysz af er "otal no nV has gi en tl em an f??Jrthefor, from which to carry on P erations nfs'1lent refr All the Petrograd wjSmber of J.? to t e capture, of JJr the a; erfl mans as a new jKJa:era amons th credit It o a .cS7)arSe number f German arm es J'v.hZ ha e be f oung untra M grafted toto extends to ,kJ( f The Bussl&n JBzura Rawka fJJX ts no ng, Stall opposed wher. tiey fggRnb rS f att em rPeid Marsha vo ta DeceShS 1 advance oa " cenjDer ana Af& "sa' ost a n -r o p" oTl L 6 r PIERCE BATTLE 15 MUG 1 THE EAST (Continued from Page One ) f eet Is Indeed of momento s import ance to the allies The opening of the straits would release the Russian grain wl ich the allies want ana wo d g ve to Russia war material whlcl she Aerself cannot produce while 1t would be certain to have a marked effeot on th future po Icy of the Balkan states Tho all es however do not anticipate that their success in the Dardane es un dertaking wl 1 be Immediate for they are now facing the hardest part of the prob em having the strongest forts anead of them alt ough the guns of these forts have not the range of tho euns of the larger ships, particularly the 15 Inch guns of the Q een El zabeth |