Salt Lake Tribune | 1915-03-01 | Page 2 | Russian Report Denies the German Claim of Victory

RUSSIAN REPORT DENIES THE GERMAN CLAIM OF VICTORY LONDON Feb '8 20 p m A Pet rograd dispatch to Reuter s Je egram company gives a sen i official statement Issued there which says Wl en the battle of Przasn sz was still at its he ght the Gern ans an nounced that it was a str king victory for then land that the too much booty and numerous p Isoners In realttj when our troops at the commencen ent of t ; battle made a general retirement there rema ned a . mere handful of men who defended s tl desperation Uie fl st approacl es to tha town and tllen fo ght al antly n the streets mak ng the enemy pay dearly with t er Ives The powe s of resistance d splajed by this hand ful of men appear f om the Gern an communicatio which stated that the battle of Przaspysz was exceed ng y fierce and described the town as a fortress althoug actually no nore than ordinary trenches On Febr ary 27 our troops who ha e been ictor ous y making prog ress since tl e 4th have made a fit t ng replv to the iGern an announce me t of successes at Przasnysz