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Show RUSSIANS SAY THEY REPULSED GERMAN ATTACKS PETROGRAD, Aug. 10, via London, Aug. II, 12:15 a. m. The following statement state-ment was issued tonight: On the road.? to Riga Monday night, after hand-to-hand fightlngk, we successfully repulsed several German Ger-man attacks, although they were supported by powerful heavy artillery. artil-lery. After combats the aame night and the following day in the direction of Dwinsk. In the region of Sfhoen-berg, Sfhoen-berg, Ponemunck and Vilkomir (nor'heast of Kovno), the enemy, yielding to our pressure. began to fall back, leaving in our hands about 10i) prisoner.", several machine guns and ammunition chests. On the Narew front, on the roa1 to I.omza, Sniadowa and Ostrow, desperate desper-ate actions continue. Our artillery repulsed the German offensive against Novogeorgievgk along the left bank of the Vistula. In the direction of Lublin and Lukow, Lu-kow, on the right hank of the Vieprz. the enemy delivered an offensive of-fensive Monday afternoon, which was stopped, notwithstanding the persistency per-sistency of the attacks. On the Vla-dova Vla-dova we successfully repulsed an attack at-tack made under cover of asphyxiating asphyxi-ating gases. In the Dniester region, at. the mouth of the fctripa, the Austrian made a local attack Sunday. The fighting here continues. On the other sectors of the entire front there have been no Important |