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Show Russians suffer f IMMENSE LOSSES I EEELTN Dee. IS, via London, 8 30 Hr m. In the battles around Lodz, in Ktassian Poland, the Russians suffered Kreater losses than they did in their Jielest at Tannenberg East Pnssia, ae- cording to a statement issued by the L German official pres bureau today an 1 flouncing the evacuation by the Eos siaas of the city of Lodz. The state-neat state-neat reads 4 The evacuation of Lodz took place secretly in the middle of the night and remained unnoticed by ua at first, but - itwas the result of the previous three days battles. t 'la these engagements the Russians i suffered severely from the fire of our (artillery The trenches evacuated by the Belgians were literally filled with (dead. Not even after the battle of Tannenberg cLd our troops have to ' march over so many Russian corpses as they did in the battles around Lodz and Lowiez. Although we attacked our losses were much emailed than were those of the Bnssiar.s. We lost comparatively few men killed. The Twenty fifth reserve re-serve corps, in breaking through the , Sussian lines, had only 130 killed. It is s gnificant that on a height to the south of Lutomiersk and west . of Lodz, not less than 837 Russians are , ianed. ' u According to our estimates the Bus cans "lost loO 000 men including 80 000 men captured The prisoners are now jibeing taken to Germany E The town of Lodz suffered little , damage during the fighting Some . rabnrbs and factories bevond the town sustained property losses, but the m tenor of the place was almost nndam agd. The Grand hotel was not harmed, and the electric tramway is now running as in tunes of peace. |