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Show RUSS REPORT PROGRESS ON TWO WINGS PETROGRAD Dec 29 The fol ow ng statement from t e Russ an general headquarters as received this even ng Today between the lower Vsua and the Pilica, on y fight ng of sma 1 Importance took p ace The Germans left the r trenches on the r ght bank of the Bzura near the vi age of M strze ice and fought back on the left bank of the Bzura, On the r ver Rawka our heavy art llery Is fight ng efflcac ous y a large number of German batteries of heavy guns In the region of Bo Imow our at tacks have alternated with those of the Germans We have dis odged the enemy from a trench near the v 1 age of Sum no wh ch they had taken from us pre i ous y by a counter attack In which we captured machine guns and prls oners On the center between the Pil ca and the upper Vistula only cannon ad ng was heard We made progress on the two wings During an attack on a German re doubt to the south of low odz we cap tured three machine guns Our troops met w th euocess while cross ng the lower N da in the tak ng by storm of e v Uages of Staro korcz n and Senlslavice wh ch were we 1 fortified Du ing the flcht ng we captured forty seven Austr an offl cers and o er 1700 soB3 ers and three roach ne guns In western Gal c a we have made progress in spite of the almost im ( passab e cond tion of the country due to mud We have d iven the enemy from t e f ont of S romn k Sorlice Jas ska tak ng guns and a large number of machine gunb Durln the first ha f of December (od s y e calendar) we captured 50 000 Austr ans |