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Show BERLIN REPORTS REPULSE OF THE RUSSIAN ATTACKS BERDIX, Dec. 11. by wireless to Say-villc. Say-villc. Strong forces of Russians yesterday yester-day again attacked the Teuton troops to the north of Tartar pass In the Carpathians, Car-pathians, in the Bystritsa sector, northeast north-east of the Gvergvo mountains, and on both sides of the Trotus valley in western west-ern Rumania, but without success, says todav's German official statement. The pursuit by Field Marshal von Mac-kensen's Mac-kensen's troops of the retreating Rumanian Ru-manian armies continues, in spite of a pouring rain and the destruction of bridges) At places some resistance was met, the statement adds, and this has now been broken. Several thousand more Rumanians were taken prisoner. The statement reads: North of Tartar pass, in the Bystritsa. Bys-tritsa. sector, northeast of Jacobeny, on the Muncelul. in the Gvergyo mountains and on both sides of the Trotus valley the Russians again attacked at-tacked yesterday with strong forces, but without any success. An advance of German patrols north of H mo tree resulted in the bringing in of fourteen prisoners and one mine thrower. Our pursuing armies at some places encountered resistance, which has been broken. Our movements, despite a pouring rain and soaked ground and ! the complete destruction of bridges, i are proceeding as intended. We have I made several thousand additional I prisoners. |