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Show IRUSSIMS. 1 RUBE, shoot mm RKRLIN, .Ian. 25, hy wireless to Par i ville, Jan. 2fi. "tvisslan alt arks pouth- west, of TiiKa," writH the military critic j of tho. Overseas Nwh agency, "wre quickly answered by a powerful German counter-attack. On the morning of January Janu-ary 23. the harl wejjlher hnving come t" an end. derman ti oopH, lift er slmrt. but ef nVk'nt artillery pre para t ion, advanefd on liotli pldes of the river Aa along a front of six miles. "AM hough tlilw attack was exported by tiie Russian command, the, Geonnn troops obtained .mall d vantages, and bv noon the l'ft nni right wings were attacking (he front fdtuied on the east of the river A a. In tiie afternoon, after fresh artillery preparation, a decisive find successful' suc-cessful' thrust was carried out nt the center, cen-ter, although the storming troops H'ink to their knees in mud, the Tlml swamp giving giv-ing way In spile of the frost. "On the evening of January 23 terrain on both sides of Die river Aa for fl distance dis-tance of nearly two miles was conquered. I.mrlnsr the night of January 2i more ground was galn"d on the right wing to the east of the river. "The Russian position situated nenr the eastern end of the German attacking lines, which had been surrounded on tiie evening of January '?.. was rennl oul. about -li'i) prisoners being tnken. According Accord-ing to declarations made try prisoners, the commander of lids del -h men t received an oid'-r to withdraw, lie refused, however, how-ever, to heed the instructions and de-elared de-elared to the soldiers that he wouM maintain main-tain himself. When the Russians saw t,,.y were encircled by the Germans they shot dowTi the commander. "Hy noon on January 24 Russian prisoners pris-oners to the number of J100, Including ten officer!, had ben brought in. The Germans Ger-mans also took thirteen machine guns. "German troops made considerable prorrf .s west of the river A a on the morning of January 24. Tiie grater part of tin ground abandoned hy the Teutons to the Russians at tiie beginning of Janu-arv Janu-arv is now a;:ain in German liands. The magnitude of the r.ussian losses is yislble bv tli deeia ra t kms made tty priironers-In priironers-In many reynn'Mils counting -!000 men, only .V"V returned. The rest were killed, wounded or taken prisoner. ' "To dare in the hatties on bol h .sides of the river Aa fourteen officers Hnd 1700 solu'i'-rs Jjavo been cajitured ty tlio.Gcr-nia tlio.Gcr-nia nf . " |