Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-03-25 | Page 10 | Archduke Joseph Drives Russians from Position

ARCHDUKE JOSEPH DRIVES RUSSIANS FROM POSITION BERLIN March 24, by -wireless to Sayville. German forces, under command com-mand of Archduke Joseph, yesterday stormed the Russian positions on the Rumanian frontier ridge between the Solomtar and Czohanos valleys, according accord-ing to today's ollicial statement, and captured 500 Russians. The statement follows: Kussian reconuoitering detachments detach-ments advancing after artillery preparation near Smorgon and Baranovichi and on the Stokhod were driven awav. Southwest of Dvinsk hostile airplanes air-planes were shot down by our airmen, air-men, as was a captive balloon at Lake Drisviaty. 1 An efficient fire by our artillery and mine throwers " preceded attacks at-tacks in which our troops south of the Trotus valley took by storm and in hand-to-hand fighting Russian Rus-sian postions on the frontier ridge between the Solvomtar and Czohanos Czo-hanos valleys and brought in 500 prisoners. A Russian advance north of .Magyaros that followed soon after failed.