Show per Slaughtered i t DAYS BATTLE V f STORY PRECEDENT L Germans and 18 Machine Guns a af ai i Captured by Russians f in ill One Day ay FEB 10 DETAILS lO-DETAILS 0 DETAILS OF A DESPERATE MOUNTAINS WITH FEROCIOUS CARPATHIAN IN THE THENET NET CHARGES DESCRIBED AS WITHOUT PRECEDENT TORY REACHED PETROGRAD TODAY TO THESE REPORTS REPEATED GERMAN i d WERE RE FINALLY REPULSED PULSED BY THE RUSSIANS p TH E GERMAN DEAD LAY IN GREAT NUMBERS IN if fl IT OF THE RUSSIAN POSITIONS t E SCENE OF THE FIGHTING WAS THREE if SOUTH OF IN GALICIA IT IS CLAIMED i BE RUSSIAN STAFF THAT THE HUNGARIAN FORCES IBB HAVE BEEN AUGMENTED BY BANS Ns AND THAT GERMAN GEBMAN OFFICERS NOW ARE DE Fl i dY DIRECTING THE CARPATHIAN MOVEMENT f Iha ria a German plan in so 50 far as it can be bc observed here now to no be to abandon gradually their aggressive o on the Bzura and region and to transfer their troops to points where 0 is greater ater opportunity of piercing the Russian Hussian defensive The Thc Ther in r in the would appear to be he a part of this es t- t Annihilated I i op their forces the night of February 7 the Ger Ger- early carly the following morning began what doubtless rapidly ir i into L one nc of ili the fiercest l attacks t. f in the pa than calm r rat I at lt 1 their lille 1St line a ost a the C Germans rush e eIrd d di i Ird d Their second line lino under the support of heavy artillery and ful in ill g gaining a strategic elevation But from this on on 1 they were almost immediately y driven buck back b by a Russian i ft t charge Attack an and counter attack followed in rapid suen suend sue- sue n and nd towards evening the Germans in great brat numbers seemed m permanent possession of the tho heights Tien ien a general counter attack by hy the Russians resulted in two y hard hand to hand fighting b which left the suo clad billy hill hill- with dead After a most stubborn resistance the Gerr Ger- Ger r regiments finally were definitely driven out A Russian officer personally P y to have cou counted upwards of 1000 German Gennan dead deade deada a the e Russian positions on this this' hill Ire He described this eng engage engage- nage- nage Atypical of the battles which are arc occurring daily in the thc Caran Car Car- an mountains If Feb 10 The 10 The general staff of the he Russian army a out an official statement as follows I I The Germans who WIIO had been gradually concentrating in ini i th fresh troops began a n series of energetic s i l on February 7 they open opened ell offensive operations with durable era v le forces s i in n the thc district between and Johannis Johannis- ey undertook at the same Bame time active e operations on both both I their heir front ft in East 1 Prussia In the thc vicinity of vast ut of Tilsit we drove hack back a n German attack and succeeded ed JJ moat t completely lr annihilating one of the German Gennan battalions dito o us Following this encounter our cavalry airy moved fore forthe for for- in the h direction of Si traveling over tho the road to the thc left lei t bank of the V uri Juring ng the day nJ- nJ of February S flay showed Sho no signs of r activity rt s T Tremendous DOING GING FROM IAN IN THE CORPSES ABANDONED BY THE FRONT UR TO OF OUR POSITIONS THEY WOULD 6 rop Op THOUSANDS THOUSANDS' H HAVE LOST S IN DEAD AND WOUNDED SEVERAL N S OF MEN IN m THE SIX DAys DAYS' FIGHT FIGHT- ON OF OF I p 04 A B GO E AND WOLA fd Yv- Yv I m the e fighting continued in the j eld vicinity of or offe fe and n i V v d nt 1 The th th 1 enemy here undertook active o opera opera- P era ey cy did not thin continue and buff they finally retired leavI lea leav- 50 I tl our hands IN rm fD O 0 VICINITY 0 OF F MOUNT WE CON CON- PURSUIT n D OF THE ENEMY AND IN ONE DAY DAYEN SIXTY NI NE OFFICERS 52 EN N 0 MEN AND C HIKE GUNS It flan 11 columns df S' S having h b roa made d e their wa way over o the tho ld ion riser rere e ait f l 1 during tJ the UlC 10 d day ay of 0 f F 7 no fe fewer cr than twenty twenty- ata 8 tacks upon eel certain t. t am h. h h n ip heights ts in the region of plo b oy y us The Germans came forward ard to this attack attach er l deep presenting a full front line of a OUr c violent viol eu t m cross Ii fire Ire the thc Germans hero here twice t took certain hel height ht but they were core dislodged by counter eyed by your our infant t Hand f to o 1 land Hand an was vas nrc preceded t ce d e d b by y I long ong and ana violent hand to hand Continued ou on page pago pa o 4 4 t 4 t 1 BATTLE SIX DAYS DAYS' il J 1 Continued from pale page 1 I fighting with the bayonet onet which is without precedent in history bistor 1 J I The losses sustained in this engagement by the Germans were exceedingly ex- ex exceedingly heavy I f 1 Attacks of the enemy r in the thc vicinity of V also were repulsed In Tin the Black sea the thc former formeL German Gennan cruiser Breslau now ai a t f i unit uni of the tho Turkish navy bombarded Yalta in the he Crimea Our Or cruisers on February 3 S shelled a Turkish battery at and sunk one steamer Another steamer loaded with provisions and a two two two-masted schooner were sunk near hear Leros c In tIn order to attack our our positions near the Germans I I. I commenced their concentration of troops the night of February 7 7 I I Early the next morning th they began the delivery of an irresistible offensive movement and their attack was supported by a very I t violent fire from their tt t heavy hea artillery They wore successful s in I gaining an important hei height ht occupied b by us but the they were promptly prompt prompt- before ba bayonets t l ly driven from this position our rl Exhausted Strength t c Attacks then followed without letup Toward evening the theD D Germans in very considerable numbers numbers' took position of bf the highest t position in our line from which the they were dislodged only after a ah IJ h desperate fight Before retiring they exhausted all their strength in a stubborn resistance to a n. general counter attack on our part t a feature of which was an unprecedented encounter with the I bayonet baronet ALL THE SIDE OF THIS HILL WAS COVERED WITH GERMAN CORPSES IN FRONT OF ONE OF OUR BATTALIONS I i 1 MORE THAN 1000 GERMAN DEAD WERE COUNTED Among the trophies captured neat near Kamion arc are three mine throwers throwers' At near the railroad to Russian Hussian bombs into the thet foot soldiers were successful in throwing eight t German trenches These missiles caused great destruction Russian I aviators threw bombs on or German troop trains trams near Bear The lie general staff start of the Russian army in the Caucasus com coil communicated i under date of or 8 S that there has bas been noen no of importance to record lM en cn engagement a |