Show RUSSIANS CLAIMING r VICTORIES ALL ALLI I I ALONG I I I II I 1 PETROGRAD Jan 3 3 via i London Jan 4 A A statement I given out by the Russian war I office tonight says ays j In the Caucasus on the I IB B Black ack sea coast during the night of I the first of January the Turks attempted at attempted attempted at- at atI I tempted to approach our positions but were stopped by our fire tire In In the direction of Hamadan Persia Persia Per Per- sia sla southwest of the town of ot Asada- Asada bad we attacked a body body- of Persian Persian Persian Per Per- sian gendarmes and drove them back toward the village of ot Chena north of killing dozens of rebels and capturing prisoners and supplies We Ve suffered no On the first of ot Januar January January Jan Jan- I uary our detachment holding Hamadan rendered military honors to the BritIsh British British Brit Brit- ish flag which was hoisted over the I British consulate In the region of sk In I nia Russia and on the upper upper Stripa we repulsed enemy attempts to approach our trenches The enem enemy sustained sustained sustained sus sus- heavy losses Northeast of at na the fighting continues with unabated unabated unabated una una- bated energy our forces continuously advancing despite numerous enemy counterattacks Tho The enemy losses have been very great We Ve took another group of sixteen officers and unwounded unwounded unwounded un- un wounded men prisoners without countIng counting counting count count- ing the great number of wounded tc re remaining on the battlefield |