Show BERMANS 7 go I 1 go H U CLAIM TO HAVE ACHIEVED GREAT VICTORY IN BATTLE IN EAST PRUSSIA three hundred officers among the captured the casualty list being i large while the russian ar tillery was destroyed washington tho embassy on tuesday gave out it message from fl erlin received hy by wireless claiming that the german forces had captured near licar Allen stela russian prisoners sort including two commanding gen orala officers and tho the entire equip anent of russian artillery tho the official statin statement rient of the big german victory against the russians attracted wide attention mi gitary ob 1 servers pointed out that if tho the num 0 ber or of russians taken prisoners hild been correctly estimated at t thoro here must have boon been great casualties tic no inen mention indention tion of which la Is mado made tho the statement conflicts to somo some extent with ono one issued by tile iho french ona basay earlier in tho the day which speaks of tile prepress pre press of the alio russian offensive army tho the official claim of the germans howo however voi that russians were captured exceeds in magnitude any operation thus tar far recorded tho rho blondon times correspondent dit at allons reports that the germans came over us UH like a flood raised by a storm during tile the first month of tile tho war moro than german V vol 01 lUn un canio came forward the chief ot tho the german sanitary department boffl chally declared there are many proofs that the arid and fionch aro are using durn dumdum dum cartridges tho rho state of health of the german army Is good noted by hygienists accompanying compa nying tile tho army |