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Show RUSSIANS GRAPPLE WITH AUSTRIANS HEAVY FIGHTING REPORTED ON EASTERN FRONT FROM GULF OF RIGA TO BUKOWINA. Total of Prisoners Taken by Russian! . 8lnce Their Offensive Began Placed at 114,000. French Repulse Re-pulse Assaults at Verdun. .' London. Heavy fighting Is In progress pro-gress over virtually the entlro eastern jpta front from the Gulf of Riga to Buko-mkm Buko-mkm wlna, a dlstarico of botwecn 000 and X r 70 mllc- From Riga to the Jaalolda river, northwest of the Prlpct Marsh region, tho Qormans have taken tho offcnslvo agalnBt tho Russians, probably In nu effort to divert tho attention of tho Russians who are In the second week of their drhto against tho Austrlaua and Germans from tho Prlpet marshes southward to Bukowlna. Although tho Austrlans at numerous points aro vigorously counterattacking, counterattack-ing, tho only placo tho Russians have ibeen forced to glvo ground was near Bobullntzo, north of Buezacz, in Ga-- Ga-- ' llcla, whore tho AuBtrlans woro rein forced by Gorman troops. Tho Russians Rus-sians captured hero by tho Toutons exceeded 1,300. Tho total of men taken, prisoner by tho Russians alnco their offensive began hns grown to more than 114,000, Northeast of Vordun tho Germans havo thrown successlvo attacks against tho French positions north of Thlaumont, but all tho assaults wero repulsed with serious losses. Tho heavy bombardment by tho GermauB In tho region extended from Thlaumont Thlau-mont eastward to tho west and south of 'Fort Vaux and to tho French second sec-ond lino positions of Fort Souvlllo and Fort Tavannes, about threo miles northeast of Verdun. On tho remainder of tho front in Franco and Belgium thero havo been only artillery duels and sapping operations, op-erations, except in Champagne, whero Berlin reports tho penetration of French positions and tho capture of moro than 100 men and four machlno guns. South and southeast of Trent tho Italians aro continuing to drlvo back tho Austrlans, according to Rome. Gains havo been mado by tho Italians In tho Arsa valloy and the Pasublo """ ""V" sector along tho Poslna-Astlco lino fc- nndsi)uthwest of Aslago. Farther I ""north in tho Sugana valley fresh pro- I gress toward tho Moso Torrent is ro- 1 corded for King Victor Emmanuol'a I men, who repelled two counterattacks k near Scurello. In the Lagarina valley 1 tho Austrlans aro heavily bombarding -"-t tho Italians on Conl Zugna. |