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Show FIERCE FIGHTS RAHE I . ALONG RUSSIAN LINES : I Purpose of Germans Appea.s to Ee to ' 9 "Break Through East of Lemberg; H Troops, Withdrawn From Bzura River. ' jH Emperors Are With Armies Awaiting H Outcome of One of the Most Stubborn B Contests of War. 9 ;M Potrograd, Feb. 7. Tho stubbo"n character of tho battles developing In tho oxtrcmo north of East Prussia ii attracting tho attention ot tho Ituielnn genoral stne, which sees thoro Indications thnt tho Germans havo withdrawn troops from tho IJzura region nnd mnBecd them In tho vicinity of Insterburg, betweon Gumblnnen and Tilsit. In splto ot tho activity of tlio Germans Ger-mans further north, staff officials still attach, tho greatest Importance to tho movement In tho Cnrpathtans, where the Russian armies nro oppoi- tl lug tho AiiHtro-Germans ,who nro In tremendous force on n lino which j forms the arc of a circle In tho vie- I tH inlty ot Mezo Lnborcz fifty mflcs I M iitithwest of I rzoniytl. Further cast- J H ward tho'o appears to bo nn cutlro il cer.arnto army about ninety miles JJPJ south of Lemberg on tho Wyckow- PPJ Nadworna lino. Tho purpose of tho M latter forco appears to bo an effort M to pierce tho Russian line east of iPPJ Lemberg and mennco tho forces , I about Warsaw In tho rear. iPPJ |