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Show GERMANS . " ' r illunilliu ,.,, t :- - "ijjj HCT r,;" r II! cflal; General von HJndenberg Continues to Hold -Positions fortified by Him it ' tfJ!otrograd,iNov. 29 Tho following follow-ing communication was issued from general headquarters today: "Between tho Vistula and the Wur-ta Wur-ta tho enemy continues to maintain tho position fortified by him at Stry-kow, Stry-kow, Zglcrz, Szadek and Zdunska Woln, Itusslan Poland. The Ightlng has been very stubborn In tho regions of Stry kow nnd Zglorz. We captured at these points cannon rapid "flrers and sovcral hundred prisoners. ""Our, troops haVo tnkon part'ln nn engagement along tho front comprising compris-ing Glowne, Ulelawy and Sabcta Along tho left bank of tho Vistula the Germans carried out a counter, attack. at-tack. ,, , , , "According to prisoners, the German Ger-man losses were enormous, many battalions losing allthelr ofllceYs nud tho companies being reduced to from sixty to eighty men. "On tho Czenstochowa Crocovv front thoro have been no impel taut engagements. Tho Austrian nrmy which defended tho approaches cast of Cracow, on the Schrenlava- and Itabn, wero defeated November 26, bolng driven back to tho region of the fortress. "In tho Cnrpatlilnns on November 27 wo took as many as 1200 Austrl-nns. Austrl-nns. The troops of the enemy have retired from Bukowlna. We havo occupied oc-cupied Czcrnowitz. "In tho region of tho Mazurlan lakes, East Prussia, and tho Anger-ap Anger-ap rlvor our troops have thrown back the Germans in several districts from their fortified positions." " |