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Show FIGHlG OF THE RUSSIANS GOOD Petrograd No f, via London Nov 5, 10-35 p .no. The following official I communication has been issued from Russian general headquarters: "We continue to progress on the East Prussian front. The Germans are falling back along the whole front only keeping a fortified position in I the region of Uergboliwo. "On the left bank of the Vistula i the Russian army is continulug its j vigorous offensive, pursuing the ro-I ro-I treating enemy. The crossing of the I San by our troops continues with success. The Austrians are retreating retreat-ing In the Black sea region no change is reported." London, Nov. 5, 7 30 p ni Professor Pro-fessor Bernard Bares, the British government's gov-ernment's representative with t.be Russian headquarters in ihe field, send the following report "Trustworthy eyewitnesses speak with great enthusiasm of the conduct of the Russian troops on the upper Vistula river, where more serious righting is to be expected. ' lleie again the German heavy ar-tlllery ar-tlllery commands respect, but the I Russian field guns and howitzers are I served with remarkable precision anu alertness and meet with great diiccess. The complete confidence of the Russian Rus-sian Infantry in the effectiveness of the Russian artillery is a striking and general feature. "The men are always training in bayonet work which the enemy often avoids The Russian cavalry has by ; uilferent accounts shown great dasn 1 and has been handled with speed and sllll. In raids beyond the river 011 1 the enemy's communications Russian I cavalry divisions have several times disturbed German forces, taking many prisoners. Large numbers of stragglers strag-glers have been taken by the Russians Rus-sians "A Hungarian division put up good resistance for three days, but then collapsed. I " The population in southern Poland is in a state of profound distress and the Russians are urganlzlng extensive relief work. "! he Germans compel captured of lieers to work with the men and spit at them and drive them about bare to the waist. "In Bast Prussia the German communications com-munications are very good Underground Under-ground telephones are frequently dis covered. Large forces are in close outfict here and the Russian counter-stroke counter-stroke has much impressed the eu-emy. eu-emy. "The Polish population shows tho -re, 11. st alacrlt in assisting the Russian Rus-sian troops, both in the country and in the towns. The Russians' advance is now much more complete In southern south-ern Poland and is better lined up with the forces In Galicia. "AH this advance tends to secure the Kussian iosition on the northern frontier where any Qerman initialise becomes more hazardous. ' 'I he ordinary fresh yearly Russian contingents mean an increase of a half million men. "The arrangements for the wounded wound-ed provide, if necessary, for over a million.' |