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Show RUSSIANS MAKE BAYONET ATTACK Ixmdon, April 2, 10:05 p. m. The ! Russians now are on the offensive II aJong the whole of their front from J the Baltic sea to the Rumanian bor- der, and, in the Caucasus. Accord- i iDg to a Stockholm dispatch, they have concentrated an enormous num ber of soldiers on the coast of Kin land to prevent any attempt by the Germans to land there. All the Russian advances, accord I' ing to Petrograd advices, are proceed ing with success The Russian of- I ficial report issued tonight, makes the claim that the Germans In North WL Poland are being pushed back to the East Prussian border, and that in the Carpathians between the Lupkow and Uzok passes the Russians have cap-tured cap-tured still another strongly fortified ridge, overcoming in doing po almost. II insurmountable difficulties, such as the scaling of steep ice-coered hills (and penetrating clevorh arranged I barbed wire and timber obstructions, j! Prisoners Captured, ji The Russians also hae taken the I offensive against the German forces in the region of Koziuwka, near the I Uzsok pass, which long have been launching attacks against the Rus sian position. In that district a large J number of prisoners is reported to I have been captured. J Against these reports of Russian I Fiiccess the Austrians make the claim ' that they have repulsed all the Rus- I slan attacks in the Beskid range ot I mountains, farther east. f'"n! The Russians declare they have successfully countered an Austnr.n j raid into Bessarabia, near Chotm. I Their reports say that units of the ji Forty-second Honved division of the Austrian army which undertook this j diversion were virtually annihilated U and that over 2000 of the survivors were captured ) It is declared that the Turks have i now been entireh cleared out of Transcaucasia and that the Russians I hold the Turkish Black coast as fnr I as Ark have IRus6ian Defeat Is Announced From Vienna. Vienna, via London. April 2, 10:45 p m. The following Austrian official offi-cial war statement was given out here lonight: East of the Beskid pass (in the Carpathians) general calm prevails, all the Russian attacks having been repulsed Fighting continues east of the adjoining sectors of the Carpathian Carpa-thian front, where strong Russian forces are attacking On the frontier between the Pruth and Dniester rivers we repulsed su perior attacking forces Ten to fifteen fif-teen columns deep, the enemy continued con-tinued an assault all day at several points on the front. The fighting lasted until evening, when the enemy everywhere were forced to beat a re treat, which, particularly in the south-ermost south-ermost sector, assumed the character of a flight. In Poland and in western Gallcia there is no change. A Russian night attack on the lower Nieda miscarried under our very effective fire. |
