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Show GERMANS ARE ID CRUSH RUSSIANS London. July 15 Striking at the lines below Warsaw, tho Germans have taken by storm the fortified city of Przasnysz and, with a forces estimated esti-mated at not less than four army corps, are pressing ahead on the heels of the Russians, who are falling back upon Makow and Ciechanow, abandoning aband-oning artillery in their flight. This success, made public in Borlin tonight and in which tho Russian lossses are described as heavy, was co-ordinate with two new victoriuus movements further north. To the south of Koyno the Germans captured cap-tured the village of Konysa. swept the Russian lines east of the village and took 2400 prisoners, together with eight machine guns. In tho region of Kalwaria, across the East Prussian frontier, striking in unison with the forces north and south, the Teutons pierced the Russian outer positions at Franzisowa and Osowa, while northeast of Suwalki the heights of Oiszauk were taken by storm. Slmultateously with tho announcements announce-ments of sweeping German successes in western Poland, a news dispatch was received here tonight from Berlin Ber-lin which reads "Berlin military experts predict that within the next few woeks a final great offensive will crush tho last Russian resistance. The short official offi-cial reports Indicate that great events are imminent which will outrival out-rival Tannenberg, the Mazurian lakes and the Carpathian battles." These experts believe that the Teuton Teu-ton activity around Przasnysz is part of a well-laid plan to co-operate with Von Mackenzen's forces before Lublin Lub-lin and tho great army of Von Hinden-burg Hinden-burg in the Courland. The blow at tho Russians, they predict, will be struck from three sides north, south and west. Shifting of Forces. Both Berlin and Vienna still hold up the curtain on events in southern Poland, Po-land, but it is believed that the reported re-ported shifting of forces Is still going on, preliminary to the new offensive. In the Courland only isolated engagements engage-ments are reported, the silence which has hung for weeks over this region still casting Its cloak The battle around Przasnysz which resulted in the capture of the city by the Germans has been raging since February but this fighting was practically prac-tically unnoted becauso of tho greater events In the Carpathians and Galicia. The Germans occupied Przasnysz at the very beginning of the spring campaign, cam-paign, but were forced to retreat before be-fore superior Russian forces sent out from Warsaw. Aftor tho re-occupation of the city the Russians established estab-lished strong fortifications at which the Germans have been battering for months. on |