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Show oo FLOODS DELAY THEJIJSSIANS Petrograd. April 21. Apparently the Russians everywhere have suspended the offensive until the spring floods subside and conditions are more favorable fa-vorable for maneuvering In the Carpathians their activity will conflict, for will for some time be restrieted to the fortification and extension of the new positions they have occupied. At present the chief center of the conflict is along the Str j-Munkacs road, which forms the pivot of the Russian forward movement. In futile fu-tile attacks along this route the enemy ene-my has suffered Immense casualties They many times exceed those borno by the czar armies Altogether the losses of the Austrians and Germans during the late attempt to roll back the wave of (he Russian invasion must have amounted to several hundred hun-dred thousand men. Vienna, via ondon, April 21, 9 20 p m. The war office today issued the following official communication "The enemy has discontinued his attacks against the most important sections in front, of our positions which protect Ondawa, Laborcza and the Ung valley "In the wooded mountains between Laborcza and the Ung valley the enemy ene-my again attempted, despite heavy losses, to break through by advanc ing against our extreme wings This caused severe fighting in the upper Czlroka valley, near Ngyiolany, which j lasted for several nights The Rus-slans Rus-slans suffered severe losses in killed and wounded. We captured 3.000 un-wounded un-wounded prisoners. "The Uzsok pass is still in our pos session." |