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Show RUSSIANS CLAIM THE TRENCHES London. May 11:10 p. m. Conflicting Con-flicting reports from the belligerents in the east make it impossible to quite judge of the position there. The Austria us and (Jermans tonight say that the Russians have bten badly beaten In western (Jalicia and have commenced to retire from the western west-ern Carpathians, whereas the latest Rustian report, while admitting that the Austro-Germans succeeded In getting get-ting across the Dunajec river, declares that they were checked there. The country around the East Prussian Prus-sian frontier also has been the scene of battles of more or less importance, while at the other end of the Russian line. In eastern Cialicia, the Russians are attacking the Austro-CJermans despite de-spite their reported defeat or check in the western part of that province. Petrograd, via London May 5. 11:50 p. m. The following official communication commu-nication tvae Issued by the Russian war office tonight: "An enemy cruiser and other small hostile warships were sighted off Ll-bau Ll-bau today "In the region or Rosscnv (Kovno) province we are successfully advancing. advanc-ing. On the other fronts as far as upper Vistula there is no change. I "In Galicla the fighting between the Vistula and the Carpathians is developing de-veloping with unvarying stubbornness '1 he Germans have brought up to the fighting line fresh fortes of great strength bupported b very numerous artillery. The enemy, following his old tactic of attacking in massed for motion, is suffering enormous losses. "Some of our units fell back to tho second line of fortifications after desperate des-perate fighting During the night oi Ma 2-3 In the direction of Str the enemy recaptured part of the trenches on Mount Kakuvka. The following night we counter attacked and dls lodged the enemy. We captured here over 1200 prisoners. Including thirty of flcerR. "In the region of Angelow. on the upper Lomnitza, the enemy on May 2 assumed the offensive on a somewhat extensive front, but the movent m was barren of results " oo- |