El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-23
.REIMS VICTIM
Of NEW ATTACK
Russians Claim Series of
Victories Over Ger
man Forces.
lContinued From Page Onel.

( Grodno, on the Lypsllov road, in which
( we attacked the Germans.
Attacks Of the enemy on the north
/ bank of the Pilicia were repulsed.
at has been definitely learned that
( the Austrians suffered very heavy
/ losses north of Zakliczyn in western
J Galicia on Feb. II.
! AustrianS, Driven Back.
/ After capturing the heights OF
! Smolnika, east Of Lupl1Ow pass in the
( Carpathians, our troops repUlsed re-
peated counter attacks of the Aus
/ TRANS who reached a point within a
few PAGES of our positions. but were
forced back with heavy losses.
i The Germans delivered four attacks
| against the height of Myto KOziourka,
on the night Of February 20, but were
! driven back. We had carried the hill,
which was an important part of the
! enemy's position.
we attacked the Austrians south of
Stanislau in eastern Galicia and drove
| back two brigades after a combat in
which the bayonet was used. We took
here 1900 prisoners. including 20 Off
GERS and several machine guns"
british Admit Losing Trench.
The British semi-weekly report on
operations. on the continent, given out
today, says:
THE enemy continues to show con-
siderable activity; in the neighbOrhoOd
of Ypres several attacks and counter
eLNte-NE-7 nave UCEuL Gu III . d. III. Ull
February u, the enemy exploded an
elaborate series of mines which de-
stroyed one Of our trenches A new
line was prepared short distance in
the rear and Immediately occupied. Any
attempts at further progress have been
completely frustrated"
BOmbardment of Reims.
The French war department this af-
ternoon gave out at Paris the following
statement:
west of Lombaertzyde. Belgium, the
enemy made ready Monday to deliver
two infantry attac'-s which, coming
under our fire, could not be carried
home.
THE bombardment or Reims, re-
ported Monday evening, was extremely
violent 1t lasted for a first period
of six hours, followed by another
period of five hours. Several hundred
shells were dropped in all quarters of
the town. What remains Of the cathe-
suffered seriously The interior of the
vaulted roof, which had resisted until
now, was burst. About 90 houses were
fired and 20 civilians killed.
West of ArgOnne, between Malin-
court and the Meuse our battery found
a German Battery and blew up its
ammunition wagons"
Calais is BOmbarded.
Berlin, Germany, Feb. % (via Wire |
less to London, Eng.)-The German [
war office today issued a report which /
says;
In the west: The Calais fortress J
was freely bOmbarded during the night 4
of February 21-22 with missiles from /
an airship.
THE French on Monday again deliv- /
cred an attack in the Champagne dis !
trict north OF Perthes, but with de- /
creased forces Each of their advance /
movements broke down under our fire /
Russian Advance Falls.
'In the east; An advance attempted /
by the Russians with forces quickly /
gathered together from GrOdnO, moving I
in a northwestern direction, resulted in
failure The number of cannon taken /
in the pursuit of the Russians after 1
the battle of the Aiazurian lakes has
been increased to over 500 and in
cludes 10 pieces of heavy caliber.
ITO the northwest of OssOwetz, north
Of Lomza. and in the vicinity of Prza-
5nysz, the fighting continues. On the
VistuIa, to the east of PIoclS, we have
further into the WyszOgrod
district.
In Poland south of the Vistula, an
advance by a Russian division against
oUr position on the Rawke river has
been repulsed."