New Britain herald., 1915-02-02
Russians XII 5000 in Oat Week.;
 Capture 4,00O AuStrIans.
DEFEATS ADMITTED BY PETROCRAD
Official Statement From Petrog1ad Gives Details of Furious German Attacks in Western THheater of War Counter Attacks Successful.

Petrograd, Feb. 2.-Renewa1 of d fierce offensive by the, Germans in the region of Sochaczew and Bolimovo on the road to Warsaw is admitted in an official statement issued here to- day. The violence of the German attack, the statement says, compelled some of the Russian units to retire to the second line of trenches. The communication was as follows:
 On the right bank of the lower Vistula on January 31 our cavalry made a sudden and successful assault upon the German line along the front between Brezun and Lake Orezelejo, fifteen versts (ten miles) north of Sierpeo, capturing many officers and soldiers.
 The attempt of the Germans on the 30th to open an offensive move ment in the direction of Lipno and Dobrzyn, supported by artillery fire, was checked.
 "On the left bank of the Vistula front at the villages of Makow and Dyblin, the enemy was thrown back to the line of the villages of Weleze and Nasignewo, northwest of Wlo- clawek. The Germans in retreating abandoned at Makow many of their dead
 Germans Gain.
 'In the course of the day of Jan uary 31 the enemy, after having con- centrated in the region of Sochaczew, Bolimovo and south of Bolimovo, a large force of artillery developed ac- tive operations against our positions with very considerable force. The German offensive was distinguished by great tenacity, advancing in close ranks strongly supported from the rear.
 After having concentrated a vio- lent fire in the morning upon that region the fierceness of the German offensive compelled some of our units to retire to the second line of trenches"
 Counter Attack Successful.
 Tn the meanwhile a counter attack from another detachment of our forces drove the enemy from all the ,trenchess occupicd by him. inflictins upon him enormous losses.
 Simultaneously with this attack on Borjimow the Germans delivered a series of ferocious assaults against our
 
 Bourgade and Moghely. These attacks were supported by very heavy artll- Iery fire. Up to midday of Jan. 31 every one of tn CSC assaults was drlv- en back by us, some by our rifle fire and some with the bayonet; but be- tween midday and 2 p. m., of Jan 31, the Germans were successful in occu- pying a part of our trenches. In this they were helped largely by an ener- getic and sustained artillery fire. A little after o'clock we undertook a general counter attack. This was sue cessful. and as a result of it the ene- my, the evening of Jan. 31, retained but a little portion of our first line trenches together with a certain cha teau in the country.
 Losses Were Heavy.
 Tt can be said that the successes of the Germans the day Of Jan. 31 in the vicinity of Borjimow were rela- lively insignificant compared to the losses we inflicted on them with our artillery fire, our counter attack and our bayonet charges. According to re- ports from our military chiefs, the Russian artillery inflicted immense damage on the Germans. Our guns dispersed dense gatherings of German infantry, and it reduced their batteries to silence; this made it possible for us to resist their fierce attack.
 '"The fighting in the Carpathians continues. In spite of the reported participation of fresh Austrian troops, which up to the present time have not actually approached on our front, we were successful in repelling every en- deavor of the enemy to assume the offensive in the vicinity of Mount Bes- kid and Mount Wyszkow and we are continuing to advance with success along the front from Nijnia Polianka to Loudoviski.
 Tt should be related that during the night of Jan. 30-31, at a point l near Molimow, a Russian detachment 1 advanced upon the enemy and dis l lodged them from certain positions which threatened the heads of our trenches. In this counter our men used the bayonet freely and we cap tured some machine guns.
 e,0OO Men Killed.
 Local inhabitants relate that the | enemy after the Lipno-Dobryzn fight 1 used sixty wagons to remove the l wounded. German prisoners cap tured in the region of Borjimow are authority for the statement that be- tween Jan. 24 and Jan. 30 the Ger mans on a front near Borjimow, one and one-half versts long Ca little less than one mile,) lost over 5000 men in | killed. The wounded were numer- ous.
 Tn the Carpathians between Jan 26 and Jan. 29 on the front between Niinia Polianka and Loudoviski, we captured seventy officers, 4,065 sol diers, four pieces of artillery and ten n1a chine pIlnSt