Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-02-28
.PRZASNYSZ RECAPTURED
BY GRAND DUKES ARMY
Stanislau and Kolomea Retaken
From Austrians by Muscovites
After Desperate Battling.
PLAN TO CRUSH WINGS FAILS
Cars General Staff Declares Berlin
Strategy Has Miscarried and War
saw Is Safe, Invaders Being
Pushed Back.

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The Germans in northern Poland
are in disorderly retreat. Rus
sian reinforcements have driven
the foe back all along the line
and the Germans have met with
a defeat that is about the heaviest
they have encountered in the
eastern campaign. Cossacks are
pursuing and harassing the fee
ing Germans, inflicting heavy
losses and capturing many men
and guns.
The guns of the fortress at
Ossowetz are successfully repel-
ling the eleven and twelve inch
mortars of the Germans. and
Przasnysz has been recaptured
from the enemy, who occupied it
several days ago. The routed foe
is in disorderly retreat there.
Stanislau and Kolomea have
been retaken from the Austrians,
who have left many munitions OF
war and many prisoners in the
hands of the Russian army in
Galicis: The attempt of the Ger
mans and Austrians to crush the
two ends of the Russian line has
ended in their defeat, and the
armies defending Warsaw are
compelling further retirement of
the Germans in the center.
Successes Of Allies.
LONDON, February 81. 1880 p.m.-
With Russian successes in the region
of Przasnysz. North Poland, and Kolo-
mea, East Galicia, the successful prog
ress of the operations of the allied fleet
in the Dardanelles and the decision of
the allied governments to stop all ship
ping to and from Germany, Austria and
Turkey. 1t is believed here that a new
phase of the war is about to he entered
upon.
While the success reported by Petro-
grad covers only small portion of the
long front in North Poland. and the
Germans have been able to record a
counter success near Kolno, the general
don is that not only has the German Of
fensfve in the north exhausted itself,
but the tide is turning in favor of the
Russians. who, with railways at their
back. have been able to bring up more
Ireinforcements than the invading army.
whose communications, after German
territory Is left, must cross a country
of marshes and overfiowing rivers.
Battles Continue Unabated.
Much more fighting. however. must
be waged before a final decision is
reached, and in the meantime, the bat
tie has been resumed In Central Po-
land where the Russians have made a
slight advance. and the engagements
In the Carpathians, eastern Galicia and
Bukowina continue with unabated fury.
From what can be gathered from the
official reports. the Russians. despite
the onslaughts made upon them from
all sides by Austrians and Germans
have been able to maintain their
strength at all points and to throw In
new troops where they were neces-
| sary. AS result. the Austro-German
plan of compelling them to weaken
their center by attacking the two ex-
treme wings has failed. and while the
Russians have been forced from East
Prussia and Bukowina, they have been
able to make stand. and when re-
inforced delivered counter attacks,
which apparently are making some
headway.
Austrians Are Checked.
The Austrian advance in Eastern Ca
| licia has been checked and the Rus
SLAMS, driving back their opponents,
have recaptured Stanislau and Kolo-
mea, says the Evening News in a tele-
| gram from Hertza. Roumania. Heavy
| fighting preceded the, recapture OF
| these two towns.
The Russians occupied Stanislau yes
| terday Advancing in force from that
point they attacked the Austrian posi-
| ton at Kolomea. The Austrians Of
fered determined resistance. but. the
Evening News says, finally were forced
| to give way.
| stanislau, situated seventy-flve miles
| southeast of Lemberg. is pivotal
! point in the campaign of the Austrians
! to recapture the province Of Galicia
Recent reports indicated that they had
| made considerable progress
Spirited Fighting in West.
| The only activity of any importance
! in the west is in the Champagne dis
| trict, where the French continue their
! offensive and where the fighting, ac-
| cordinK to the German report. has been
| quite spirited: and In the country to
| the north of verdun. where there have
been heavy artillery engagements in
| which the French claim to have done
| damage to German guns and encamp-
| ments. French airmen have been drop
| ping bombs on MetL.
Botha Campaigns In Africa.
| Gen. Luis Botha's army continues to
| - IConfinued on Ninth PaRe.l