Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-03
GERMANS RENEW FIERCE
OFFENSIVE NEAR WARSAW
Violence of Attacks CompeIs Some
OF Russian Units to Retire to Sec
Ond Line OF Trenches
POSITIONS LATER WON BACK
In Counterattack Cars Forces In
fiict Enormous Losses on Enemy.
Fighting in Carpathians Continues.
Over 1000 Soldiers Captured.

PETROGRAD. February RENEWAL
OF p hercc offensive by the Germans in
the region of Sochaczcw and Bolmovo,
on the road to Warsaw, is admitted In
an official statement issued here to-
day. The violence of the German at
,ackH, the statement says, compcllcn
some OF the Russian units To retire
10 the second line OF trenches. The
communication was as follows:
ION the right bank OF the lower
Nistula on January 81 our cavalry
made a sudden and successful assault
upon the German line along the front
between Brezun ana Lake Orczclejo,
fifteen vcrSts tcn nilcs) north of Sicr-
pee. capturing many officers and sol
dicrS.
The attempt OF the Germans on the
3Oth TO open an offensive movement
in the direction OF Lipno and Dobrzyn.
supported by artillery fire. was checked.
'On the left bank of the Vistula
front. ut the villages of Makow and
Dyblin. the enemy wasthrown back to
the line OF the villages of Welezc ana
Nasignewo, northeast OF Wloclawek
The Germans in rctreating abandoned
1T Makow many OF their dead.
GERMANS DEVELOP
ACTIVE OPERATIONS
in the course OF the day of January
81 the enemy, after having concen-
tratcd in the region of Sochaczew, Boil
movo and south OF Bolimovo. n large
force OF artillery, developed active
operations against our positions with
very considerable forces. The German
offensive was distinguished by great
tenacity. advancing in. close ranks
&. Ntrl,-
After having concentrated n violent
fire in the morning upon that region,
the fiercencss of the German offensive
compelled some of our units to retire
to The second line OF trenches
In the meanwhile counterattacil
from another detachment of our forces
drove the enemy from all the trenches
occupied by him, iniicting upon HIM
enormous losses.
simultaneously with this attack the
Germans delivered 4 series of ferocious
assaults against our front between the
villages Of Goumine, Bourgade ana
Moghcly. These attacks were support
ed by very heavy artillery fire. Up to
midday of January 81. every one Of
these assaults was driven back by ia
some of our rifle fire and sor,c with
the bayonct. But between midday ano
+. NJ. Of January 81 the Germans
were successful in occupying n part
of : our trenches. In this they were
helped largely by an energetic and sus-
tanned artillery fire. y little after .
o'clock we undertook n general coun.
tcrattack. This was successful. ana
as result Of it the enemy, the even
ing or January 81. retained but a lit
tie portion of our first line trenches
together with certain chateau in tho
country. 1t can be said that the sue
ccsses OF the Germans the day of Janu
airy 81 in the vicinity Of Borjimow were
relatively insignificant, compared to
the losses we inflicted on the enemy
with our artillery fire, our counter
attack and our bayonet charges. Ac-
cording to reports from our military
chiefs. the Russian artillery inflicted
immense damage on the Germans Our
guns dispersed dense gatherings of
German infantry and reduced their
batteries to silence; this made 1t pos
sible for US to resist their fierce attack
THE lighting in the Carpathians con-
tnues. In spite of the reported partici-
patton of fresh Austrian troops, which
up to the present time have not actual.
ly appeared on our front, we were sue
ccssful In rcpelling every cndeavor of
tho enemy to assume the offensive in
tho vicinity OF Mount Deskid and Mount