Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-09
RUSSIAN STATEMENT.

PETROGRAD, October g. via London
October o.
On the western front the fire of our
vessels reduced to silence the Ger
man batteries in the region of Shlok
Con the Gulf of Riga to the west of
Riga) and greatly damaged their
trenches.
The fighting near Dvinsk has not
ceased After a violent lombard
ment the Germans made several stub
born attacks in the region south of
the Poniewesch railway. German at
tacks against the village OF Caribou
novka and the surrounding heights
were repulsed. After reforming, the
part OF our trenches. At the same
time We succeeded in dislodging the
enemy from his trenches near the
village OF Stroughin, northwest of
Garbounovka.
In the region Of the Dvinsk road
southwest of Dvinsk the fighting
continues. An artillery fire has been
developed by both sides along the
whole of the Dvinsk front
In the region of Lake Obole and the
ford of the Drieswiata river and far
ther to the south, in Smorgon- Krevo
region. the severity of the fighting
the ENGAGEMENTS have been pro-
longed. Those most successful for US
were on the western bank of the
River spiaghtza. in the region of the
villages of Semenki and Nefedy,
south Of Lake Vichnevskoie.
In the Prfpet region fords near Newell,
southwest of .Pinsk, the enemy ad
vanced eastward and occupied the
village OF Kornov In the region
northwest of Czartorysk there was a
fierce bayonet fight near the village
of Gouta Lissovskaia. The region
changed hands frequently. Enemy
| attacks against the village were re-
pulsed. BY an energetic attack
south Of Czartorysk our troops, in
spite of violent hail from quick
| firing guns and repeated enemy coun-
| ter attacks. occupied his positions
east Of Mlachoff. Bolchoy and stavy-
| lage of Tcheruysh.
| With the aid of an armored train we
succeeded also in our attack on po-
| sitions Of the enemy west of Mocha
! nltz and Stavok. northeast of Kle-
van. In these engagements we made
1900 prisoners. with number Of Of
fcers still unknown. and machine
guns.
| Dubno and Lutsk. we also captured
| 1900 prisoners. with 10 officers. ;
machine guns and ! searchlight
On the left bank of the River Ikwa we
captured. after a hand-to-hand strug
gle. the village of Sapanow, north.
east Of Kremenetz. making prison
ers officers and 256 men. with :
mortars. and repulsing enemy coun
ter attacks. We also took by assault
the village of Zemikovtze. on thu
Stripa southwest of Tarnopol
In an attack on the height east O
Boutchatch we took prisoners 10 Off.
GERS and more than 300 men.
In the Baltic sea a British submarine
destroyed a German transport b!
gunf1re near the German coast.
On the Caucasus front. in the region o
the Black sea coast southwest O.
Khopa, and in the region of Tor
toum. on the front Arkhins-Ichkan
there we're skirmishes with advance
guards. Northwest of Melazghert
near Lake Khasdhel. our cavalry dis
lodged from their trenches companie
of regular Turkish cavalry. Suvar
and Kurds. One Of our detachment
drove masses of Kurds back from
the Alabag region. east Of Melaz
ghert, and reached the foot of tn
Sipendag ridge, which shuts In tn
northern shore OF Lake Van.
On the rest of the front there was n
fighting.