Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-07-15
PRZASNYSz
RECAPTURED
BY GERMANS
Fortified Polish City Falls
Before Attack of
TeutOnS.
MOVE INDICATES DRIVE
ON WARSAW FROM NORTH
Berlin Reports French KepuIsed
in ArgOnne-Paris Claims
Arras Gain.
MOVE INDICATES DRIVE
ON WARSAW FROM NORTH

Przasnysz has been taken by the
Germans almost at the inception of
what appears to be new drive at
Warsaw from the north.
The official statement from Berlin
announces the capture and also re-
cords successes along the East Prus-
sian frontier to the northeast. The
village of Konsya, south of Ko1no,
has been taken, and the heights of
Olszauka, northeast of Suwalki,
stormed
simultaneously the Germans re-
port the breaking down of attempts
by the French to win back lost
ground IN the Argonne region and the
infiiction of heavy losses upon the at
tacking forces.
Paris reports the capture of a line
of German trenches north of Arras
and the failure of a German attack
In the Woevre region. 1t comedies a
German advantage at one disputed
point in the Argonne.
BY the Associated Press.
BERLIN, July Is (yia London, 1858
.. m.)-Prasnysz, a town of Russian
Poland, fifty miles north of Warsaw,
has been captured by the German
forces, according to the official state
nltnl klNSn Oul lOQdy NY tiiC NtCi thph
army headquarters staff.
The Germans also announce that
they have captured the village OF
Konsya to the south of Kolno, and
have stormed the heights of Olszauka.
to the northeast of Suwallx.
The text follows:
"In the western theater
I'm Southern Flanders, not far from
aatn af
mines yesterday with good results.
"In the neighborhood of Souchez
the French attacked in several places.
in some cases with strong forces
They were everywhere repuised.
Northeast of Beausejoul in the
Champagne district, an enemy hand
grenade attack could not be carried
through on account of our mining
operations.
"The French made repeated at
/ tempts, yesterday, which lasted into
| the night, to recapture the positions
| we took from them in the Forest OF
Argonne. Notwithstanding the eni-
ployment of large quantities of am
munition and of strong forces re-
Gently brought up. all their attacks
broke down. In many places there
was bitter fighting with hand gren-
AIDES and encounters at close quar-
ters.
THE enemy paid for his unsuccess-
ful efforts with extraordinarily heavy
losses. The number of French pris-
oners has been increased to sixty
eight officers and 1858 men.
THE success of our troops was all
the more remarkable. as, according TO
corresponding statements made by
prisoners, the French had prepared
for q great attack against our posi-
tions on the Argonne front on July
a. their national festival day.
ITO the east of the Argonne, fight
ing activity was more lively yester-
day.
"In the Forest of Malincourt at
tempts of the enemy to make an at
tack were frustrated by our fire.
"In the Forest of LePretre a French
advance broke down in front of our
positions with heavy losses.
"A French aeroplane, near Souchoz.
was hit and descended behind the
enemy lines In a burning condition.
A second aeroplane was shot down at
Henin-Lietard.
"In the eastern theater: In the
course of minor fights on the Windau,
below Koliany, 425 Russians weN
taken prisoners.
South of the Niemen river, in the
neighborhood of Kalwarya, our troops
captured several Russian outer posi-
tions at Franzlskowa and Osowa and
maintained them against fierce coun-
ter attacks
ITO the northeast of Suwalki the
heights of Olszauka were taken by
storm.
PARIS, July 10, 2:35 p. m.-The
French war office gave out the follow
Ing today on the progress of HOSTILE
ties:
Activity during tonight In the
region to the north of Arras was
quite diversified. To the south sDf
the Chateau De Carleul we seized
line of German trenches. Around
Neuville, Saint Vaast, and the 'laby
rinth' there was hand grenade fight
ing.
"In the Argonne the fighting was
circumscribed within the region sit
uated to the west of the forest whers
we had progressed yesterday To TIE
north of the Servon road. after a Sc
ries of counter attacks, the Germans
succeeded in regaining a foothold in
the Beaurain woods. In the rest Of
this section there was no change iil
the situation.
LONDON (2:35 p. m), July 15.-A
dispatch from Berlin, by way of
Amsterdam, to the Exchange Tele-
graph Company today says:
1.-THE Austro- Hungarian protest to
America is a sequel to the recent
conference at Vienna between DIR.
Won Bethmann- Hollweg, the German
imperial chancellor, and Gottlieh
Won Jagow, the German foreign min
lister, and Baron Stephen Burian Won
Rajecz, the Austro- Hungarian foreign
minister.
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