The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-02-17
representative is quite confident that
Przemysl will soon be relieved for q

second time.
1t is known that the German forces
in East Prussia and north of the Wis.,
tula, which for months have been
content to remain on a strategic de-
fensive have been considerably
strengthened, and that fairly gen.
eral engagement is now in progress.
Field Marshall Won Hindenberg re-
ports that this engagement is "pro-
crossing normally" a phrase strong
ly reminiscent Of the bulletin which
appeared Just before the announce
ment of general Russian defeat on
December IT.
Petrograd reports: The Austro-
German army, amounting probably to
100000 men, is moving eastward Of
Nadvornay, in a broken country, to-
wards the Bukowina frontier, pre-
sumably with the object OF attempt
ing to envelop the Russian left wing.
The retirement Of the Russian COL
umn from Kimpolung followed upon
the Austrian occupation Of Kirlibaba,
which made the position at Jakoben
untenable. This covers the only prac-
ticable access to the Kimpolung Pass.
The operations there must evidently
wait on decisive results in the East
ern Carpathians.
Tho Germans, who gradually lad
been concentrating in East Prussia
with fresh troops, began a series OF
energetic reconnoissances, and on
February they opened offensive
operations on both wings of their
front in East Prussia. In the vicinity
OF Lasdehnen, to the east Of Tilsit,
we drove back a German attack and
succeeded in almost completely ami
hilating one Of the German battalions
opposed to US. Following this en-
counter our cavalry moved forward
in the direction Of Sierpo, travelling
over the road to Rypin.
Judging from the corpses aban-
doned by the Germans In front of our
positions, they would appear to have
tens Of thousands Of men in the six
lost in dead and wounded several
days fighting in front Of Borjimow,
Goumine, and VIOLA (SzydIowiecka)
In the Carpathians the fighting
continues in the vicinity Of Bartfeld
and Svidnik. The enemy here under
took active operations, but they did
not continue, and they retired leaving
prisoners in our hands. In the vicin-
ity of Mount Loupkow we continued
our pursuit of the enemy, and in one
day we captured sixty-nine officers,
500 men and eighteen machine guns.
German columns, having made
their way over the Tukholka Pass,
delivered during the day of February
no fewer than twenty-five violent
attacks upon certain heights in the
region of Koziouwka, occupied by US.
The Germans came forward to this
attack several ranks deep, presenting
a full front line.
Uunder our violent cross-fire the
Germans here twice took possession
Of g. certain height, but they were
dislodged by counter-attacks deliver
ed by our infantry. This success was
preceded by long and violent hand-to-
hand fighting with the bayonet,
which is without precedent in his
tory. All the side of this hill was
covered by German corpses. IN front
of one Of our battalions more than
1000 German dead were counted.
), London reports: "In Poland and
the CaTpathians the battles which
have been under way for weeks are
progressing but various official re-
ports lack details.
"The Austrians still claim advances
In the Carpathian mountains and re-
port Russian repulses.
"In the West, particularly in the
Argonne and the Vosge5, there have
been German attacks on the allied
lines, and Newport and the district
along the User has been heavily bonn
barded."