Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-02-11
Thousands Slain in Futile Attempt to Dislodge Slavs
 on Crest.
NEARLY WIPED OUT
 IN 21 ASSAULTS
Not Until Army Is Practically Anni- Inflated Do Germans Give Up Attack. and Flee DGwn Mountain Under
 Deadly Fire.

Petrograd, Feb. 1O-By the repulse of the Germans with hideous slaugh- 1 ter on the heights of Koziowa. the 1 crisis in the present campaign in the Carpathians has been brought ap- preciably nearer
 The scene of this heroic conflict lies between StryJ and Munkacz. II miles from the crest of the ridge which is the boundary line between Hungary and Galacia. A mile Or two south of the village the dense forests give way to naked peaks and slopes. | Immediately to the north the hills are again thickly wooded.
 The Russians, therefore, were screened from observation and to a certain extent from the German fire, while before them was an extensive slacis across which it was impos sible for the enemy to advance with out all his movement becoming known and being brought unoer ar tillery fire
 On Saturday night, under the cover of darkness, the Germans massed a large force in front of this posi- tion. In the gray light of dawn line upon line of infantry was sent for
 ward to death. The attack was delivered with ter-, rife impetuosity, covered by furiousE fire of the enemys heavy artillery. The Germans .once more relied al- most exclusively on the momentum of enormous numbers. driven forward remorselesaly and nnceas.ngly.
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 the doomed troops scrambled up the slope in four or fire closely ranged lines, those in the rear rapidly filling up the gaps torn in the front ranks by the hurricane of Russian rifle and machine guns fire. The soldiers were moved down by the thousands, but
 nothing seemed able to check the steady on rush of the human wave. At last in sorely diminished form 1t
 reached the Russian trenches and at one portion of the position actually
 inundated them for the space of a few minutes. The threatened sector,
 which was of conside erable import ance was hurriedly reinforced and the intruders, who were comparative ly few in numbers, were hurled down the slope with the bayonet.
 But that was merely the beginning. The attack was maintained with credible stubbornness Nnd indiffer- ence to human life thloughout the day. The first wave of German stormers was succeeded by .21 others
 before the temporary success proved to have been merely a herald of a crushing defeat.
 By evening the Germans were oc- cupying the height in considerable
 numbers Their triumph. however.
 was short lived, for the Russian de-
 livered general counter attack.
 which is described as Ian unexpected
 bayonet battle." The Germans are
 no match for the Russians with this
 weapon, and before long the survfv- ! ing remnants of the forces which had seized the hill were fleeing down it's
 side in irretrievable rout, authough
 fought with tremendous tenacity. The losses of the enemy were stu pendous. The slopes leading up to
 the Russian position were dotted
 with the slain, their contorted bodies sharply silhoutted against the white covering of snow. More than 1908 bodies were counted in front of the trenches held by a single Russian battalion.