Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-01-29
RUSSIAN ADVANCE
IN EAST PRUSSIA
Cars War Office Also Reports Re-
pulse of German Offensive
Movements in Poland.
BIG BATTLE FOUGHT IN eA1IC1A

PETROGRAD. Jan. &.-The general
staff OF the Russian army today gave out
a communication on the progress OF the
fighting with the Teutonio allies. 1t is
dated January q and reads as follows:
''In east Prussia fighting has continued
in the region OF Malwischken and Las
dehnen.
"On the right bank of the lower Wis.,
tula there took place again an artillery
engagement and encounters with advanced
parties OF the enemy. In front of this
river. in the neighborhood of skempe, we
were successful In forcing back several
German battalionss
''rhe night OF January 90 and the day
following saw no important change on
the left bank OF the Vistua. The Ger
mans, however, delivered reiterated at
tacks against our front In the vicinity OF
Bolimow, but in every case they were
driven back. During one of the engage
ments some of the detachments OF the
enemy who have been successful in
gaining our trenches were dispatched at
the point of the bdyonet.
Attacks by tho enemy in the vicinity
Of the villages OF Rabskebudy and Ka-
mion have resulted in failure.
"InNhe course OF January 20 our artil-
lery bombarded with success the lines of
the enemy and reduced to silence a Ger
many battery located a she village OF
I.AtAmnleNs ssltplIlr risnsk elhaeaew. 4
TN Galicia the engagemehts are devef-
oping on large scale, The front eN-
tends from Mount Duklai to Mount Wxsz-
kow. On the right wing OF this front wo
have captured 100 prisoners and two ma
chine guns.
In Bukowina on JANUARY 25 sin the
Vicinity of Waleputna, to the southwest
Of kimpoluns' there was an artillery en-
gsgement."
Five Hundred Germans Killed.
PETROGRAD, Jan. 2S.-(via London)
In stubbord fight in the vicinity OF
Sochaczew, on the BEura river, the Ger
mans on Tuesday broke through into the
Russian trenches, from which they we're
repulsed only after bayonet charges. At
Atlanka, two miles north of soohaczew,
in battle lasting thirty minutes, the
Germans lost 800 killed.
A Russian officer commanding a bat
and the battery masked. We lay all night
waiting for the attack. Before us was
a clear space Of 1000 yards 20 a hill on
which there were trees
with the coming OF daynight we be-
came impatient and began TO fear that
tho Germans did not intend TO attack.
Suddenly. at the end OF the field, we
noticed a detachment OF cavalry. They
rode towards our position and to n point
within 600 yards OF II and then stopped,
evidently suspecting that something was
wrong. We were In despair when they
turned to move away, since wo were with
out firing orders.
suddenly the cracking Of our machine
guns, twenty yards to the left. gave tho
signal for a Eeneral play OF the battery.
Part OF the attachment was killed and
the rest of the cavalrymen fled. They
were caught. however. by shrapnel from
our artillery battery further back and
scarcely one escaped.
Half an hour passed. From the direc-
tlon OF the village there appeared ex-
pected long lines OF German columns.
not less than three regiments Again we
held our fire for a time. knowing what
was expected OF US.
THE Germans gathered on tho hill and
began entrenching. They did not work
long. With three ~volleys we swept the
whole OF the German left flank and In
the space OF thirty minutes the whole
ground within reach OF cur guns was
cleared. The Germans left 800 killed.
Later the Germans tried TO get around
our left. but here our siberfans met them
and within a few minutes had them on
the run again. Meanwhile two Germann
guns, which were covering the movement,
were silenced by our artillery thanks TO
which We lost scarcely a man"