New Britain herald., 1915-02-25
GERMANS CAPTURE
 PRzASNYSz;; TAKE
 !, 10000 RUSSIANS n nnn nIvn0IDAyn
NN French and German Official Re- ports Indicate Calm on Western
 Front is Uabroken.
GERMAN CLAIMS OF SWEEPING
 VICTORIES DENIED BY RUSSIA

Czar's Forces Reported to Be Moving
 Consistently in Carpathians-Aus- trians Said to Have Lost More Than
 5000 NLe1, at Dukla Pass--Russians
 Rclnvade Bukowina.
 Another important victory over the Russians was announced today by tho Herman war office, in the capture of the Polish city Of Przasnysz. The Heaviest fighting in northern Poland since the expulsion of the Russians X from East Prussia has occurred in the : vicinity of this city and it's fall is said 10 have led to the capture of more than 10000 Russians. PetTograd has not yeet confirmed the report
 The French and German official communications of today indicate that the calm on the western front is un- }, broken. French attacks in Cham 2 pagne continue, without important !. results.
 In Sympathy With Russia. | A declaration in the house of conl- mons today by Sir Edward Grey con- stituted perhaps the most impOrta mt political development since the open ing of the war. The foreign Secre- tary announced that Great Britain twas in sympathy with Russia's aspir- ation for access to the sea. He re- ferred to Russia's hope of obtaining Constantinople as a result of the war with Turkey.
 The second week of Germanys sub marine campaign opened today with the loss of two more British ships. The steamer Western Coast and Dept ford were sunk off the English coast, either by mines or torpedoes. Pre- viously ten vessels, seven of them British, had been sent to the bot tom. Germany apparently is pre- pairing to extend the field of these operations, for three submarines have been sent to Pola, presumably for use in the Adriatic and Mediter- !sranean. The American proposals for cessation of this form of warfare and the admission of foodstuffs to Ger many are before the German and British governments, but there are no indications whether they will find ac- ceptance.
 Germans Claims Denied \ Germany's claim to- an overwhelm- ing victory in East Prussan, resulting in the virtual annihilation of the Rus |sian Tenth Army, is denied categori- cally by the Russian general staff. The admission is made that two army corps suffered heavily during the re- treat, but the remaining corps are said to have escaped from the Ger man surrounding movement. Efforts - of the Germans to clinch their vic tory by striking a decisive blow in northern Poland are leading to con- ? tinuous battles all along this section of the front. The outcome of which ' the Russian staff does not attempt to s. forecast.
 Hardly less intense is the campaign In the Carpathians. The PetrOgrad announcement claims successes for the Russians in small engagements. Dispatches from the front to Swiss newspapers assert that the Russians are winning consistently, and that the Austrians have lost more than three tn ousand men at Dukla Pass.
 Germans Capture Pryasnysz. i, Berlin, Feb 25, Via London, P. M.-The town of Przasnysz, Russia n Polend. was yesterday taken by storm by German forces, according g 10 the official announcement given out $in Berlin today. The Germans cap- tured 10000 Russian prisoners. s The report is dated February 25 and reads as follows:
 1 Tn the western arena of the war: x In Champagne the enemy yesterday Fcontinued his desperate efforts which #in spite of the strong forces engaged were again absolutely without suc- cess Otherwise there has been nothing of importance on the western front.
 Tn the eastern arena; The engage { ments on the Memel, Bobr and Narew " rivers continue. The town of Przas- nysz in Russian Poland, which had been extensively fortified, was stormed yesterday by the east Prussian re- serves. After stubborn fight we were victorious, capturing more than 10000 prisoners, over twenty cannon } large number of machine guns and very large amount of war material More Russians Captured.
 "In other engagements fought north of the river Vustula during the past few days we have taken 5000 Rus sian prisoners. In Poland, south ot the Vistula. the Russians advanced te Mogily, which is southeast of Boil now, and occupied this position Their forces in this movement out
 mum bered ours five to one. Other wise there is nothing of importance S To report in this region. It is charac- teristic that the commander of the
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