Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-02-12
RUSSIANS STOP
GERMAN DRIVE
10000 Soldiers and-6OO Can
non Hurled Against Line
WHOLE COMPANIES DESTSOyEO
Cars Forces Defeat Terrific Attack
West Of Warsaw-3o,o00 Germans
Reported Killed.

Net since the battles around Lodz,
in Russian Poland, in the early part
Of Leccmber, have the Germans de.
live:ed such vicious attacks as when
they attempted to break through the
Russian lines near Borjimow.
Probably never before in the east
ern arena OF tie war have they con-
centratel such force upon a single
point.
In a distance of six miles between
Humin and Borjimow the Germans
threw 10000 infantrymen, together
with heavy forces of cavalry, the
whole supported by 100 batteries OF
artillery, comprising in all no less
than GOO guns. 1t is estimated that IN
this short time there were nearly
10000 men to the mile, coming on in
ten or twelve lines like the waves OF
the sea.
The Russians, warned by the at
tacks of previous days in this same
vicinity, have concentrated cores
pondingly heavy forces to resist the
German advance. So close were both
sides packed in this narrow space
that the artillery became practically
useless.
The battlefield was fiat plain, un'
5structed by either trees or houses
The latter already had been demoi
ished by shell fire. The Russians met
the German advance with rifle fire
and bayonet, the first lines struggling
forward and backward from trench to
trench. At some places the trenches
were only a few hundred yards apart
The closeness of the line made the
fighting extraordinarily sanguinary.
Whole companies OF troops were eX
terminated.
The most desperate German resist
ance was at VIOLA Szydlowiecka
with t. e Russians succee led in TAX
ing alter fight which iastcl a!
night.
German prisoners in the hands o.
the Russians relate that in the Ger
man camn tie division chosen to leat
this undertaking was Dubbed the "dl
vision o: DEATH" since it appeared tt
be a roregcne conclusion that none
would survive TIE German losses are
estimated al $1,000 killed and wound
ed.
Russian military observers, with TIL
meager details before them, are liken
ing this fight to the battle Of Bcro
dino, where Napoleon lost his Russian
campaign.
The battle at Borjimow is continu
ing with virtually undated violence
The Russian official statement il
describing the fighting in other sec
tions of the front says:
"in East Prussia we are making
progress by fighting our way alonE
both banks of the river Schesehuppe
in the vicinity of Lasdehnen, to tht
east Of Tilsit.
"In the Carpathians the fghtinf
continues along the front which is be
tween the Duke Pass and Noun
Wyszkow. We advanced at a point
near Svidnik, in the valley Of the La
bcrtch river, moving in the direction
or Oujok. We took 1000 prisoners and
ten machine guns.
At Mount Toukho,ka and at Mount
BE: kid our troops during the last few
davs have been confronting the en-.
euy with a desperate resistance. They
a, a,repted no less than ten engage
ments at the point OF the bayonet. On
Feb. 3 we resolved to withdraw our
sol.iiers from the mountain positions
t. o....gr positions previously selected
and organized by us. The offensive
strength @. lie enemy in this vicinity
il very CONSIDERABLE