New Britain herald., 1915-02-24
CERMANSL0ST 50,0o0 MEN IN ATTACKS ON
 RUSSIAN POSITIONS
Paris Reports Referring to Fighting at RaWka River and in Regions
 Of boIjmoW and Cunlbhaen.
CARS FORCES REPULSE
 ATTACKS ON FOUR POINTS


 Villages on Road to Plonsk Changed
 Hands Several Times, Reports Pc
 trograd.-Austrian Attacks in the
 Carpathians Repelled By Russians.
 Further Obstacles Arise to Pre-
 vent Invasion of Russia.
 Paris, Feb 24, 6:05 a., m.-At least fifty thousand men were lost by the "Germans in their attack on the Rus sian positions at the Rawka river and sin the regions of Borjimow and Gum Dinncn, according to Ludovio Neu- Asd.uu, the Journals correspondent who witnessed the operations. He considers the general situation highly favorable to the Russians and says: ",che Germans are being gradually :, but implacably worn down. Whether they attack or merely defend them Selves their armies melt away from \ day to day. Their feverish activity md their frightful sacrifice of lives show they realize they are fighting against time.
 Russians RepeI Attacks.
 Petrograd, Feb. 24.-The desperate resistance offered by the Twentieth , corps of the Russian army to the ad- vance of the Germans in East Prussia after it had been cut off from the Tenth army is described in an official communication issued here last night. The report is based upon information received from various individuals be- longing to this corps who managed to escape.'' The Russians claim that although these troops were surround cd by German army in the territory between Goldap and. Suwalki, they s-infiicted heavy losses upon their an- : fagonists. They repelled attacks on four fronts "until their strength was completely exhausted. The con- ! nunication follows: The communi- eation of February 21 which de- scribed the unusually difficult position < of parts of our army corps during the retreat in East Prussia applied to por- $tiorls of the Twentieth corps com handed by Lieutenant General Bulgakoff. comprising the Twentieth z division and three reserve regiments.
  did the Tenth army was broken on : February 13, and the corps found it. -self surrounded in the. country be- tween Goldap and Suwalki by Ger man army which constantly 1ncerased iIl numbers
 Corps Fought HerOically.
 '.This corps fought heroically until February 22 against an enemy which outnumbered it several times. During these daysbthe troops marched about thirty two miles, continuing to force a passage for themselves upward the southeastern part of the forest of Augustowa.
 According to accounts given by prisoner our corps inflicted heavy losses upon the Germans, who at tempted to bar the war. particularly kdn the lake region and the forest near Ghita AM
 Repelled German Attacks. ' Reports just given by various in dividua1s belonging to this corps who managed to escape show the corps was ready to fight until it's strength was completely exhausted gallantly srepe1ling attacks on four fronts, re- tsining it's artillery and taking with tit many German prisoners.
 Severe fighting continues on the right bank of the Bobr and Narew rivers German attachments which took the offensive near Ossowetz on February o1 were forced back by the fire of our artillery. Fighting has nacn in uorsress north of I.omza on t,,o roaa is 70 Radzilowo. Artchoutchina ard Eoluo In spite of attacks by s.~ong forces we hold Jedwabno. GA GerRlan attack along the Szczuezyn- Ko1ro road was supported during the night of February 2o by arrnored autom obiles and was un- usually intense.
 Villages Change Hands.
 The German offensive. continued in the Przasnysz district. Three attacks upon Przasnysz were repulsed, our armored automobiles assisting greatly in this respect. Their fire decimated the Germans at a distance of seventy five paces. On the road to Plonsk some villages changed hands several times.
 "South of the Moghely farm on the ;eft hank of the Vistula, we exploded rnincs under German trench, occu- pving the dugouts in >the remainder Of the German trenches. We cap- 47,red three machine guns, trench trcortars and bombs and also took a number of prisoners. The losses to tho Germans caused by the mine ex- pIosions numbered 5G0.
 AustriaI,s Bombard Convent.
 "Tn the Carpathians the Austrians ba-,,barded a convent south of MeZo- labarcz with 12-inch mortars. We
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