The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-06


OF fact by them that rev would escape
alive The correspondent continues:
The Germans maintained a concen-
trated fire from 100 batteries. Tne
shells fell thickly The earth seemed
10 tremble. Seven or eight projectl"s
dropped simultaneously in almost TIE
same spot. The Germans attempted II
turn the Russian flank and failed. Near
Borimow the Russians attacked fu-
riously They carried three lines OF
trenches The Germans fell in such
numbers that their bodies were pIen
breast high. They had htty machine
guns playing upon the Russian INES
| OF these the Russians captured four-
teen The Germans were using smells
| al ed with poisonous gases. when these
| exploded near the Russians fumes were
thrown off that lrritated the eyes.
When night came on Wednesday the
! Germans We're broken ana exhausted
| Some detachments maintained them-
selves a short distance west or BOIL
NOV and in the town OF Goumlne me
| Russians struck Immediately. delivering
nerce counter attacks with fresh corps
| held i'm reserve Goumine was wrested
/ from the Germans At Viola Szydlo-
wiecka the Germans fought with the des-
peration Of despair Battalions were an
initiated Whole companies were wiped
/ out of existence. At 10 O'Clock yes'er-
.
SLAMS swept the Germans from VIOLA
] Szydlowiecka and left the Cars troops
/ masters OF the field.
The net results OF the battle OF Gou-
/ nine Boriimow, which lasted three days,
was the recapture by the Russians of all
positions lost In the past week of re-
/ newed German effort. The moral results
are incalculable. Unless military critics
| are wholly In error, Won Mackensen's
armies, Won Hndenburgs most effective
force. have been so terribly punished that
weeks will be required 10 repair their
losses and restore their confidence. War
saw seems safer than ever before. Es-
. Inmates OF the losses in the three days
battle are difficult to obtain. but II Ia as
sumed that the Germans lost at least
$4,000 in killed and wounded and that
the Russian casualties were not much
less.
SO costly a repulse occurring stimuli
taneously with the SUCCESSFUL advances
OF the Russians in East Prussia and
toward West Prussia may very well sub
nit the Germans 70 tho hateful necessity
OF retreating from tho Warsaw front be-
fore IL Ia too late. That they are vast
ing their strength In an impossible etrort
10 capture Warsaw Is more apparent day
by day, and the result OF the battle OF
Borjimow-G oumine indicates to military
critics that the Russians are merely bid
10 deal with any attack and content to
await the development OF their cam.
paigns in the north and the south before
beginning westward drive to Silesia
The news from East Prussia Is fur
Their confirmation OF the advance OF tho
Russians in that province. Having ad-
Vanced from Pillkallen and Lasdehnen
in the north, tho Russians are marching
southwark along both banks Of the In
ster, while their troops to the south hold
tho Angerapp This means that the
Russians are rapidly converglng on In
sterburg. the only important obstacle to
their advance to Koenigsberg.
From the Carpathians tho surprising
news is received that the Russians who
advanced through the Dukla Pass into
Hungary have reached the River La
borc2a, the headwaters OF which begin
In the southern foothills OF the CArpa-
thians. retirement OF Russian forces
in the Lupkow and Beskd passes to
the east OF the pukla Pass Is admitted
by the General StAff but the advance
to the Laborcza overshadows all opera
lions In this region. II IN evident that
heavy fighting II continuing along a
battle front OF 90 miles
The text of the report issued to-day by
the General Stan was as follows
In East Prussia we arc making
progress by fighting our way along
both banks OF the River szesz-
; uppe. In the vicinity Of Lasdeh-
l men, TO the east of Tilsit.
, on the left bank OF tho River
, Vistula tho fighting between Borjl-
: NOV and Viola Szydlowtecka has
: continued with extraordinary fe-
: rooity. The enemy has brought
into tho engagement compact
; masses Of men, In the endeavor
TO penetrate our front the Ger
mans have here introduced into
, sector of ten versts (about six
miles) no fewer than seven divi-
sions, supported by 100 batteries
of artillery, Certain divisions ad-
vanced on a front only ono verst
: wide.
Our counter attack began the
a night of February 3, and was i'm
. mediately followed by a series OF
, engagements at the point OF tho
! bayonet, We succeeded In com
polling the enemy to assume tho
Z defensive Al point near Borj-
NOV we took posse sslon OF two
, lines ~ German trenches and we
1 drove the enemy out of Goumine.
a After desperate hghting which had
Z lasted two days, our troops entered
r VIOLA Szydlowiea1a. The fighting