Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-02-23
Official war Reports
FRENCH


was reported last night, has been ex-
trefnely violent The FIRST lombard
ment lasted SIX hours and the second
five hours.
Five hundred shells have been
thrown upon all quarters OF the city.
That In which the Cathedral is To-
Gated has suffered severely. It's whole
interior has been smashed In.
Twenty houses have been burned
and twenty civilians KILLED.
West of Dombartzyde the enemy
made ready to deliver two infantry at
tRcks which, coming under our fire,
could not be carried home
To the east OF the Argonne, between
Malincourt and the Meuse, our artil-
lery found a German battery and
blew up its ammunition wagons
BRITISH
There have been several attacks and
counter attacks near Ypres. The
enemy destroyed a British trench and
the British captured German trench.
The German attack along the La
Bassee Canal has been repulsed. Else
where there were artillery duels.
At o'clock Sunday morning the
enemy exploded an elaborate series of
mines which destroyed one of our
trenches A new line, prepared short
occupied. Attempts of the enemy to
make further progress was completely
frustrated
Near Gwenchy (France) our infantry
after a successful bombardment, cap
tured and blew UP an enemy's trench.
An attempted attack by the Germans
along the La Basaee Canal was easily
repulsed by our artillery.
South of the Lys there has been an
increase in the volume of artillery and
rifle fire, wherein our troops have
shown themselves masters of the foe.
Thick weather has impeded the work
OF airmen.
AUSTRIAN
All along the front in Russian Pol
and and west Galicia only artillery
duels and infantry sklrmishes have
taken place.
In the Carpathans numerous Rus
sian attacks continue, and there have
been attacks also in the western sec
ton, mostly at night. All these
attempts to penetrate our lines were
repulsed with great losses to the
enemy.
South of the Dniester big battles are
developing. A strong hostile force
was repulsed Sunday after long
fight. Two thousand prisoners and
four guns and lot of war material
were captured
RUSSIAN
Fighting continues on the right bank
of the Bobr and the Narew in isolated
engagements An encounter of sec
ondary Importance occurred near
Grodno on the Dypskov road, In which
we attacked the Germans.
The guns of the fortress were used
actively and effectively in the lighting
in the Ossowetz district. On the road
from Lomza we took Jedwabno after
a fierce combat. The enemy took the
offensive in considerable force in the
PrzasnysZ region.
We captured several villages on the
road between Racionz and Plonsk,
taking 500 German prisoners on the left
bank of the Vistula,
Attacks of the enemy on the north
bank of the Pilica, in the district of
Lopuszno were repulsed.
1t has been definitely learned that
the Austrians suffered very heavy
losses north of Zakliczyn, in Western
Galicia, on February II.
After capturing the heights of Smol-
nika, east of Lupkow Pass, in the Car
pathians. our troops repulsed repeated
counter attacks of the Austrians, who
reached point within a few PAGES of
our positions, but were forced back
with heavy losses.
The Germans delivered four attacks
against the heights of Myto Koziourka
on the night of February 90 but were
driven back. We had carried the hill,
which was an important part of the
enemy's position
We attacked the Austrians south of
Stanislau, in Eastern Gallcia, and
drove back two brigades, after a COM
bat in which the bayonet was used.
GERMAN
The fortress of Calais was extensive
ly bombarded by German aircraft on
the night of February 21-22 The
French yesterday renewed with dimin-
ished vigor their attacks in Cham
pagne near Perthes All their efforts
to advance broke down under the Ger
man artillery fire. Near ALLY and
Apremont, the French, after a minor
success. were driven back into their
own positions. In the Vosges, Sattle
Kopf. a height north of Muelbach, was
and taken by the Germans.
Otherwise nothing important occurred
on the western front.
The Russian formations, hastily as
sembled, tried to advance from Grod-
no in a northwestern direction, but
their attempts failed. The Russian
losses were terrific.
The number of guns captured in the
battle of the Mazurian Lake district
has been increased to more than 3OO
among which there are IS of heavy
calibre.
Engagements continue northwest of
Ossowetz and north of Lomza and
PrZasnysZ
on the vistula. east of Plock, the
the direction of Wysze grod. In Poland,
south of the Vistula, a Russian di-
vision advancing on the German posi-
ton near the Rawka has been re-