Evening star., 1915-02-02
SUCCESS DECLARED WON
ONLY AT TERRIBLE COST
Dense Masses of Infantry Said to
Have Been Moved Down by
Russian Guns.
CARPATHIAN BATTLES BITTER
Mountain Passes Around Which
Struggle Centers of the Utmost
Strategic Value to Con-
tending Armies.

PETROGRAD, February e.
Renewal of fierce offensive bv
the Germans in the region of
Sochaczew and Berjimow. on the
road to Warsaw, is admitted in
an official statement issued here
today. The violence of the Ger
man attacks, the statement says,
compelled some of the Russian
units to retire to the second line
of trenches.
The communication was as fol-
lows:
Cavalry Makes Assault.
"on the right bank Of the Lower
vistula. January 81, our cavalry made
a sudden and successful assault upon
the German line along the front be-
tween Brezun and Lake Orezelejo. ff-
teen yersts (ten miles) north Of Sierpec.
capturing many officers and soldiers.
THE attempt of the Germans. the
Goth, to open an offensive movement
in the direction of Lipno and Dobrzyn.
supported by artillery fire. was
J "On the left bank of the Vistula
front, at . the villages Of Makow and
Dyblin, the enemy was thrown back to
the line of the villages of Weleze and
Nasignewo, northwest of Wloclawek.
The Germans, in retreating, abandon
ed at Makow many of their dead.
Forced to Abandon Trenches.
.In the course of the day of January
81 the enemy. after having concentrat-
ed in the region Of Sochaczew, Borjf-
NOW and south of Borjfmow large
force of artillery. developed active op-
erations against our positions. with
very considerable forces. The German
offensive was distinguishedSby great
tenacity, advancing in close RANKS
strongly. supported from the rear:
AFTER having concentrated violent
fire in the morning upon that region,
the fierceness of the German offensive
compelled some of our units to retire
to the second line of trenches
"In the meanwhile counter attack
from anothet detachment of our forces
Grove the enemy from all the trenches
occupied by him. inficting upon him
enormous losses
Series of Ferocious Assaults.
simultaneously with this attack on
Borjimow the Germans delivered series
of ferocious assaults against our front
between the villages Of Goumine. Bour-
gade and Moghely. These attacks were
supported by very heavy artillery fire.
Up to midday of January 81 every one
O, these assaults was driven back by US.
some by our rifle fire and some with the
bayonet But between midday and PIN
of January 81 the Germans were success
full in occupying part of our trenches
I'm this they were helped largely by
an energetic and sustained artillery
fire.
"A little after o'clock We undertook
general counter attack. This was
successful, and as result OF II the
enemy, the evening of January 81 re-
tanned but little portion of our first
line trenches, together with certain
chateau in the country
Says Success Was Costly.
"It can be said that the successes Of
the Germans the day OF January 81 In
the vicinity Of Borjimow were relative
ly insignificant compared to the losses
we inflicted on the enemy with our ar
tillery fire, our counter attack and our
bayonet charges. According to reports
from our military chiefs. the Russian
artillery inflicted immense damage on
the Germans. Our guns dispersed dense
gatherings Of German infantry, and II
reduced their batteries to silence; this
made it possible for us to resist their,
fierce attack. 80
1.-The lighting in the Carpathians con-
tinues. In spite of the reported par
ticipation of fresh Austrian troops.
which up to the present time have not
actually appeared on our front, We
we're successful in repelling every en-
pF n NJ
fensive in the vicinity of Mount Beskid
and Mount Wyszow, and we are con-
tinuing to advance with success along
the front from Eijnia Polianka to Lou.
doviski.
Used Bayonets Freely.
'It should be related that during the
night of January 30-31 at a point near
Molomow a Russian detachment ad-
yanced upon the enemy and dislodged
them from certain positions which
the. heads of our trenches
In this encounter our men used the
bayonet freely. and we captured some
machine guns.
Local inhabitants relate that the
enemy. after the Lipno- -Dobrzyn fight
used sixty wagonstto remove their
in the region of Borjfmow are author
ity for the statement that between JAM
uary "a and January 30 the Germans.
on. a front near Borjimow one and
half versts long "a little, less than one
mile) lost over 5000 men in killed.
The wounded were numerous.
In the Carpathians between January
rs and January 20, on the front be-
tween Mijnia Polianl<a and Loudoviska,
we captured sseve9ty EIGHT officers. A.
O65 soldiers. fopr.pieces of artillery and
ten machine guns.
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Carpathian Passes Vital.
LONDON, February 2.-The German
lines, after a long period Of prepara-
ion appear today, judging from ,re-