Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-02-19
OFFICIAL BULLETINS
GERMAN

on the read from Arras to lille the
French have been thrown out Of the
section of German trench occupied
by them on February 1s. In Cham
payne renewed attacks of strong
French forces completely broke down
yesterday under the German artillery
fire. There are 100 additional prison
ers in the hands Of the Germans.
Small portions OF German trenches
taken by the French on February l6
were partly reconduered.
In the French attack upon Bou-
reullies and vauquois, already report
ed, five officers and ais uninjured men
were taken prisoners.
East Of verdun, near Combles, the
French, after a short-llved success,
we're repulsed with heavy losses.
In the vosges the Germans stormed
Hill No. 600, south of Lusse, and took
two machine guns.
The Germans yesterday occupied
Tauroggen. The engagements OF the
pursuing Germans with the retreat
ing Russians northwest of Grodno and
IlOTln OF AuCHhWOlu are near liltlI tllu
The engagement northwest of kolno
still continues. South of Myszyniec
the Germans drove the Russians out
of several villages in Poland
North OF the Vlstula, on both sides
of the Skrwa and each side of Racionc
there were minor engagements yes
terday.
From that section of Poland south
of the Vistula nothing new is reported.
FRENCH
There is nothing important to report
since the communique of last evening.
The night was calm.
There we're artillery combats of
some violence in the valley of the
Aisne and In the sector of Rheims.
In the region of Perthes all the posi-
tions conquered by us remain in our
hands
Between the Argonne and the
Meuse, at Pont-des-Quatre-E -Enfants,
we captured a bomb thrower.
In the Vosges we repulsed two in
fantry attacks to the north of Wis
senbach, in the region of Bonhomme.
In addition we strengthened and or
ganized our positions proceeding
methodically to the north and to the
south of the Sudel farm.
BRITISH
The enemy displayed considerable
activity during the last few days
of Ypres. The fighting on
this part Of the line was very severe
at times. On two points the enemy
succeeded In occupying some of our
trenches, but was driven out by coun-
er-attacks. AT one place 60 Ger
mans were left dead upon the field.
One of their trenches was blown up
and many prisoners taken. On the
night of February 1916 an attack
was made against our line north of the
Ypres canal. On the following night a
similar attack was made against our
lines near Neuve Chappelle. Both
were easily repulsed with losses to the
enemy. All the ground recently gained
has been strengthened and held with
out difficulty. South of the Lys our
guns have dealt very effectively with
the enemy's artillery, whose fire has
greatly increased recently.
RUSSIAN
On the front from the Niemen TO
the Vistula, fighting continued on
February II. II was of particularly
desperate character in the region of
Augustowo and also in the region
from Serpez to Plocl
In the Carpathians the Russians
repelled a series of persistent at
tacSs on the Hungarian front at svid-
mix.
AUSTRIAN
In Bukowina the enemy has been
driven beyond the Pruth. Cerno-
witz was occupied by our troops We'd
nesday afternoon. The Russians de-
parted from there in the direction
of Novosielica.
(Novosllica Is In Russia, at the
Junction of the Pruth and Rakitna
Rivers.)
Stubborn fighting continues in the
Carpathians. All the Russian attacks
have been beaten off with heavy
losses to their troops.
On the CarpathIan front from
Dukla Pass to the vicinity of Wyz-
skow, the situation is generally un-
BY our occupation of Kolomea the
russians took an important vantage
'oint.