New Britain herald., 1915-02-08
RUSSIANS REFUSE
 AUSTRIAN ATTACKS 2563 Prisoners Captured by Cza'S
 Forces Near kezoIaborCz
GERMANS DRIVEN FROM VILLAGES
Russians Capture Austrian Trenches North of UZSOL Pass in the Cal.pa- thianS Taking Three Machine Guns and Many Prisoners.

thians Taking Three Machine Guns
 and Many Prisoners.
 Petrograd, Feb S.-Hard fighting continues in the Carpathians with suc- cesses of considerable importance for the Russian troops, according to an official communication issued here to- oay. A pursuit of the Austrians af- ter their resistance had been broken at three fortified positions near Mezola- borcz is said to have resulted in the capture of more than 2,5OO prisoners. The capture of additional troops af- ter a retreat north of Uzsok Pass also IS recorded, while it is stated Aus trian attacks were repulsed at other mountain passes.
 Minor Russian victories are claim ed in East Prussia and northern Poland. The text of the communication fol lows:
 Capture Twenty Hussars.
 "On the right bank of the Vistula some skirmishes favorable to us have taken place. On a broad front near the Village of Nadroz, Cossacks at tackled squadron of the enemy sup ported by infantry, capturing twenty Hussars
 Our cavalry at three o'clock in the morning by a bayonet attack dislodged the Germans from the villages of Pod leslie and Prondystary, capturing a quantity of. arms, ammunition and wire.
 Successful Night Attack.
 ir11o ri on the road from Sierpec to Rypin. where we delivered a successful night attack in the vicinity of the village of Urszulewo.
 On the left bank of the Vistula: On the Bzura and Rawka rivers can ronadine continued on February ,, but neither adversary undertook ac- tive operations. In the region of the village of Kamiony we began an of fensive and made some little progress in spite of an obstinate resistance by the enemy
 Infantry Abandon Artillery.
 Our artillery successfully bonn barded a column of Germans who were moving in the direction of Bolimow from Zemiary. The in fantry was compelled to flee. abandon ing thier artillery upon the highway.
 Tn the Carpathians hard fighting continues. Our troops broke down the enemy's resistance at three for tiled positions near Mezolaborcz and pursued the retreating enemy several versts, taking two cannon, five ma chine guns, capturing the com mandant of the Third Honveds. forty seven officers and 2,516 men.
 Capture Austrian Trenches.
 North of Uzsok Pass, near Luto- wisko, the enemy was forced to re- treat Our troops occupied his trenches taking three machine guns and many prisoners
 ''The attacks of the enemy who crossed the Toukholka and Beskid passes on February were repulsed with heavy losses for the enemy. who was forced into a precipitate retreat
 Russians Rombard Choppa.
 'On the Black sea our torpedo boat destroyers have bombarded Choppa The cruiser Breslau, which has ar rived at Baum, fired twenty shots without result at our destroyers ma- neuvering in those waters. After two shots from the fortress the Breslau steamed away
 Ixong-heralded Offensiye
 Warsaw, Russian Poland, Feb. s, via London. 1:45 D. m.--The re- action which followed the cessation of the fierce German aggressive in the region of Humin and Borjimow and the transfer of German troops northward to initiate a new offensive in the East Prussian country between i1e.tf Ri provided the Russian forces in Poland, in the opinion of military observers in Warsaw, with an opportunity for the long -heral lded offensive whose ul- innate result, it Is confidently ex- pected by the Russian military au- thorities, will be the expulsion of Ger man forces from West Poland.
 Ever since the German attack on Borjimow, which reached it's climax Thursday, a general decrease in the the junction of the Bzura river and Bolimow has been going on Fol lowing their failure to make material headway against the Russian line which protected Humin and Borji- | mow, the Germans shifted their at tack to the right bank of the Vistua northwest of Warsaw, between Lipno and Sierpec. This offensive, however, was not comparable in intensity to the former, and it evidently was one of an interlude to mask an impor- | tant transfer of German troops in the direction of East Prussia.
 Russian Advance Successful.
 The new Russian advance, accord l ing to the latest and most reliable in formation reaching Warsaw, already | has been successful between the | Bzura junction and Nitkovitzc, where l
 ENInNnnth Pace