The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-09-22
PARRY THRUST AT
TOWN OF HAL|CZ
Germans Recapture Ground
Taken BY Russians.
ALSO TAKE 5000 PRISONERS
Other Attacks Beaten Back With
Heavy Losses-series OF Bat
ties On, Petrograd
Announces.

Berlin.-A German attack against
the Russians who are attempting to
capture the Galician town of Halicz
resulted in the defeat of the Russians,
who lost the greater portion of the
territory gained on Saturday. the War
Office announced. In addition to in
fiicting heavy casualties on the Rus
SLAMS the Germans took $500 prison
ers and is machine guns. The state
ment says;
Army group of Prince Leopold:
West of Lutsk our effective curtain of
fire impeded an attempt of the enemy
to launch a rush attack against the
troops of General Won Marwitz. North
of Czelvay feeble attack was re-
pulsed easily. Many thousands of Rus
sian dead cover the battlefield of Sat
urday.
Between the Sereth and the Stripa
repeated Russian attacks against the
troops under General Won Eben result
ed in the same complete failure and
heavy losses for the Russians, as on
the preceding day
Turks Drive Out Russians.
Army group of Archduke Charles
Francis: In heavy fighting west of
the Zlota Lipa Turkish troops, sup
ported by their allied comrades, sue
cessfully defended themselves against
superior forces of the enemy. Hostile
detachments which penetrated their
lines were driven out.
German troops under the command
of General Won Gerok made counter
attacks on both sides of the Narayuvka
Ga tributary of the emilia Lipa). The
Russians were unable to stem the ad-
vance of these troops. A greater por-
tion of the territory lost Saturday is
again in our hands. Not taking into
account the heavy casualties of the
enemy in killed or wounded, he lost
$500 prisoners and 16 machine guns.
IN the Carpathians Russian attacks
were repulsed."
Paris.-South of Combles, on the
Somme front, the French have carried
another group of German trenches, ac-
cording to the official statement from
the War Office. Desperate fighting
continues around Deniecourt, while
actions both in the Champagne district
and on the Verdun front, where the
French captured trench on Dead Man
Hill, are recorded
The Germans lost heavily in several
eounter-attacks north and south of the
Somme The French maintained the
ground recently won and made further
progress near Clery and Berry and on
the eastern edge of Deniecourt
Prisoners report, that enormous
losses have been sustained by some
of the German formations. The state
ment says two battalions were almost
anihilated by the French artillery The
text reads:
North of the Somme brisk attack
gave US the mastery of group Of
trenches 200 meters south of Combles;
we took so prisoners.
Violent artillery fighting continues
in the sectors of the Bethune road.
1900 Prisoners Taken.
South of the Somme, fierce fighting
continued at Deniecourt Our infantry,
after capturing the village and the last
of its defenders, has driven back the
enemy's advanced posts to distance
of about a kilometre to the south in
the direction of Ablaincourt.
simultaneous operations enabled
us to occupy trench west of Horgny,
and GUST the enemy from the small
woods southeast of Deniecourt, and
also to occupy several trenches to the
southwest
THE total number of unwounded
prisoners taken Sunday and Monday in
this sector exceeds 1000, of whom rs
are officers.
"0n the left bank of the Mouse (Ver-
dun front) we captured a German
trench on the southern slope of Dead
Man Hill, some prisoners remaining in
our hands"