GERMAN CLAIMS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXV, Issue 8201, 26 July 1915, Page 5

GERMAN CLAIMS.

ADVANCE AT SEVERAL POINTS

PASSAGE OF THE NAREW FORCED

AMSTERDAM, July 23. A,German official communique states: "Wo continue the pursuit of the Russians mr Courland.

"Our troops, advanced, closer to the Narew, at a'" bridgehead position before Rozan.

"We stormed tho village of -Milany and the fortifications at Izyg at : tho" bayonet's point, and took 290 prisoners at'lzyg. "In the south-east, on the west bank of the Vistula, we cleared the enemy from Janowiec to Granica. "We havo broken the enemy's obstinate resistance at several points between the Vistula and the Bug, and forced the Russians to retreat." , AMSTERDAM, July 24. A Berlin official message say*: — "General yon Bulow defeated the Fifth Russian Army near Shavli. The Germans, after 10 days'" continual fighting and marching, arrested tot, Russian retreat at Rozann and F/a---dow, and dispersed the enemy. Thu boutA in these operations since the 14th amounts to 25 guns and 40 machine

guns. , "General yon Galhvitz stormed tho

Rozan-Pultusk line, forcing a crossing of the Narew. .Strong forces of Germans are now on the south bank. Since the 14th wo have laken 14. g;uss and 90 machine guns. ... "The Germans have reached the Vistula region from the mouth of tho Pilica to Kozienice.. Our troops have approached closely to the western front of Ivangorod. "There has been obstinate fighting between the Vistula and the Bug. We repulsed an attack on a bridgehead at Sokal."