GERMAN CLAIMS.
SUCCESSES AT SEVERAL POINTS. AMSTERDAM, August 2. '... A German communique says: — "Our troops, • after some fighting, ! occupied Mitau, the town on the whole being undamaged. ! "We stormed Height 186, north-east of Suwalki. Our troops north-west, of Lohiza'reached the Narew, ,after-an obstinate resistance. We took 1000 prisoners. We are advancing on the remainder of the Vistula front, and have taken 560, prisoners.
"The situation, before Warsaw is imchanged. ■„. .-.-■■.. " In the south-eastern theatre the troops vmder General yon Worysch advanced,, amid heavy fighting, through the district eastward of Podzaneze, and. captured 150 men and eight ma-chine-guns. The Austrians are closing round Ivangorod. The Russians are still engaging General yon Mackensen. We gained a success east of Kurow, taking 600; men prisoners. - " The pursuit of the enemy northeast of Cholm,continues. The Austrians are across the Bug, south-west of Vladimir Volynskii"
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXV, Issue 8208, 4 August 1915, Page 5
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