THE GERMAN ACCOUNT.
RUSSIANS IN RETREAT. PORTION OF IVANGOROD CAPTURED. (Received. Auguct 5, .1.45 p.m.) BERLIN, August 4. A communique says:— A Prussian regiment, after a heavy fight, captured-a Narew crossing near Ostralenka, capturing several thousand men and 17 machine guns. The purI suit continues. We threw the Russians before Warsaw from the Blonie position back to the outer line of the fortress. General yon Woyrsch captured the west portion of the fortress of gorodThe Russians, yesterday, wore again defeated; they did not attempt to. arrest General yon Mackensc'n's advance on Lenezna, and are now retreating northwards, between the Vistula and the Bug. - . ■_ - ■■..■
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXV, Issue 8209, 5 August 1915, Page 5
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