RUSSIA'S CAMPAIGN.
SUCCESS IN THE NORTH..
GREAT BATTLE IX THE CENTRE.
ANOTHER AUSTRIAN DEFEAT
(Received March Bth. 9, r>.m.) PETROGRAD. March S. An official communique says that tho Germans have been driven back behind the Sopockino-Lypsk front (north-west and west of Grodno). Tho Russians have also had further successes in tho Mlaw-a region, where live hundred Germans were captured.
A great battle is developing near tho Pilica, south of the Vistula.
Tho Austrians tried to cross to the right bank of the San,. south-west of Lutovisk. ; The unite which crossed were annihilated.
The High Commissioner repc/ts:— LONDON, March Bth (0.0 p.m.)
Potrograd reports that the Russian offensive continues on the left bank of tho Niemen. and north-west of Grodno. Tho Germans havo been driven back behind tho Sopockine-Lypsk front. In the Mlawa district Russian attacks wero crowned -with success, and six hundred prisoners were taken.
On .the left side of tho Vistula, in tho region of tho Pilica, lighting is assuming the character of a great battle.
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Press, Volume LI, Issue 15222, 9 March 1915, Page 7
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