NEW GERMAN INVASION.
BALTIC PROVINCE PENETRATED. german~claims. BERLIN", May 1. An official statement says:—"Wβ reached the Dunaberg-Libau railway on a. largo front. The Russians did not resist. Another official statement says:—"A battle at Shavli ended in our favour. The Russians lost, heavily and retreated to Mitau, after setting fire to Shavli. AVo took a thousand prisoners and ten machine-guns. "The Russians attacked a German advance company at Kalvaria at night, inflicting much damage." [Shavli is in the Baltic Province of Kovno, and lies 70 miles from the East Prussian frontier, between the Niemen and Riga. It lie s on the railway line from Libau to Kovno and DunaburjKalvaria is north-north-east of Suwalki.]
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Press, Volume LI, Issue 15268, 3 May 1915, Page 8
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