OPERATIONS IN THE EASTERN THEATRE

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2415, 22 March 1915, Page 5

OPERATIONS IN THE EASTERN THEATRE

RUSSIANS CAPTURE A VILLAGE HEAVY LOSSES IN THE GERMAN INFANTRY (Rec. March 21, 3.30 p.m.) , , Petrograd, March 20. Umcial.—\\ e captured Vysel on the left bank of the Niemen, and repulsed a counter-attack on the Voyli region. The Germans suffered heavy infantry lasses, lhay sent four squadrons of cavalry through the marshes to support tile infantry and envelop the mam flank, but our artillery suddenly attacked anu Killed and wounded most of them, and dispersed the remnant. K&' FIGHTING IN GERMAN TERRITORY. rue • I » „ Petrograd, March 19. Uftcial.—Battles are proceeding m German territory, near Taurogeen (twenty miles north-east of Tilsit, East Prussia). The Germans accuse the Russians of burning villages and have ordered reprisals on Russian villages in their possession. . _ . '' , _.. , .i . Amsterdam, March 19. An official message from Berlin states that seme weak Russian divisions nave entered Memel. Counter measures have been taken. [Memel is a large port in the extreme north of East Prussia.] DEVASTATION IN POLAND. (Reo. March 21, 5.5 p.m.) tu. r • -n i j , , • Petrograd, March 20. Poland devastated nmety.five towns and four thousand five hundred hamlets, of which a thousand were burned to tha ground. The damage is estimated at one hundred million sterling. EFFECTS OF A RAPID RUSSIAN ADVANCE. _ An Amsterdam report states that the Russians advanceT^rapldlfon°fte Fortress 16r guards lost heavily before taking refuge in Memel MEMEL CAPTURED AFTER STREET FIGHTING. (Rec. March 22, 0.5 a.m.) n«; n ; i at i , j £± Petrograd, March 21. tan participated. ° ap '' Str ° 6t fightinfi 111 which tho "MiP«sn vs, in Close C , rdeT - Cear Mysyniec, north-eastward of routed with enormous losses. Cie Z Kic™in y Gilida H ° UVed Divisi ° n S6Ver ° l7 defeat * d of A sortie from Przemysl was driven back with serious losses.