STUBBORN FIGHTING IN CARPATHIAN WILDS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2421, 29 March 1915, Page 5

STUBBORN FIGHTING IN CARPATHIAN WILDS

RUSSIAN ADVANCE MAINTAINED AUSTRIAN TRICKS TO CHECK THE RUSSIANS (Kec. March 28, 3.30 p.m.) Petrograd, March 27. The Austrians are fighting with surprising stubbornness in the Carpathians, contesting every yard, and using every expedient. The woods are filled with barbed wire, wolf-traps, and machine-guns concealed on tho summits of steep ravines. London, March 27, 4.5 p.m. The High Commissioner reports:— "Petrograd states that in the Carpathians, on the front between Barfelt and the Lizsok Pass, the Russians continue to advance successfully, although the enemy lias been reinforced. One hundred and seventy prisoners wero taken on Wednesday. ' "In tho direction of the Munkacsstry railway and Boinn, the German attacks were again unsuccessful." THE TALE OF THE TROOP TRAINS. (Kec. March 28, 3.30 p.m.) Londofl, March 27. Reuter's Vienna correspondent states that trains full of Bavarians are continually traversing Hungary for the Carpathians, and an almost equal number are returning with wounded Austrians and Germans. PETROGRAD CELEBRATES THE FALL OF PRZ'EMYSL. Petrograd, March 26. When the news of the fall of Praem ysl was received in Petrograd, dense crowds thronged the streets. The Russian Anthem rose in thunderous cadences, and the people knelt on the pavements in the snow, offering thanksgiving prayers. In the Nevsky Prospect there wore thousands'of knee Ting people. (Kec. March 28, 3.30 p.m.) Petrograd, March 27. l'rzemysl was provisioned for forty thousand, but one hundred thousand men of General Dankl's retreating army were shut up in the fortress, and unable to escape. Thus the stocks were exhausted. THE CAMPAIGN IN NORTHERN POLAND SHARP FIGHTING WEST OF THE NIEMEN. The High Commissioner reports:— London, March 27, 4.5 p.m. Petrograd reports: "The Russian offensive west of the Middle Nieiueu has been met by enemy counter-attacks. Fighting continues." (Rec. March 28, 3.30 p.m.) Pfitrograd, March 27. The crack German 21sfc Army Corps ir. East Prussia now largely consists of raw troops. Many are ignorant In the use of arms, and are more dangerous to themselves than to the enemy. GERMAN ACCOUNT OF THE FIGHTING AT MEHEL. Amsterdam, March 26. An official message from Berlin states that the Kaiser's fifth son, Prince Joachim, with strong forces, expelled the Russians from Memel (East Prussia), and that the Russiaus lost 150 killed; 500 prisoners, and three cannon. The Russians, in traversing Poland, suffered severely from gunfire from German cruisers. (Rec. March 28, 3.30 p.m.) Amsterdam, March 27. A German official message states that the Russiaus, who were attempting a raid on Tilsit, have been defeated with heavy loss.