EASTERN THEATRE
FIGHTING NEAR OSSOWIEC SUCCESSFUL RUSSIAN SORTIE. (Official.) PETROGRAD, July 12The garrison of Ossowiec sortied 1 on Friday night, .and destroyed the enemy s saps. . ,t,. We blew up two enemy mines in. the Galbseceh and Zvabno district. . Fighting: continues on the Joselow—- . Bvkha-va front. „ 11P "Theenemv held his ground at Hal li 3 - yesterday/ delivering a vigorous attach, ■&* repulsed with heavy enemy loss.
We took 900 prisoners and- captured three machine guns south of Bykhava. The Red Cross has ascertained that the Germans are using- deadlier and denser gases, increasing the Russian casualties where some respirators proved ineffective.
THE LUBUN BATTLE
GERMANS LOSE ENTIRE. ARMY
CORPS. PETROGRAD, July 12. It is authoritatively stated that the enemy forces were decisively defeated south-west of Lublin. They consisted' of three army corps, of which, as the result of a- week's losses, one army corps has vanished. The enemv in this region are everywhere retiring. The artillery rushed to the rear, leaving the infantry to their fate. The Austro-German forces are showing increased activity in other districts. AUSTRIAN RESERVISTS CALLED UP. ZURICH, July 12. The Austrian War Minister has summoned men between the ages of 18 and 42 liable, for service in, the Landsturm who have not yet- been called, to attend inspection- in July. Seventy-seven cases of Asiatic cholera were reported in Austria on Thursday, chiefly civilians. __.....
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 13 July 1915, Page 5
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