SIBERIANS BEAR BRUNT OF AUGUSTOWO BATTLE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15748, 24 October 1914, Page 7

SIBERIANS BEAR BRUNT OF AUGUSTOWO BATTLE.

TERRIBLE LOSSES INFLICTED WITH THE BAYONET, DESPERATE SITUATIONS SAVED BY CAUCASIANS. London, October 22. Siberians bore the brunt of the fighting at Augustowo. ■ According to the Daily Chronicle's correspondent at Grodno, gome marched 40 miles, starting at midnight, then went into action at Bavgaod, and ended with a bayonet charge, about which the regiments engaged are still boasting. The Germans dug themselves, with their usual thoroughness, into trenches sft deep, the earthworks in front zig-zagging as a precaution against enfilading. A message from Petrograd states that the official journal Exporter pays a tribute to the courage of the Siberians, who detrained in a suburb of Warsaw and immediately were engaged in the great battle. They inflicted terrible losses with the bayonet and captured . many prisoners. The paper adds that the Caucasians showed extraordinary courage near Kozisniel, south of Warsaw. They fought for eight days in a deep bog on the left bank of the Vistula, exposed to heavy artillery fire, and repulsed all attacks, though the Germans had all the advantages of the ground. Despite heavy losses, the Caucasians did not yield a yard, but frequently saved the most desperate situations, giving the other troops freedom of action. Referring to the great battle south of Przemysl, the Reporter says that the Austrians were fighting in confusion, and suffered enormous losses.