BERLIN CLAIMS A VICTORY AT SOLDAU.
RUSSIANS FLUNG BACK INTO POLAND. FIVE THOUSAND PRISONERS REPORTED TAKEN. (Received November 17, 11.30 p.m.) Amsterdam, November 16. An official Berlin report states that the Russian advance near Soldau has been repulsed. Strong Russian forces were thrown back on Plock, in Poland, on Sunday. The Germans have taken 5000 prisoners, and 10 machine guns. Several Russian army corps have been driven back at Kutno, 25 miles south-west of Plock. According to latest estimates the Russians have lost 23,000 prisoners and 70 machine-guns.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15769, 18 November 1914, Page 7
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