COST OF THE GERMAN SIEGE OF OSOWIEC.
FIVEFOLD THE NUMBER OF THE GARRISON. TWO MILLION SHELLS FIRED ON FORTRESS r.e,e:ve<i Aldus'. 20. 5 p.m.) . PETKOGRAD, August l's. Wounded Russians from the fortress of Osowiec. recently cap fi UrJ by the Germans, estimate that the "<*« cost the Germans fivefold the number of the garrison. During night attacks large parties of Germans frequently eluded their officers and surrendered The Germans fired about 2.000,000 shells on the fortress, including -'00 noo during lour days in October last.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16009, 30 August 1915, Page 7
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84COST OF THE GERMAN SIEGE OF OSOWIEC. New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16009, 30 August 1915, Page 7
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