THE RUSSIAN HAMMER
LISTS OF PRUSSIAN CASUALTIES. COPENHAGEN, January 13. Lists Nos. 117 to 121 contain 44,299 casualties, chiefly of the lighting in Poland during November, making the Prussian casualties 840,343. RUMANIAN ACTIVITY. TO BEGIN NEXT MONTH. LONDON, January 13. The Timiis Sofia correspondent says that Rumania is expected to begin action in Transylvania in the middle of February. INTERMITTENT FIGHTING. PROGRESS BY THK RUSSIANS. PETROGRAD, January 13. (Received Jan. 14, at 8.20 p.m.) Official: There are artillery fire and skirmishing along the whole of the front. Wβ made progress in East Prussia, southeast of Mlawa. In the southern area the Germans made intermittent unsuccessful attacks. AUSTRIAN OPPRESSION. THE CZECHS SUFFERING. LONDON, January 14. (Received Jan. 15, at 1.5 a.m.) The Austrian authorities are becoming more oppressive towards the Slav population. Ten Czechs were hanged at Prague for possessing a Russian proclamation to Czechs, and many of the Serbo-Croatian leaders in Dalmatia have been imprisoned. HONOUR FOR GRAND DUKE. LONDON, January 14. (Received Jan. 15, at 1.5 a.m.) The Grand Duke Nicholas has been invested with the Honorary Grand Cross. WAR BY PROCLAMATION. PERSISTENT GERMAN EFFORTS. URGING RUSSIA TO END THE WAR. LONDON, January 14. (Received Jan. 14, at 10.50 p.m.) A Petrograd message says that the feature of the Polish situation is the increasing practice of the Germans to wage war by proclamation. The Russians recently, on occupying a position, found posters on wire entanglements asking them to become friends as the Germans were treating the Russians kindly, supplying work and enabling them to earn money; also offering seven roubles for every rifle delivered to the Germans. A number of Germans came to the Russian trenches with boxes of smokes and printed effusions declaring that the war was due to a terrible misunderstanding. Captured German officers were found in possession of proclamations asking the Russians to end the war.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 16282, 15 January 1915, Page 5
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