CAPTURE OF JAROSLAV.
JEWISH PRIVATE'S HEROISM,
(Received Oct. 6, 0.35 a.m.) Petrograd, Oct. 5
After the defeat at Osovieto the Germans were hurled back on ,Gralwo 3 the road thereto being strewn with corpses.
The capture of the Jaroslav forts was due to the heroism of a young Jewish private, who was made a prisoner and conveyed to a place of immense strategic importance. He secretly sketched the fortifications and the enemy's position, and escaped to the Russian lines.
The attack resulted in the capture of, the' forts, the Jew being severely wounded.
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Colonist, Volume LVI, Issue 13592, 6 October 1914, Page 5
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93CAPTURE OF JAROSLAV. Colonist, Volume LVI, Issue 13592, 6 October 1914, Page 5
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