THE EASTERN CAMPAIGNS.

Colonist, Volume LVII, Issue 13744, 6 April 1915, Page 5

THE EASTERN CAMPAIGNS.

THE NIEMEN FIGHTING

DEVELOPING IN THE RUSSIANS' FAVOUR.

DASHING CAVALRY CHARGE

SUCCESSES IN THE CARPATHIANS

(Received April 5, 10.20 p.m.) j Petrograd, April -5Official —The fighting westward of th i Niemen is developing in our favour. Our cavalry, after a stubborn fight with German cavalry and infantry between Calvoria and Suvalki on Friday, made a dashing charge, sabring and capturing many. They expelled the enemy from the district. The Austrians, after a, grave defeat in the Schilovzy region, withdrew' to our frontier, where they are fortifying. The Austrians bombarded and occupied the fortress of Galiszkow, but tthe Russians dislodged them. They found that a Russian fcelephoaist had had his tongue cut out for refusing to give information. The telaphonist was promoted and decorated.