AN AUSTRIAN SURPRISE.

Colonist, Volume LVII, Issue 13824, 20 July 1915, Page 5

AN AUSTRIAN SURPRISE.

RUSSIAN TRANSPORT CAPTAIN'S DISCOVERY.

"(Received July .19, 11.20 p.m.)

Petrograd, July 19

A German aeroplane recently discovered a weakness in the Russian lines on the Nernen—Vistula front, and an Austrian brigade was ordered to break through. The brigade waited until night before attacking. A Russian motor transport captain accidentally discovered the Austrians, rushed to the nearest regiment, and brought up men in relays in forty motor lorries. The Austrians confidently attacked in the morning, but few survived except prisoners. Later the Germans attacked in overwhelming strength, but the Russians had already retired, preserving their line intact.