THE RUSSIAN FRONT.
EIGHT THOUSAND GERMANS CAPTURED. THE FIGHT QN THE. BZURAEIVER. ; ■'. ■'■ ■.'!*-" '"■'"* (Received Night, 10.30 o'clock.) \*»- . BETROGRAD, December it. The Germans seemed to stand -everything, on crossing tho B/.ulct, Division after .divsion was sacrificed. They built pontoon bridges nightly, and the troops who crossed were swept away by the Russian guns. li _ mi ... . \ The Russians in Sottth Seehaczen allowed 10.000 to cross in the night. The Russian'army corps then closed on three sides. . . The Germans fought desperately, and the river-bank .became a sham- . thousand were taken prisoners, and only a remnant re-crossed SbTcSw-mans brought llin. guns into action nt Skiernewice and Raw«. —-——! .^x&E&
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 29 December 1914, Page 5
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