The Germans officially report that the Russian forces suffered enormous losses during their retreat from Lodz. The facts are that we evacuated Lodz at midnight on the bth and the Germans remained in front of our abandoned trenches for fifteen hours without daring to advance until they discovered that the trenches were empty, which occurred at three o'clock on the afternoon of the following day. They then entered the town.
The attack on Lodz cost the Germans tens of thousands of men. We lost not a single man while changing our positions in the region of Lodz, which movement was only carried out when it was clear that the Germans had completely given up the attack, This change of the Russian position was not connected with the enemy's attacks, On the Caucasian front on the lith an action was fought on a front formed by the villages of Pirusk, Esmer and Dutaka; the enemy were thrown back across the Euphrates with considerable losses. Our detachment captured 1,400 head of cattle. Fighting is proceeding near the villages of Asurli and Bashkala.
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