Petrograd, Dec. 19.
The communique issued this evening indicates that the German assertion of a sweeping victory is unfounded.
The fighting on the Brura begins to develop; we have repelled several German attacks. There have been only outpost affairs in the other districts on the left bank of the Vistula. have captured 1,000 prisoners in western Galicia. A strong force of the Przemysl garrison is trying to fight its way out; we are fighting here under favourable conditions.
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