Tymbark front our success is becoming more and more evident. On the 26th we captured 4,000 prisoners. We were specially successful in our attacks in the rej of the lower Shreniava (1 Serenjawa), where a whole battalion of the 31st Honved surrendered. We captured a strong position on the left (western) bank of the Raya: severa] detachments of the Russian troops, in order to attack the enemy, waded chest-deep through the river which was covered with floating ice. The Austrian troops stubbornly defended Bochni: which we captured with the bayonet, taking 2,000 prisoners, several maxims and ten guns.
On the right (or south) bank of the Vistula the enemy are retreating in the utmost disorder towards Cracow. We are energetically pursuing them. The Commandant's report states that the Russian troops, hardened by forty-five days fighting on the offensive, are fighting in the highest spirits, Trustworthy information states that wireless has been installed in the bell-tower of the Cathedral in the centre of Cracow and that maxims and anti-aeroplane guns hays been placed there, On the Caucasian front, on the 26th, an action was fought with a strong Turkish column west of Euzveran. Sniping is occurring elsewhere on this front.
London, Nov. 28.
The Petrograd correspondent of the "Morning Post" states that when the story of the Russian vic-lowed to be told it will e world, for the Russi have already inflicted on Germany' finest troops a blow amprecedented since the days of Napoleon. The public are perplexed at the unprecedented official silence but remain confident. The German positions are probably like those of the Boers at Paardeburg. The only question is whether any part of the German forces will escap:: the bulk of their army is irrevocably lost in the best event.
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