Petrograd, Feb. 14.
After a week of increased activity along the Dvinsk line, especially on the right flank where both sides are strongly entrenched, the Russians succeeded in capturing the village of Garbunovka, ten miles northwest of Dvinsk and two miles south of the Ponevetz Railway, thereby deepening our front before Dvinsk and threatening the German left flank.
Last autumn Garbunovka was the scene of repeated engagements and frequently changed hands. During the last three or four months it has been in the possession of the Germans.
The German attempt to retake Garbunovka was accompanied by a flank attack against Iluksb which failed. The Germans were caught between the erose-fire of the Russian artillery and were obliged to ret:
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