In the Luck sector. south of the Pripet marshes, the Germans claimed ast night to have captured Luck itself. They said earlier that German troops in this area were pur. suing the Russians on both sides of Lwow which the Russians admitted they were forced to evacuate. The! Russians claimed this morning, how-fever, that the German offensive in the Luck area has been halted. A terrific battle is known to have been' raging in this sector for some days: end the Germans are reported fo have suffered heavy losses in' men Further south, on the Rumanian front, the Russiins report again that all attempts by German and Ruman-jan troops to cross the River Pruth into Bessarabia had been beaten off, is announced in Moscow that Russian planes have again bombed Constanza, Rumania's Black Sea. port.
'A' German wireless commentator Jast night made the admission that presence of Russian troops which the German advance troops have left in their rear is causing the Germans a great deal of trouble. He poulted out the difference between the present operations and the cam-signs in Poland and France.
He then went on to pay tribute fo the skill of the Russians in their technique of camouflage.
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