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WHEN RUSSIA LOST.
I'KTIIOOKAD, Friday.
rwiuwing tno urst. uctaucu account
of the Osterfodo dwaBtor «omo wceko
Goncrral Penn cm karri pf seemed certain
to capturo Ifonigwberg', but Genera]
SbUlinski's army wu* advancing in two.
bodies—ono via Lyck and the other from
So] dan. • , .
Tho Germans allowed Iho Russian
vanguard to emerge from tho swamp,
and to reach firm ground at Ostcrod.
Gcnorul I find in berg hurried up tho
artillery from Thorn and Orauderaz,
while reinforcements from tho Rhino
-and Belgium arrived and wero hurled
upon tho Russian* at Neidoburg town.
The Russians were driven into the
swamp country surrounding tho Juke,
Tho German reservists wero then
thrown against tho Russian right at
Ortolsburg, forcing it also into tho
swamp,
Tho Germans next occupied tho high
ground bcttfdo tho lake.
. Towards evening, tho Gormans en
closed and concentrated their firo on
tho Busmans, who wero unablo to man
oeuvre tho guns, which wank in tho
swamp.
Tho men a Iho became bogged. Only
the nth army corps and half of the
First Army Corps escaped acrosn the
frontier.
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