PRZASNYSZ OCCUPIED

In the eastern theater: In the course of minor fights on the Windau

below Koltany 425 Russians were taken prisoners.

South of the Niemen River, in the neighborhood of Kalwarya, our troops

captured several outer positions at Franziskowa and Osowa and

maintained them against fierce counter-attacks.

To the northeast of Suwalki the Heights of Olszauka were taken by

storm.

South of Kolno we captured the village of Konsya, and the enemy

positions east of this village and south of the Tartak line. Two

thousand four hundred prisoners and eight machine guns fell into our

hands.

Battles in the neighborhood of Przasnysz are being continued. Several

enemy lines were captured by our troops, and the City of Przasnysz,

for which we were fighting hotly in the last days of February, and

which was strongly fortified by the Russians, we have occupied by our

troops.

In the southeastern theater the situation generally is the same.

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