BIG BATTLE RAGING ON EAST FRONT.
RUSSIANS TAKE THOUSAND PRISONERS AT BARANOVITCHI. ANOTHER THOUSAND TAKEN SOUTHWARD OF THE PKIPET. [Router's Telearams.] (Received 12.30 p.m.) PETROGRAD, July 4. An official communique states that north-westward of Baranovitchi, in the northern sector, between Pinsk and Minsk, a big battle is being fought. The Russians captured fifty officers and a thousand men. Fighting continues. A thousand prisoners were taken on the Lower Lipa, between Dubno and Sokal, where the Germans were hurled back westward.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 159, 5 July 1916, Page 6
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