DRUNKEN ARCHDUKES.
AUSTRIAN ARMY LEADERS UNFIT TO COMMAND WHEN THE RUSSIANS BEGAN TO MOVE. 30,000 GERMAN PRISONERS TAKEN. i (Australian and X.Z, Cable Association.) (Received 9.45 a.m.) LONDON", July 13. Upward of 30,000 Germans have been taken prisoner since the beginning of the Russian offensive. The Naples newspaper "Mattino" reports that when the offensive began the Archdukes Frederick and Ferdinand were in the midst of. a half-drunken revel at Lutzk celebrating the former's birthday. Neither was in a fit condition to conduct operations. The Emperor Franz Josef refuses audience to the Archduke Frederick, holding that he is mainly responsible for the reverses at Lutzk.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 167, 14 July 1916, Page 5
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