RUSSIAN LOYALISTS DEAL WITH MUTINEERS.
REGIMENT THREATENED WITH ANNIHILATION FOR REFUSING DUTY. ■ ——. ——_ \ (Received 9 a.m.) PETROGRAD. June 13. I-ollowmg orders for the reorganisation of one of the armies on t!ie Rumanian fornt, three regiments mutinied'and arrested their colonel and seven officers. One regiment who refused to proceed was surrounded by a division of cavalry, two battalions of infantry, a battery of artillery a equadron of armoured cars, and a number of aeroplanes. As the mutineers were dilatory in handing over the ringleaders, the infnatrv and cavalry entered the village, whereupon the mutineers submitted unconditionally. Four officers and other ringleaders were rescued with difficulty from the loyal troops and sent to headquarters. The regiment then marched off to its new sector. — (Reuter.)
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 141, 14 June 1917, Page 5
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