RUSSIA'S CAMPAIGN.

Press, Volume LI, Issue 15463, 16 December 1915, Page 7

RUSSIA'S CAMPAIGN.

A QUESTION OF MEN. RUSSIAN SUPERIORITY IN NUMBERS. "SPLENDID DAYS COMING.'» ("Time." and '"Sydney Sun" Semoea.) I LONDON. December 14. I A Petrograd message says that i General Ruseky, in an interview, said i that an offensive would bo easier Kt ' both sides when the waters wer« iroatifc ■'

over, but he did not believe that Ger--roany's necessary reinforcements would be available. "Thev have fortified tho •whole Dvinsk line," he said, "but wc also are well fortified. Offensives are costly affairs. We sustain heavy losses when attacking, and tho only consolation is that the Germans suffer even heavier losses. All will eventually resolve itself into tho auestion of men. We have the superiority in numbers, aitd are now. able to arm all our men. Splendid days are coming when tho Russian armies will advance." WINTER QUARTERS. GERMAN ARRANGEMENTS. f RETROGRAD, December 14. Tho Germans have decided to winter near Dvinsk with a certain degree of comfort, inasmuch as they have sacrificed*without fighting their advanced positions for more convenient trenches. A great number of blockhouses, fitted with winter comforts, arc being erected near the German armies.