RUSSIA'S CAMPAIGN.
LULL IN OPERATIONS. ENEMY'S LOSSES ENORMOUS. The High Commissioner reports:— LONDON, January 11 (5 a.m.) Tho Russian front is calmcr. The enemy has suffered enormous losses at Czernowitz.
THE ENEMY'S STRENGTH.
ENORMOUS CONCENTRATION. DISPOSITION OF COMMANDS. ("Times" and "Sydney Sun" Service#;) LONDON, January 10. The Petrograd - correspondent of "The Times" states that the enemy forces on the Eastern front are estimated at 120 infantry and 23 cavalry divisions, with adequate artillery. The efltire front from the Gulf of Riga to the Roumanian border is divided into four sections. The first from Tukkum to the Upper Nienieu is nndcr the command of Marshal von Hindenburg. From thenco to the Pripet marshes Prince Leopold of Bavaria is in charge. From the Pripet to tho. Tkwa region General von Linsingen is in command, while up to tho Roumanian border the Archduke. Frederick has charge. General von Pflanzer commands the Austrian Army in Eastern Bukowina, and General von Bothmer the Germans on tfho Middlo Stryoa.
Major Moraht, tho German'military authority, writing in the "Berliner Tageblatt," says ho expects the German commanders to strike before tho newRussian assault bccomes effective.
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Press, Volume LII, Issue 15485, 12 January 1916, Page 7
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