RUSSIA'S CAMPAIGN.

Press, Volume LII, Issue 15489, 17 January 1916, Page 8

RUSSIA'S CAMPAIGN.

AN AUSTRIAN CLAIM

FIVE ATTACKS REPULSED.

IN EASTERN BUKOWINA

(By Cable.—Preu Association.—Copyright.) | (Received January 16th, 11 p.m.) 1 AMSTERDAM, January 16. An Austrian communique says: — "We repulsed five Russian attempts to pierce our front near Toporoutz. The Russians sustained heavy losses." Toporoutz is north-east of Czernowitz, close to the frontier of Bessarabia. A FIERCE OFFENSIVE. | RUSSIAN SHELL-FIRE TERRIFIC. IRRESISTIBLE CHARGES. ("Times" and "Sydney Sun" Services.) (Received January 15th, 6.35 p.m.) LONDON, January 14. The Petrograd correspondent of "The Times" 6ays German and Austrian prisoners captured on the south-western front give unanimous testimony to the irresistible character of the Russian attacks in Galicia and Bukowina. They speak of the Russian bayonet charges with unfeigned horror. The Russian artillery fire was so overwhelming that the strongest fortifications erected .in Bukowina by Marshal von Mackensen's experts were' speedily demolished. On the Strypa the cannonade was so a'wfu'l that the fire-swept area looked as if it had been subjected to an earthquake, deep pits alternating with mounds of blown-up earth. The barbed- ! wire entanglements failed to check the onslaught of the Russian Infantry.

The elaborate character of the Aus-tro-German trenches on the Strypa indicates that the enemy confidently ex- , pec ted to occupy them for the entire winter. The soldiers' shelters were literally • rooms furnished with stoves, tables and beds. The officers' quarters were luxurious, being furnished with wash stands, spring-mattresses, bookcases, and upholstered chairs. COMPLETE EQUALITY. SUPPLY OF MUNITIONS. MR LLOYD GEORGE'S CHEERFUL .message:, (By Cable.—Press.Association.—Copyright.) | ~ PETROGRAD, January 14. Mr Lloyd George sent the following message to the Russian Government: — ..''Warmest greetings to our. valiant Allies. The time is soon coming when, on both fronts,, we shall face the enemy under conditions of complete equality as regards munitions,, and with the I superiority, of numbers on our side." ; MODERN AMAZONS. HEROIC RUSSIAN WOMEN. ("Times" and "Sydney Sun'.' Service*.) LONDON. January 14. Petrograd reports state that there have been numerous instances of feminine heroism on "the battlefields. One regiment had lost its colonel and ten other officers, when a Sister of Charity rallied the troops and led them back to the trenches, where she fell dead. Another nurse fought for the protection of her wounded ' men in a village which was being evacuated. M. Naudeau, the French .correspondent with the Russian Headquarters, suggests thati educated Russian women develop a masculine mentality, and desire to appear natural and strong rather than pretty. Sex distinctions in Russia are less than elsewhere, and woman fighters amongst the troops are oommoni "