TITANIC BLOW PENDING ON THE RUSSIAN FRONT

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2908, 21 October 1916, Page 9

TITANIC BLOW PENDING ON THE RUSSIAN FRONT

SANGUINARY BATTLE NEAR HALICZ GREAT AND DECISIVE EVENTS PENDING Australian-Now Zealand Cable Association. ':''.'' London, October 19. "A Russian official communique states: "We repelled an attack preceded by'gasolouds north of Kiselin. There is fierce fighting, east of: Sviiiiucbi. We drove back a stubborn attack at Dornawatra. There'is a violent snowstorm in'th© Carpathians:", ;" ■ -....;. SANGUINARY FRONTAL BATTLE AT HALICZ (Eeuter's Telejram.) . \ .'■,,■-.:'. '"'. , .. Petrograd, October 19. A- sanguinary frontal .battle is proceeding three- miles northward of the Halicz bridgehead,- in the angle'formed by the junction of the Naraiuvka and the Gnita Lipa... The .losses on both sides were of;the heaviest; The railway from. Halicz to Lemberg is under Russian fire. • The enemy's communications from Halicz to Lemberg arc threatened. '''...' .: .■''./■ CLIMAX OF A TERRIFIC STRUGGLE APPROACHING 1 MILLIONS OF MEN MARSHALLED FOR BATTLE. ' Australian-New Zealand Cable Association, ■ (Rec. October 20, 8.20 p.m.) London, October 20. The "Morning: Post's" Petrograd.correspondent says: -'.'This :month, or early in Noveruber, v we will reach the climax of the titanio war on the Russian front. Many millions of men, after manoeuvring for months, are now at close grips, ready for the-greatest battle In history. The contending armies stand marshalled for a supreme effort from the Danube to' Riga." THE ■ RUSSIANS' MAXIMUM EFFORT •;■ ;/'...DIRECTED AT VLADIMIR VOLY.NSKI,'"" ..._-, \._./_~.-. \ ; .■■■■-,■......- ...,.....- ..:: London; October'l9.' .'■ ' The "Daily Telegraph's" correspondent at Petrograd states, that the "Rus,-. sians' maximum effort-"is in the; direction of Vladimir Volynski, where theyhave captured the German first line and broken up.all counter-attacks' on a wide front." - '• : .-" The enemy is engaged in- a big scheme to drive'a'wedge between General Letch'itsky's left arid'the Rumanian right, which explains tbo fierce attacks south of the-Dornawatra Pass. ...■'-.-■ AUSTRIAN TRIBUTE TO,THE "OVERWHELMING ARTILLERY" OF THE. RUSSIANS. ' ■ Berne, October 19. The Vienna newspaper "Zeit" says: "The Russian artillery preparations are now overwhelming, and the task of- our heroic troops more .and more difficult. We ought to understand and appreciate • their valour.' Even then they can no more than hold their own against Russia's hordes of troops and the' frightfulness of their artillery." ••-,■' •"-. GERMAN. OFFICIAL COMMUNIQUE.- • ■ Amsterdam, October, 19. A, German official communique -states: "We captured Russian trenches on the west bank of the Stochod." .