RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE
!SEVERAL VILLAGES CAPTURED 3 . 9 3 ■ ! ENEMY SOVEREIGNS i MEET IN CONFERENCE IN VIENNA L L ; : BRITISH WEST FRONT " HELD. BY TWO MILLION 7 ..MENFurther jn?eresting light is thrown to-day upon the position in Rumania, but whether or not the Allies are in a position to make a successful stand on the Bereth. line has yet to appeal. President Poincare has sent a message to King Ferdinand, expressing his firm conviction that 1917 will bring Rumania victory, liberation, and repartion. A'coirespondentat Headquarters states that the British front in the Western theatre is now nearly one hundred miles long, and that on it about two million troops are massed. The Greek Government is protesting against the Allied threat that strong action will be taken if Constantino gives further .ground for complaint.In a New Year message, General Russell, the Commander of the New Zealand Division, states that its success in the Somme Battlo was very largely due to tho individual qualities of tho men and the leading of. the subordinate officers. Britain, Franco, and Italy hare formally recognised the Grand Sheriff of Mccca as King of Hcjaz.
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2969, 5 January 1917, Page 5
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187RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2969, 5 January 1917, Page 5
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