ON THE RUSSIAN FRONT
LOST TRENCHES RECAPTURED London, February 1. A Russian official report states: In spite of the enemy's asphyxiating jjas and the frost, we cleared the enemy from the Kalnzem high road and reoccupied the lost trenches. V" frustrated three nttarks eastward oF -Takoben (Southern Bnkowina) and took over a thousand prisoners. Our warships captured Ave 'boats in +'"» Rlaclc Ben imar the roast "f Asia Minor.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.-Renter. RAIDS IN A BLIZZARD Petrflßrad, February 1. A tremendous blizzard was raqiiiK for in the Pripet Marshes, tbe snow liifliuc the defences. The Russian irregulars, accustomed to severe weather, undertook numerous surrossful r»'ds, penetratins; to the'enemy's rear. They recently found a number nf Austrians Frozen to death. Their comrades invmodintelv surrendered.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.. TRANSFERRING TROOPS (Roc. February 2. 8.45 p.m.) Petrograd, February 1. Except on the Riga sector, where three divisions of German reinforcements have arrived,, the enemy is transferring considerable troops from Russian fronts to the Western front:— Renter,
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2994, 3 February 1917, Page 9
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