RUSSIAN FRON ACTIVE

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3041, 30 March 1917, Page 5

RUSSIAN FRON ACTIVE

! FIGHTING IN, THE BALTIC LINES i I ATTACKS IN THE SOUTH (Itcc. March 29,- 8.40 p.m.). '_' _ London, Maroh 29. A Russian offioial communique 6tates: —"On our 1 western front German attacks past Illutsk and north-west of Postavy, were repulsed. As "the result of a night attack on Boguohi, northwest of Krovo, the Germans'oooupied part of our trenches, but an imjnediate counter-attack restored the situation. _Wo attacked with gas on Stochod River, in the region of Boarovno. On the Riopian front, south of the River Tchabariooha, wo are fighting for the positions whioh were lost on March 23."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.-Reutcr. ■ VON HINDENBURG' THWARTED BY THE WEATHER. New York, March 28. The New York "World's" correspondent at Potrograd says that yon Hin« denburg's plans were thwarted by a sudden thaw, which converted the Riga distriot into a vast fog, giving the Russians timo to prepare their do-fonces.—Aus.-N.Z. Cahle Assn. GERMAN REPORT. ' ■ (Rcc. March 29, 5.5 p.m.) . London, March 28. 'A German official' report states:— "The thaw has reduced the intensity of the fighting on the East front. We penetrated : the Russian positions on tho north-eastern slope of the lower wooded Carpathians, and stormed a fortified ridge south of the TJss ■ Val-ley."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assh.-Reuter.