THE LINE ELSEWHERE.
ENEMY RIGA PREPARATIONS. PETROGRAD, July 2. Though tho enemy are bombarding our first lines, small detachments sought to come through our entanglements and made attempts to deliver -peace pamphlets and present wine and brandy, which the Russians rejected. German deserters state that naval operations on a grand scale are being prepared at the Gulf of Riga. Troops from other Ironts are concentrating there, and formidable trenches and armored works are being constructed. Marshals Von Hindenhnrg and Von Ludendorff are expected to inspect the preparations for a. big attack on the Riga front in July.
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Evening Star, Issue 16467, 4 July 1917, Page 3
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97THE LINE ELSEWHERE. Evening Star, Issue 16467, 4 July 1917, Page 3
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