THE EASTERN THEATRE

Grey River Argus, 23 October 1915, Page 6

THE EASTERN THEATRE

RUSSIAN COUP DE MAIN

MANY GERMANS CAPTURED.

(Reed. 1.45 p.m.) PETROGRAD, October 21. A communique states : After a dashing coup de main our troops carried the German positions south-east-ward of Baronvitchi, capturing 85 German and Austrian officers and 3552 men, also numerous cannon and | machine guns. j

ALLEGED RUSSIAN ATROCITIES.

WASHINGTON, October 21. The Turkish Embassy has issued an- official report that the Russians are committing atrocities against Moslems, and the Armenians themselves are torturing Turks whenever possible. The Turkish Embassy asserts that' the Armenians pierce Turkish babies sb that they starve to death. Unofficial ' reports are reaching Washington indicating that over a million Armenians are exiled, of whom three-quarters were killed or enslaved by the Turks. 200,000 fled to Russia?

GERMANS THREATKJN HJUA.

(Reed. 1.30 a.m.) PETROGRAD, October 22. The latest telegrams suggest that German reinforcements are endangering Riga and have reached Olai, twelve miles from Riga. Heavy fighting is going on in the Plateau of Olai, dominating the marshy plahiß on both sides of the Mitau-Riga railway. The path of the German advance is hampered with thick woods intersected with swampy streams. The Germans have also reached the Dviua at Borkowitz, eighteen miles upstream from Riga.

AN APPROPRIATE GIFT

(Reed. 2.35 p.m.) LONDON, October 21. The British and Foreign Sailors' Society sent Admiral Sir John Jellicoe a bust of Nelson mounted on. Victory oak.

WOMEN MUNITION MAKERS

LONDON, October 21. Mistress Pankhurst at a recruiting meeting, said that Mr Lloyd George was prepared to fix a minimum of .£1 weekly for women munition making.

BRITISH PARLIAMENT

REPLIES TO QESTIONS

LONDON, October 21. Hon H. J. Tennant, in reply to • Viscount Bryce, stated that some! thousands of steel helmets had been issued to the troops, and it was expected that all asked for would soon be supplied. Mr Balfour said that in no cir-| cumstances did the authorities consider aeroplanes alone could provide an edequate defence against Zeppelins. Lord Robert Cecil said that the Government was inquiring into the restrictions on British prisoners in Turkey, who are said not to be al-. lowed to receive letters.

SIR IAN HAMILTON IN ROME

LONDON, October 21. The. "Central News" states that Sir lan Hamilton has arrived at Rome He visited Signor Sonmno.

FRENCH VESSEL WRECKED

(Reed.. 2.35 p.m.) -J LONDON, October 2t. The French ship Andral Couvat, bound from Queenstown to New Zealand,, was driven ashore in a fierce gale on Kinsale Head. ' The crew were saved.

RUSSIAN STATEGIC RAILWAYS

PETROGRAD, October 21. Ten '• thousand, 'mostly prisoners, under an American engineer, are constructing a double railway of twelve hundred miles, from Petrograd •to Efcaterina on the Gulf of Kola, .which is permanently" ice free and opens a valuable port for war traffic.