EAST FRONT
MORE TRENCHES TAKEN
MUCH ACTIVITY REPORTED,
(Admiralty, per Wireless Press.)
Australian and N.Z. Cable Association,
LONDON, July 7
Russian Official : In the direction of Zlochoff we attacked fortifield positions and occupied three lines of trenches, but were pressed back by the enemy counter-attacks. Our offensive westward of Koniuchy continued throughout yesterday. Positions are constantly changing . hands. The heights north : west of Presovce and the villages qf Lavrikovce, Travotloki and the heights eastward of Godov remained in our hands. In the evening we pressed the enemy back in the, Janina-Pacechna sector, north west wards of Stanislau. We also advanced in the direction of Bakhovce and Dzviatch, occupying the latter. Three of our fastest cutters raided Lake Razin, southward of the Danube. They landed under fire and captured machine-cruns and a breech field gun. Several Bulgarians were bayonetted.
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Grey River Argus, Volume 10, 10 July 1917, Page 3
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