THE RUSSIAN FRONT.
Most Important Battle Raging From Volhynia to the Danube. [ PRESS ASSOCIATION COPYRIGHT.] (AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND CABLE ASSOCIATION,j (Received 3, 11.40 a.m.) London, November 2. A wireless message from Petrograd says fierce combats are taking otace along the whole Russo-Rumanian front from Volhynia to the {Jkhube, a distance of 500 miles. This is perhaps the most important Rattle of the war. ( » REVIEW OF RECENT FIGHTING. BOTH SIDES PREPARING FOR GREAT BLOW. [ ATTSTU AT.TAN AND NEW ZEALAND CABLE ASSOCIATION.] London, November 2. The “ Morning Post’s ” Petrograd correspondent states that continuous hard fighting on General Brussiloff’s front, of which little information has been given, has been lately beginning to fructify. The Russians have again pushed forward against the Germans with the utmost effort. Although the enemy holds fast nearest Halicz, the Russians are steadily working their way all round. It is significant that the Germans have brought up the Third Guards Division to the immediate neighbourhood of HaliczThis division has oscillated between the east and west fronts when the situation was critical. The Russians have progressed noteworthily near Vladimir Volynsk, cutting lanes in the entanglements through which armoured cars have passed, the infantry following. They have made good all gains. The general impression derived from the latest information is that both sides are preparing for a great blow. With the Russians attacking, there is much speculation as to the reason for strong German bombardments in the northern sector. These are probably due to nervousness, as there is no prospect of drawing off troops from General Brussiloff’s sector. The nervousness is interpreted here as the portent of impending All things indicate that the Russians have the upper hand. The coincidence of Rumanian successes with the Dobrudja retirement is significant. The Germans are massed thicker in Dobrudja than anywhere except on the west front. As the Salonika co-operation failed, the Russians had to retire in Dobrudja, but an alternative plan existed, whereof the effects are beginning to be seen.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume VI, Issue 273, 3 November 1916, Page 5
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