RUSSIA.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume VIII, Issue 217, 15 August 1918, Page 5

RUSSIA.

GERMANS MARCHING ON PETROGRAD.

(Received 15, 12.35 p.m.) Helsingfors, Aug. 14. German troops arc marching on P e fro g radl l c etc r).

j THE CEECHO-SLOVAK3 ! DEC LARED ALLIES CF BRITAIN I London. Aug. 13. | The Pr.ss Purrau nat.s that lhe : Government has issued a declaration that Grtal L'lii.wr iswuiT t’--e C;:'’! ho-pl >v''W a-, a:i a..i I ratii.n. Mid 1 ecoeiA . 11"- in'. 1. ’ of ‘ l.« three Wvio-Tn ; k r.i .iib - 011 ; ."''4 .■ bed.iwi'en t v, .'or:i: o v. a-'.-m e 1 Austro-1 [uiig.ii y a ii'.i Gviii;ny. : (beet i’.nta.u I'.tbs- ! r.’ht of rhe V ar a ak Aat:<mal G....ii id 01 toe rre-ent. tra tee of the iiduie Cz r 'Jio-.klo', ak L.overn'rnent to ewWe sjiyeiee aw Writ.y i over this ariuv. —(A. and N.Z. and ■■ | yieceivcd o'- k.s'l n.rnA 1 \< . \ I’ No h 1 1 (> n > u t s 11 n u, ( <1 W 1 "ii 1 1 111 1 S 3 V r 1 > ” 1 W t ’ 1 ( I i 1 t .is a lororunnr-r of swo'-” uc’ion, by I I--' L—'... (A ciud - Z)

NEAT WORK. THE TAKING OF MERRIS. London. Aug. 3. When the Australian Division took Morris, the front, nosts of the South Australian Battalion, which carried out tlm attack, were actually placed in the dark amongst th" German snr>poris. Imimodiatc’y after the first ndvane* a voung nffirer. go ; nt? ne-

twoon two pnsfc-. ci aw pion mom ng in a 50 yards from the flank. Tie krmw fbev must bo Ctominns. and be could aWr see the shap° of their hclm"ts. So’norme f’-nm the bodge cn 1 !- od out to him. He shouted back, tll ii’g them tn surrender. Shots in-sf-Tnfdv rnn-p from the hedge. The officer hid with him n reraennt-nvrior and t'”n ninnm-s. They dropped in sboll-hotoß end throw a li-'nih. A revolver fin shod from the hedge and nn <. was wmindod in the nook. This h ,f t three AustmEans. The officer -nd scrccart-mnior vent on to the next noct a"d brought back a s-'vgoant with n I ewis gun and one of'mr man. The Lewis gunner got tb-mmh fVo hedo-n rvd fired along the brmk of it. T’m offmor. sorgenntnir->» n"d the ether man then at-fa-lwd the hedge with bombs. . Presently thov heard groans, and. getting np. rushed the hedge. They found there 21 Gorman soldiers, one wounded officers nod two maeb’neguns. A 1! were cantured. Six Germans bad boon wcumiod by eno bomb which had -rolled into their dugout.

The Germans wore conrnlot.ely fogged ns to where the Australians wore. Tb.o first German who came running j up from the road from Morris proved ito be a runner carrying messages , from the company commander. The i message simply said ; “The Brit ish have attacked the town. Situation I obscure.” A little later up lhe path : from the rear, came a German officer 1 walking along quietly, clearly stroll- ! ing un to tlie support line. The men saw that, he did not realise the situ- ' alien. so lei him come. He walked straight on to a machinegun and sur re 11 de red immediately, i Tile German officers have frequent■lv fought very well in these recent struggles. One of them lately, in a fight, in a trench, when bis men refused to come on, jumped up on the parapet and came on. waving his hand. When they still hesitated, he picked up a rille and coolly shot, down three out of the four Au str.a-1 lian infantrymen who were manning! a bai t irade across the trench before I lie Ivnwelf wis killed, shot through) the neck. The (lirman officer, who' w.’s v.omidcd in the post in the hedge ah. v e-mmitioned, behaved very brnvclv. and was well treated by tire Au.-i ralians. He was most painfully j wounded, and, having asked for a) drink was then canned off to the rear j holding by the hand I'is own soldier j serva.'it, who walked beside the stretcher. ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. A GOOD START IN NORTHERN RUSSIA. ; Ottawa, Aug. 13. J The Ministry- oi Jmormal 1011 at! Lomlon eaoies : The Allies’ campaign' 111 iiijitii’.u lbi‘,',l opmitd siKee.s-. tully, the population greeting the' Aloes enthusiasiiea-ly. | The Bolsheviks hardly resisted, • and great quantities *of rolling stock and many batteries were caplined. The Bolshewks are dointr their utmost to oterwliehn tlie C < Jis before Allied aid can reach t t m. Tlie Lei 'h- . .Ls 1. ;iui ■ i . g i .< nt with tlie (..erimtns whereby l! e < crm.'ins w i.l uni ad'iUii’c 111 01 def in enable llie B• ‘ ik: t>ti i Ki .11 lr fore- i .. the * 'the atili-ii Jstieviks are growing in I pover and di-.’eatrd the Bolsheviks) ai ‘'• ( a-plan rec.lnm • _lhc Bomhev-ks mid Germans south ; of Archangel number Ik.iLO. | I ENEMY ACTIVITY » ON NORWEGIAN FRONTIER. Cnncntnirrn. Aug. ]3. ' ( < t C 1 1 i 1 m li pieT 1 ' ’ miiin 3 iiithLNor-| vo-'-mn iron Her. i ’ 1< 1 1 nnk ”!j 1 1 1 _ 1 n x h ic Ge i.l v .:.l;, (A. uixu .Z. 7

LENIN AND TROTSKY. Moscow. Aug. 13. Reports via Berlin state that the Entente has demanded within three days an explanation of Lenin’s utterance that Russia is declaring war against the French and British imperialism. It has also demanded the reason for the I'ranch military mission being forbidden to leave Moscow.—(A. and N.Z.) London, Aug. 13. Official circles in London are unable to confirm the report of the flight of Lenin and Trotsky and doubt the accuracy of the report.— (The Tinies). BATTLE RAGING IN THE MIDDLE VOLGA DISTRICT. (Received 15, 1.35 p.m.) Amsterdam, Aug. 14. The Soviets have seized all the Czecho-Slovaks’ vessels on the Volga cutting off Czecho-Slovaks from their headquarters at Simbursk. A battle is raging in the middle Volga. The Soviet army numbers one hundred and fifty thousand. German papers state that the Soviet’s executive commit lee appoint-, ed a dictatorship, consisting of Lenin Trotsky, and Binovieff, who are empowered to take all measures to crush the enemy.—(A. and N.Z.) CONCERN IN GERMANY. LITOVSK TREATY A DEAD LETTER. Amsterdam, Aug. 13. An important conference on Russian affairs took place at German Headquarters, at which Herr Hintze and Dr. Relfferich were present. The “Berliner Tageblatt” demands the immediate summoning of the Reichsiafe to discuss affairs in Russia. Finland, the Ukraine, and Poland. The “Telegraaf” states that Germany has sent Landsturm troops from Flanders to Russia. The “Vossische Zcitung” frankly admits that the Brest Litovsk treaty is a dead letter, and that the situation is drifting towards a renewal of the war.-—(A. and N.Z.) PEASANT RISING IN UKRAINE. Copenhagen, Aug. 13. Several thousand armed Ukrainian peasants are resisting the German attempts to seize the harvest, and sanguinary engagements arc proceeding. | Fresh German troops - have been ordered to the Ukraine to suppress the beginnings of the revolution.—(A and N.Z.)