ENCOURAGING MESSAGES TO THE ARMY.

Marlborough Express, Volume LI, Issue 157, 5 July 1917, Page 5

ENCOURAGING MESSAGES TO THE ARMY.

w<MMsrr OF Russia's great .:.:.. ■.■■ ■ -name. :; ;

Australian and N.Z. Cable Association ■ -(Iforceiye^ JiUy's,^&2o a.m.). LONipC>N, July 4. Tlie JSldrning ?Pest's Petrograd cor-•V-espondent states-that the fighting- in '^jralioia demonstrated' that the men at the front were worthy of Russia's igrßrft Tiatn©. iTbeltobses were heavy, whichiis-.'n.accordaaico with the Russian stt-my's tradition. It holds the woi'l<f-s record for ' ability to sxiffei* withmit ilosiing .its niilitaiy qualities. The :«£ruggfle .isssevei'evsouth-west of »Bfzte:iny ; m-a hil^y, \\x>oded, and well watered {4U«;j, -where the Germans 'had tinilt Jsj)ecia.l. redoubts requiring Hong . before attack was BR» flSrpvisioaial •' €k>vernment anBOiin^esiiHiat illi regiments engaged in ih)&irSfemive will henceforth be known as the ipjrghteenth • June" Regiments, an 6T5 *style date. TTliis date has been'nsemorablefo^r upwards of a century, ;-aaid there are;:good hopes of maknjg'Tittiie starting)post for'a new era of national!life.

The Cbngress of Workmen's and Soldlepg'iJ>f*legate^ addressed a stmng message ■■■<>¥ 'renoouragiament to ' the armies MsngSge'dVint the^ Offensive. The messaae r:descifibes -. "them-.i as organised •ma'-iTODOcraiidjbasis,after being tempered intthe ifiras. of revolution, arid thoy are h6w; valoroitsly struggling tor freedom rtndj;;general~peace. : • The-3Pitovisi6nali.Go.vsrnment issued a Tigaraus 'appeal .a'n:ging.' all citizens to mass; asi'onc manLbehind the army, fighting ito Safeguard • 'the: revolution •and ftnpsia's 'The- :Governnient f&ewiKe-:Beriti;mes9^ges to the army ina.yy,ium;ging the latter to. pmulatefcfche lacmyi'inv«aving t;he. conn • try froth ->exterahl:: danger, arid proy-, ina: thattthej.fnft -off'freedbin which regenerated i'the;iairmy is_(eq«ally reinyigojtatijrg i the •• inavy, ,■ I; rnspii-irig it to new triTjlTiphs. , ■ ■•..