RUSSIAN GAINS AT RIGA
GHErxrAusn •LEFTT FLANUC A.T.KNKD. ;f£ L'\T!sfTal.ta'n'..a,r)<3 Association.) " ran/! Jletrfce^' . < - . . .- - : £p'>TT)'o>7, IFeb. ...11. ' The Daily 3laiPs:?PPet£ograd correspon- ; dent says the Russians 'hold their gains <at Rijja on. a front'of -seven miles. The : Germans- have concentrated ail >their ; available forces for attempts to disiodge them. The heaviness of the enemy's losses recalled the "battle of Verdun. • ; v/The Russians, 'holding the Rfibit-Tiro] line,-threaten Mitau and the-whole German left flank. • ; - ;
(An army order found on prisoners advised the eating of crows a; excellent nutritious food. The latest C4erman peace method is to send up fire balloons over the Russian limes, which, when blazing, release leaflets printed in Russian, Polish and Tartar. GERMAN ATTACK '.EN! A SNOWSTORM. (Admiralty per Wireless Press.) (Roc. fLOuVDOK. Feb. 12. A Russian official message states: The enemy, under cover of a snowstorm, attacked northward of Kiselin and penetrated our trenches, but was driven out. The enemy crossed the ice on the VDniester and pressed back our field posts. We counter-attacked, regaining the position.
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Nelson Evening Mail, 13 February 1917, Page 5
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