FRONTIER INCIDENTS
VIOLATION 1 'OF TREATIES.
(Rec. June 17, 11.20 a.m. ) LONDON, June 16.
The Press Bureau publishes a Russian wireless message stating that the Germans, starting an offensiive,seized three villages in the neutral zone. Our troops retired.
An increasing movement has been ob(aerved lately at Jevosftra-tova, tanWs and cavalry participating. Our troops destroyed thebridges at Jevostratova as a reply to the violation of the treaty. Cavalry has been despatched to maintain the liaison or our troops, who occupy the line in the neutral zone. The object of the Germans in creating frontier incidents is to obtain the railway centresof Lisci and Povorino.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LII, Issue 144, 17 June 1918, Page 6
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