RUSSIA'S TASK

North Otago Times, Volume CIII, Issue 13561, 5 May 1916, Page 3

RUSSIA'S TASK

ENEMY OFFENSIVE ; IMMINENT. ■ v . LONDON, May 3, I As the result- of, the failure at Verdun interest is .turning towards Russia,' where it is "believed., that, fhe' Austrian? and Germans are preparing a huge offensive to break the southern Russian' front. . A great' movement ,ofitroops, guns, and aviation material is in pro- j gress. • J LONDON, May !!. , •The Daily Chronicle has had an interview With; General Ivnnoff's successor, 1 General Brusiloff, famous as the captor of 360,000 Germans and Austrians, who said:."l am,not a prophet, but I think 18 months will be necessary to Complete the, ivictory, Russia can endure without difficulty, but the German morale is undergoing - the most serious strain. When the - war ends Thope.it will end in Berlin.'", •