RUSSIA'S TASK.

North Otago Times, Volume CIII, Issue 13656, 25 August 1916, Page 3

RUSSIA'S TASK.

GERMANS ON, THR-EAST- FRONT.-. - REPORTS. _' {Afiatraliaii anil lift, Oalle Association.) '" -•',- LONDON, August 23, 'A "German communique says: On the Russian front, we stormed new posi-•tions-'at Stara and Wipczyna and made goottjirogress in clearing the high lands wcst,„Df Ostrovo, "' ! - • "oiIBiIANvOFPiaJsTvErAT BRODY"' ;r' -REPULSED. - ■ (Akstrallan nun ft,"/, Cnlile Association,) ;■ ;(;■' . LONDON, "A ngn st; a~ Aißussian communique says: We mndea gas attack southward of Krevn, and : (hc, eiiemy. suffered heavy losses, the eifeiriy 'southward of'Brady •«•• smiKid the offensive, but was repelled everywhere. We captured two heights near the source of the Pruth,- on the Hungarian frontier, . POSITION UNCHANGED. EASTERN FRONT QUIET. . (Australian .nnd N.Z. CnMe Association.) Received August 24, 7.10 p.m. . :. ■ P'ETBOGRAO, Aujgiist" 24. ■ Aii official communique says: The .position is'unchanged. .. i ■;■,..>. VIENNA, August 24, , An Austrian communique reports that Iho Russian attacks near Zabie were ■repulsed. ■•■■■•••'•' ■•■•• ' ' '■■■