RUSSIAN TASK.
GERMAN OFFENSIVE READY,
UPSET BY BUMAXIA.
(Australian and K.'L Cable Association.)
LONDON, August 31,
The Pctrograd correspondent of. the Daily Telegraph.says: It is believed •that Marshal von llindenburg has lately been preparing for an offensive, and lias brought ii|) the available reserves, including six divisions of Turks' which were in Galicia and Transylvania, The intervention of Rumania upset these plans. ; •
ON THE KOVEL FRONT.
GERMAN ATTACKS BEATEN BACK,
(Australian and N.Z, Cable Association.) 'LONDON, August 31.
A Russian communique says: W« repelled attacks, on the west bank of the Slokhod, thirty-four miles north-east of Kovcl. There were heavy enciny'losses. A. German communique says: Thero have been artillery battles west of Riga, at Dunaborg bridgehead, aud the Slokhod salient, south-east of Kovcl, v
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North Otago Times, Volume CIV, Issue 13662, 2 September 1916, Page 5
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