RUSSIA'S.MIGHTY TASK

North Otago Times, Volume CIV, Issue 13694, 9 October 1916, Page 6

RUSSIA'S.MIGHTY TASK

OENEm BBBSILOW'S THIRD ; OpAT SMASH. , APPALLING' AND UNPARALLELED SLAUGHTER. RUSSIA'S WAVES FROM HER OCEAN OF] TRAINED • MEN. ' (Austrnlian irnd New Wand-Onlilo ABBOcintion,} - Received October 8, 5.5 p.m. . The Petrograd correspondent of The Mottling Post says, General Brusiloff's third great move is npw;: irresistibly , forcing a path through Germany's desperate resistance between the Pripet Marshes and Halicz. Appalling aiid ..iinparalleled slaughter is reported. German prisoners are arriving in thousands. Whole regiments shrink to single battalions; during .a few days'fight. "The Germans will be unable, much longer,.to bear such, losses, Russia freely pours forward to inevitable victory, new waves from her ocean of trained men." The Petrograd correspondent of The Daily Chronicle says:, The hardest fighting continues west of Lutsk, near Brzezany. The Russian attacks are timed to coincide with energetic opera-, tions in the Dobrudja, where,' after the, first o- ..• campaign were promising, the Allies have recovered the initiative. Received October 8,5.5 p.m. > n,,t«h a „ 7 " ' PETROGRAD, October 7. • A semi-official message warns the public against expecting rapid developments in the events in Yolhyiiia and Gcincia. Though the enemy positions are not as strong as in Northern • France, Marshal von Hindenburg has thrown against. Russians main forces comprising nearly all his reserves. Every yard 01 ground must be fought for. We shall continue operations uith "There is hope tor decisive successes in the Balkans at an early date. t ; > FIERCE BATTLES CONTINUE,' ■: RUSSIANS CAPTURE IMPORTANT POSITIONS. 1 LONDON, October C. A Russian communique states: There are fierce battles in the legion of Pcniaki, Gukolave, and Mylnovee, where the: enemy is counter-attacking obstinately in resistance of onr offensue. We lteeeiveil October 8,5.5 P-mV oe;ote A German communique says: The Russian attacks on bothsides of the Zlota Lipa are continued. We gave up our advanced positions at Treczyszozow, ; Received October 8, 5.5 p.«l. 10HD0 1,, October 7. A Petrograd communique reports: The fighting continues on the Centrnvka and Zlota Lipa rivers. The enemy attempted to re-captnre the lost ground. Four consecutive counter-attajks were repelled with heavy losses. -Our offensive Dobnidja. We occupied Karabaka and Besaul, and repelled Received October 8, 5.5.p.m, _ AMSTERDAM, October 7. An Austrian communique says:— ■ General von Boehm-Ermolli's army defeated ffve enemy attacks south-east of Jasionof, § and Qaptui'ed the Russian . .advanced position south of Manajoj, A German communique says: West |of_ Lutsk the exhausted enemy is quiet. The enemy powerfully b jit ineffectually packed - Wvsocko-Dubi)JandZarkow. FiglitingKasbeen the Zlota Lipa.. The enemy has been jdriven back where he penetrated, and we are- absolute masters of the''situation.