OBSTINATE FIGHTING SOUTH-EAST OF RIGA.
GERMAN ATTACKS CHECKED NEAE BIELOSTOK. PEASANTS TAKE UP ARMS IN WARSAW REGION. (Rewired August '29, 5 p.m.) Petrograd, August 29. A Russian official communique states: A vigorous offensive movement by the enemy in the Jacobsfcadt region, south-east of Riga, led to obstinate fighting. Our retreat between the sources of the Bohr and the Pripet continues. Under the cover of our rearguards re stopped energetic attempts by the enemy to take up the offensive in the Bielostofc region, inflicting heavy losses. We blew up the fortifications of Brest Litovsfc, and the garrison rejoined the army in the field. An unofficial report states that the severity of the German rule at Warsaw has resulted in guerilla encounters with peasants in the A lotlavsk district.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16009, 30 August 1915, Page 7
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127OBSTINATE FIGHTING SOUTH-EAST OF RIGA. New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16009, 30 August 1915, Page 7
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