RUSSIAN SUCCESSES IN THE NORTH AND SOUTH.
GERMAN COLUMN ANNIHILATED NEAR DVINSK.
LURED INTO MARSHY GROUND AND SURROUNDED. AUSTRIANS EVACUATING TOWNS IN VOLHYNIA7 'Received September 28. 11.30 pan.) Peteogkad, September - 27. - There has been fighting of extraordinary violence round Dvinsk. Russian cavalry defeated a strong'enemy column near Lake Tchichirv. Strong enemy artillery forced the Russians back to the lake.districti •which was a veritable labyrinth. The Russians lured the enemy into marshy ground, which was surrounded on three sides. V Half the Germans were exterminated, and the remainder captured. The prisoners included - three complete companies of Guards... Their artillery was also captured. *• Reports from the Austrian front state that the Russians reached Kovel. The Austrians have evacuated the fortress of Brody, and have suspended fortification works in other towns in Volhynia. s During the retreat the Austrians threw much artillery, many machine guns, and much ammunition and forage into the River Stry. .*■-
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16035, 29 September 1915, Page 7
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