RUSSIANS CHECKMATE ENEMY EAST OF VILNA.
ATTEMPT TO ADVANCE SUCCESSFULLY FRUSTRATED.
REVERSE INFLICTED UPON TURKS IN THE CAUCASUS. High CommisMcmer's CabW Message. LONDON. August 3. A Russian communique Bays .-"In the Smorgon region, east of Vilna, the enemy repeatedly attacked at Gauwitch, but a timely discovery resulted in the attempt of the enemy to advance being frustrated by our machine-gun and rifle fire. The enemy lost heavily and failed to reach our entanglements"ln the Caucasus, towards Kharput, the Turks were forced back from a rortified position on the right bank of the Euphrates, at Muradtohaia." '
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16300, 5 August 1916, Page 7
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