RIGA OFFENSIVE INTENDED TO EASE THE STRAIN.
RUSSIANS WIN FOUR MILES OF FROZEN MARSHES. LARGE NEW FORCES AVAILABLE ON NORTHERN FRONT. Times. LONDON*, Jan. 9. The sustained Russian offensive on the Riga front is closely connected with tho Bulgarian and German success on the Soreth, where the capture of Fockshani imperils the Russian and Roumanian line. A retreat to the Pruth seems inevitable. The Riga advance of four miles was made across frozen marshes. Large new forces arc available on the Northern Russian line.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16435, 11 January 1917, Page 5
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