RUSSIANS CAPTURE AN ISLAND IN THE DVINA.
ENEMY ATTACK WEST OF RIGA REPULSED. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. LONDON', Jan. 9. A Russian communique states <; We threw back an enemy offensive west of Riga, and captured an island in the Western Dvina River." A German communique states: "During a heavy snowstorm the Russians recaptured Glaudon Island, in the Dvina, north of Illutsk. An attempt against the west bank of the Dvina failed."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16435, 11 January 1917, Page 5
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