GERMAN DEFENSIVE MEASURES OF LITTLE VALUE.
RUSSIAN ARMIES WELL SUPPLIED WITH MUNITIONS. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. NEW YORK July 3. The Petrograd correspondent of the United Press reports that German prisoners say that the Germans learned six weeks ago that the Russians would start an offensive on July 1 and July 7, but the defensive preparations did not materially affect the Russian victory The correspondent adds: The offensive was the carefully-planned climax to the long campaign of iron-handed discipline of M Kerensky Minister for War. M.« Kerensky may stand out as the greatest statesman-general of Europe."
The members of the Russian Mission to America stated that the Russian armies are plentifully supplied with ammunition for a continuance of the present offensive, and predict further victories.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16583, 5 July 1917, Page 5
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