SPORADIC FIRING CONTINUES IN PETROGRAD.
LENINITES TORN TO PIECES BY THE CROWDS.
COSSACKS ATTACK REBELS WITH SWORDS ONLY Austrian and N.Z. Cable. (Received 12.20 am , PETROGRAD. July 23 Sporadic firing continues in Petrograd, and the populace remains indoors. h Angry crowds caught two Leninites using machine-guns from the housetops and tore them to pieces. the \yL firSt 7 chi + ne -f m regiment marched sullenly to the square of till be^a'ntd 6 *** *" * ""* " d *** <°° ™«* *
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Cossacks are the heroes of the day. During the disturbances they were sent out without rifles, and attacked the rebels with swords onlv Iwenty out of 100 Cossacks returned.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16600, 25 July 1917, Page 7
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