ENEMY'S ADVANCE ON THE RUSSIAN FRONT STAYED.
IMPROVEMENT IN MORALE OF TROOPS REPORTED. INSPIRED RUMOUR OF NORTHERN OFFENSIVE. Australian and X.Z. (Received 9.30 p.m.) LONDON. August 20. The Commander-in-Chief of the Russian armies, General Korniloff, reports that the morale of the troops has improved. He declares that the enemy movement on the south-western front has been stopped. The commander of the Tenth Army states that the rumour of a threatened German offensive against Riga has been spread by German agents. The greater portion of the enemy's artillery is in Roumania, making an offensive on the Riga front impossible.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16624, 22 August 1917, Page 7
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98ENEMY'S ADVANCE ON THE RUSSIAN FRONT STAYED. New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16624, 22 August 1917, Page 7
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