WITH THE RUSSIANS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 16546, 20 November 1915, Page 7

WITH THE RUSSIANS

HEROISM OF A PRIEST. RECOGNITION BY GOVERNMENT RECOMMENDED. PETROGBiAD, November 18. The commander of a Russian division- on the Austrian front has recommended the Government to pension the widow of a priest named Veremch.uk, and to ennoble his children; in recognition of Veremchuk's wonderful heroism. When a: scouting party was about to be ambushed Verenchuk sailed them across the river in his own boat under heavy fire. He was shot in the hip, and on returning after landing the soldiers on the other bank he was so weak from loss of blood that he lost control of the rudder, and his boat drifted downstream, where he fell into the Anstrians' hands. Some peasants heard cries, and the next day they found him with his head hammered in, his mouth filled with clay, his body covered with gashes, his collarbone broken, and his knee tendons cut. The evidence indicated that he had been tortured, and that his body had then been riddled with bullets. RUSSIA DAY IN LONDON. ENTHUSIASTICALLY SUPPORTED. LONDON, November 18. " Russia Day" in London, on behalf of wounded prisoners in Germany, was enthusiastically supported. The children in the elementary schools sang the Russian Anthem. Seven thousand ladies sold souvenirs in the streets. Queen Alexandra and the Grand Duke Michael attended a matinee Russian programme at the Alhambra. Russian articles were sold at two bazaars. A dinner and concert at the Carlton Hotel were given in aid of Lady Arthur Paget's Russian relief fund. GERMAN OFFENSIVE STOPPED. NUMBERS OF GERMAN CORPSES. PETROGRAD, November 19. (Received 1 Nov. 20, at 0.15 a.m.) A communique states : We repulsed the enemy's offensive on the Mitau road, south-west of Olai. Large numbers of unburied German corpses were found in the aibandoned trenches near lake Sventen.