RUSSIA'S BLOWS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 16752, 21 July 1916, Page 5

RUSSIA'S BLOWS

.ADVANCE ON THE LIPA. ENEMY PRESS IMPRESSED. Australian iiml X.Z. Cable Association. AMKTEUDAM, July 19. The Austro Ccim.iu now tpappru att.uh gioat hnpoii moo to the Jlnssi in advance u.i tin- Jjipj Tho Hn.ssi.uis, iiuloil by splendid i.ulunvb, swiftly concentrated Lugo forte , ! licai , Szklin. Corre-pondpiits .Lssrtt that these attacks ajo a pi elude to hip; operations. GENERAL LKC'HITSKY'S CAVALRY. AUSTRIAN REAR THREATEN!'!). LONDON, July 19. Tho Daily Xews Ppttoqrail oorrcpon (iont states that (ieiu-ial Loclul'-ky's cavalry pencttated a ulay's march into Hungary, and now threaten tho rear of the Austrians in tho Kimpolung Kuty region. RUSSIANS ADVANCING. AT SEVERAL POINTS. PETROGRAD, July 19 German, aeroplanes bombed Reval. Floods on tho Dniester aro demolishing the Austrian bridges. We are approaching the mountain passes south-west of Kuty. GERMAN OFFICIAL REPORT. ALLEGED RUSSIAN REVERSES. AMSTERDAM, July 19. A Berlin communique states: Von Hindenburg's troops south and south-vest of Riga broke up repeated Russian attacks ■\vith extraordinary hic;h losses. Thorp is lively artillery activity on the Stochod. FJsewhero all is quiet.

PFLANZER'S COMMUNICATIONS THREATENED.

INTENSE AMXSETY IN HUNGARY. PETROGRAD, July 20. (Received July 20, at 7.30 p.m.) General Lechitsky's cavalry is across the Carpathians on the main road from Kirlibaba towards Marmarossiget. It is threatening General Pflanzer's communications, and is causing intense anxiety in Hungary.

SIGNIFICANT AUSTRIAN MESSAGE, AMSTERDAM, July 20. (Received July 20, at 7.7,0 p.m.)

A Vienna message states that telegraphic communication with Marmarosszicjet is suspended. A large portion of the village of Ciirahmora, in the war zone, TV as destroyed by fire. Five hunched houses were burnt.