RUSSIA'S BLOWS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 16785, 29 August 1916, Page 5

RUSSIA'S BLOWS

STUBBORN FIGHTING. SUCCESS IN THREE SECTORS. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. PETROGRAD, August 27. A communique states : Our Lettish battalions penetrated the first lino of enemy entanglements at two points near Shurarden Farm. The enemy violently bombarded our communications at Toboly (towards Kovel). occupied a height five versts north-east of Mount Koverlea. Our advance in the Carpathians continues. Stubborn fighting continues in the direction of Diarbokir (Turkey in Asia). We have reached the River Masladarast. KEY TO 1000 MILES BATTLE. The following table gives tho five principal sectors on tho 1000 miles Russian front from Riga, on tho Baltic coast, to Kirhbaba, extreme south of Bukovina, on the Hungarian frontier. Tho length of the appro\imato front held by each commander is alio given:— 1. Riga to Kee<\o (325 miles). German Commander. Itussian Commanders. Bufskv Hindenbnrg. (to Vilni <." 00 fcor). l!vcit (below Tilna sector). 2. Krevo to Pinsk (75 miles). Gorman Cornmandtr. j lliv-sian Commander. Leopold. I Ilvert. 3 Pinsk to SoKUi (200 miles). German Comm.iudei. I linsbian Commander. Linsingon. Kaledine. I (under -BruMloff). 4. Sokal to Dniesthi (200 miles). Austrian Commander. | Russian Commander. Bothmer. j BriiMloff. 5. Dmester to Kiblibvba (200 m.le.s). Aubtinn Commander. I Russian Commandu. Pfljn/ei. | Letnhitskj.