WITH THE RUSSIANS.
ENEMY ATTACKS REPELLED. Admiralty, per Wireless Press. LONDON. February 12. Russian, official: The enemy, under cover of a snowstorm, attacked' northward of Kiselin, and penetrated our trenches, but wore driven out. The enemy crossed: over the ice on the Dniester and pressed back our field posts, but we counter-attacked, regaining our position.
GERMANS IN RUSSIA. ONE-LEGGED MEN AS GUNNERS. Australian and> N.Z. Cable Association. LONDON, February 12. (Received Feb. 13, at 7 p.m.) The Morning Post's Petrograd correspondent states that the Germans are utilising soldiers who have lost a leg as machine gunners, as they are unable to escape. Many have been found dead alongside the guns.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 16928, 14 February 1917, Page 5
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