THE HAMMER STRIKES AGAIN.

Otago Witness, Issue 3212, 6 October 1915, Page 24

THE HAMMER STRIKES AGAIN.

TERRIBLE P-OSSES. PETROGRAD, September 27. There is lighting of extraordinary violence round Dvinsh. Our cavalry defeated a strong enemy column near Lake Tchichiry. Strong enemy artil-

lery forced the Russians back to the lake district, which is a veritable labyrinth. The Russians fired upon the enemy from the marshy ground, which they surrounded on three sides. Half the Germans were exterminated, and the remainder taken prisoners, including three complete companies of Guards, Artillery was also captured. Reports from the Austrian front state that the Russians have reached Kovel. The Austrians have evacuated Brodz, and suspended their fortification works at other towns in Volhynia. During their retreat the Austrians threw much of their artillery, machine guns, ammunition, and forage into the River Stry. ADDITIONAL RUSSIAN SUCCESSES. PETROGRAD, September 28. A communique states: Four German attacks west of Vileyka were repulsed. We captured 1000 unwounded Germans and 13 guns, including five of large calibre. We compelled the enemy near Deleatrischi to fall back, with great losses. We surprised an Ai trian battalion at Labusy, on the Snara, bayonetting a number, and taking as prisoners 364. The remnant were forced beyond the river. Fierce honse-to-house fighting ended in the capture of Sliesaits, in the Lower Stokho region; nearly all the defenders were killed. Austrian reinforcements compelled us to evacuate Novo Alexinatz, but we counter-attacked with the bayonet and re-expelled the enemy. We killed many and captured 1000.