GERMANY’S DIFFICULTIES.

Otago Witness, Issue 3214, 20 October 1915, Page 19

GERMANY’S DIFFICULTIES.

LONDON, October 14. The Daily Chronicle’s Petrograd correspondent says that when General von Mackensen was called away to the Serbian front General von Linsingen took command, but at the crucial moment General Ivanoff wrested the initiative from him and pierced the front where the armies of General von Bothmer and Pflantzer (Austrian) junctioned 60 miles from Lemberg. General von Linsingen has now 10 choice, but must use his forces to check being outflanked by General von Bothmer’s isolation from Pflantzer’s army. There can be no question of further attempts by the Germans to advance on Rovno. No more Teutonic troops can be detached for Serbia. In fact, it may be necessary to despatch Austrian troops, originally destined for Serbia, to Galicia. FRIGHTFUL GERMAN LOSSES. LONDON, October 14. Colonel Naudau writes: Whatever shape the Balkans development takes, we must not forget that the principal theatre is always Russia, and an important victory there will determine events in the south. The Germans are desirous of capturing Dvinsk at all costs. They have sustained frightful losses, and the carnage is horrible. The war has entered on a new phase, and the effect of the reorganisation of Russia’s army is being more and more felt every day. JEWISH SUFFERERS. PERTH, October 15. Mr Leopold Rothschild has cabled to the president of the Hebrew congregation that there are over 1£ million J ewish sufferers in the Russian war zone whose sufferings are appalling, and appealing for assistance. A relief fund has been started, TURKISH DETACHMENT ANNIHILATED. PETROGRAD, October 15. A communique states ; There has been obstinate fighting on the various fronts. A Caucasian communique states ; We annihilated a Turkish detachment south of Laki van. GERMAN AMMUNITION DEPOT EXPLODED. COPENHAGEN, October, 15. A traveller who visited the Brest-Litovsk district in the beginning of September reports that a German ammunition depot exploded, and 200-0 Austro-Germans were killed or wounded. A hospital in the vicinity, with 50 patients, 24' nurses, and eight doctors, was blown up.