RUSSIA'S GENERAL PROGRESS.

Otago Witness, Issue 3254, 26 July 1916, Page 21

RUSSIA'S GENERAL PROGRESS.

LONDON, July 24. Details of the great battle on the Lower Dwi::a, which has been proceed* ing for a week, continue to be meagre. It is reported that the Russians at one place advanced five miles, captur= ing Kemiuern, 20 miles west of Riga. They have ?.lso driven the Germans across the Nusse from the Kekkau River, which flows into the Dwina 13 miles south of Riga; Meanwhile the Grand Duke's summer campaign in the Caucasus is extremely promJsing, and the weather is good. The Grand Duke has captured Arclasa, by which he has secured all but the last 30 miles of the great military road running from Trebizond to Erzenim and to Erzingan. The Russians still have a range 7000 ft high to cross before thzy can reach Erzingan from Kelkit Tchiftlik. AN AUSTRIAN RETIREMENT. AMSTERDAM, July 24. An Austrian communique states : Being threatened by a strong Russian attack south-east of Tartarov, we withdrew our troops. Fighting is in progress on.Magura towards the principal ridge of the Carpathians. AMSTERDAM, July 24. Die . Zeit (a Vienna paper) states that numerous detachments of Russian cavalry are raiding Hungary north and south of Boi'sa, 40 miles south-east of Marmoros Szigeth. There is no Russian confirmation of this news, which may be intended to break the bad news to the hitherto deluded Austrian public. PARIS, July 23. Le Petit Journal reports that Austrian despatches state that von Linsingen's army in the Berestechko region is falling ba«ck. ROME, July 23. Austria has closed her Swiss frontier, supposedly in order to conceal movements of troops.