TENTATIVE PEACE PROPOSALS.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XX, Issue 5190, 19 July 1915, Page 5

TENTATIVE PEACE PROPOSALS.

LATEST DEVELOPMENTS.

MADE BY GERMANY

THROUGH THE UNITED STATES.

(Received this day at 8.15 a.m.) London, This Day. The ‘‘Financial News” gives prominence to reports from quarters closely connected with German sources conveying the information that Germany is making tentative peace proposals through the United States-

THE. RUSSIAN OPERATIONS

SEYERE BATTLES CONTINUE

ENEMY MAKE SOME PROGRESS

Petrograd, This Day. Official: The. enemy, on the right bank of the Windawa and Wenta, are advancing in the direction of Tukkum and Altuz. We forced back the enemy’s infantry eastward of Popefiany. Fierce fighting is continued on a wide front on the right bank of the Juza. On Friday three German regiments, capturing the village of Podosia, gained the left bank of the Orjuza and took three Russian guns, but in a. furious counter-attack the German forces were annihilated with the bayonet. The guns were re-taken and the enemy expelled from Podosia. Siberian and Turkestan troops fought there. The enemy doubled their strength and showed admirable valour and perseverance. We fell back in the Malava district to Creczanow, the enemy having doubled their reserve. A Cossack Brigade north-west of Wadorn captured 280 Austrians and two machine guns. The enemy between the Vistula and Bug assumed a general offensive. The enemy, after stubborn fighting, slightly progressed on the left bank of the Vieprz. The enemy several times forced our barbed wire defences eastward of the village of Gtiabovitz, but were repulsed with rifle and the bayonet. Partial enemy attacks at Krvlow and Sokal were repulsed. We took as prisoners several hundreds.

The submarine Xerpe torpedoed a large coal laden ship in the Black Sea.

ASSAULT ON WARSAW

NEW POSITIONS OCCUPIED

RUSSIANS TO GET BIG GUNS

Petrograd, This Day. The Germans are pressing hastily into new positions. They have occupied With banks of watercourses northeast of Warsaw and seek to invest all the strongholds around Warsaw. lto|>ing that when the city is captured Russia will sue for peace. The Russians. however, will undoubtedly tight steadily and fall back on the Volga if necessary, inflicting meanwhile colossal losses oil the invaders. A large consignment of big guns is expected late in the summer and these will put a different complexion on the campaign. and will doubtless enable Russia to concentrate immense forces in i Southern and Central Europe. ENEMY CLAIM VICTORIES. RUSSIANS DRIVEN OUT. RETREAT FROM ENTIRE FRONT. Berlin, This Day. Official: H Oldenburg's offensive has led to great events. Von Billow's army is progressing in the Kursohany district and has crossed tire Windawa. The cavalry repeatedly defeated the Russians, capturing eleven officers, including the commander of the Eighteenth Rifle Brigade. 2-U>o men, three guns, and five machine guns. Von. Gallowitz attacked the Russian position south-east of Malava. Three lines were successively stormed and carried north-east of Prasnysz and T)zielin Lipa. The pressure on lioth sides shook the Russians who evacuated Prasnysz and retreated to previously consolidated positions on the Crochonow-Krasnosiole line. The | pursuing German troops stormed and pierced this position southward of Zielona, on a front of seven kilometres. forcing the enemy to retreat. The attackers were assisted by Von Schulz's troops, who advanced in pursuit from Kodma, and the Russians retreated from the entire front between Pisa ami the Vistula towards Na.rcy. AN AUSTRIAN ACCOUNT. * Amsterdam, This Day. j An Austrian official report states j that an Austrian corps, fighting m the ; closest touch with the Germans In'- j tween the Vistula and tin 1 (lug. storm- | ed and captured, after seven at- I tempts, an important Russian van- > tage point west of Grnliowioe and petitrated one of the enemy’s main positions. The Germans pierced the enemy's lines south-west of Krasnosko. BIG CAPTURES CLAIMED. Amsterdam. Tins Day. An official message from Berlin states jUiat the Gerrnajis south-west . of Krnli Ndfctav captured twenty . eight officers, 6380 men' and nine ma- ' chine rtns.