THE RUSSIAN ADVANCE.
GERMANS PURSUED ACROSS THE STOKHOD. THE MOVE TOWARDS KOVEL. SUCCESS AGAINST THE TURKS. (Reuter's Telegram.) PETROGRAD, July 12.' A communique states: Fierce fighting ■continues on the. Stokhod. The enemy attempts to recross the river were again defeated. • The Russians are progressing appreciably west of Erzerum. The Turkish line of retreat is littered with arms and stores. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) LONDON, July 13. The Morning Post's Petrograd correspondent reports hot fighting on the west bank of the Stokhod. The retreating Germans i burned the bridges, but the Russians are pursuing them across the river. The Germans rare every nerve to check- th4 RusmMn advance on Kovel. - . o •-^ il , The Russian booty taken m five days on the Stokhod is 611 officers, 21,145 men, 71' guns, and 93 machine guns. AUSTRIA^ ,pOM>JXT^IQUEi (Australian and ri.Z. Cable Association .) ■:■■'■■■■' VIENNA, July 13. Official :■ Several enemy attacks on the Lower Stokhod failed. We took 2000 prisoners. f; :i . * We repulsed a stipng Italian attack at Monte Rasta. - ■
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 14044, 14 July 1916, Page 3
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