THE RUSSIAN FRONT.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLI, Issue 11667, 12 September 1916, Page 5

THE RUSSIAN FRONT.

RUSSIANS ENCIRCLING HALICZ.

ENEMY FLANK ENDANGERED.

Berne, Sept 10. Tbe Russians are in a half circle around Halicz, which they continue to bombard. The capture ot Halle would menace the flank of tbe Gulf of Li pa line, also the second to last line of the Lemberg defences.

THE TAKING OF TUTUKAI.

ENEMY DETERMINED ATTACKS.

GRIM AND DESTRUCTIVE DEFENCE. » Times.' London, Sept. 11. Mr Bouchier reports: At the battle at Turtukai the enemy attacked for four days, in compact formations, supported by a most violent cannonade. The Roumanian fleet asisled the defenders, who inflicted extraordinary losses. Piles of corpses confronted the Roumanian trenches, .but heavy reinforcements enabled the enemy to capture the town, A RUSSIA N PRECAUTION. AMBASSADORS STOPPED. Copenhagen, Sept. 10. The Russians slopped Count Oernier, Ambassador at Bucharest, and other Austrians, who were homeward bound, in order to prevent Germany obtaining information as to the Roumanians’ latest military measures.

THE CARPATHIANS ADVANCE.

STEADY AND INEXORABLE.

EXODUS OF THE PEOPLE.

Berne, Sept. 11

The Russians continue their Carpathian advance methodically. The junction of the two armies will accomplish surrounding the Austrians. The inhabitants of fourteen counties in Hungary fled to Bnda Pest, where the situation is serious owing to a shortage of supplies.

A GERMAN REPORT. Amsterdm, Sept. 10. A Berlin official message says: Onr submarines sbeiled tbe town and harbour works at Mangolia. Hydroplanes bombed ‘grain sheds and Russian warships at Constanza.