RUSSIAN RESISTANCE INCREASING
VIOLENT CONFLICT AT PSKOV. SOVIETS LANGUAGE STRONGER THAN DEFENCE. Petrograd, Feb. 26. Fierce fighting continues at Pskov, which has changed hands several times. Tne Soviet is sending fresh troops from Petrograd. The first German detachment Was [small, but well equipped. Largo reinforcements are now approaching. Enormous supplies of valuable munitions are stored in the neighbourhood, hence the German anxiety to capture the town. The railway to Petrograd has been cut, and bridges blown up. The Soviet is almost hourly issuing violent proclamations, goading supporters. The latest proclamation denounces tthe approaching combination as “the imperialist assassins and the damned minions of Wilhelm the Gorman. ”
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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLII, Issue 11474, 28 February 1918, Page 5
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106RUSSIAN RESISTANCE INCREASING Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLII, Issue 11474, 28 February 1918, Page 5
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