A GERMAN REPORT.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLII, Issue 11478, 5 March 1918, Page 5

A GERMAN REPORT.

GREAT BOOTY TAKEN. . PEACE SIGNED. London, March 3, A wireless German official message states: After a hard fight we captured Pelskau, also Polozk and Bolissoff. We have juuctioued with the Polish division at Bobruisk. The Austro-Germans have entered Shmerinka. We have taken prisoner till now GSOO officers, 57,000 men 3,400 guns, 5000 machine guns, and thousands of vehicles, including 1000 motor vehicles, 11 armoured motor cars, 800 locomotives, 8000 railway trucks, and great quantities of artillery munitions.

In addition, we took prisoner at Reval 513 men, 220 guns, and 23 aeroplanes.

A. further armistice has been granted to Ronmania to continue the peace negotiations. A later message says: Owing to the signature of the peace treaty, our military movements in Great Russia have ceased.

GERMANS STILL MOVINGFORWARD. Petrograd, March 3. The Germans have reached Narva, 80 miles from ;Petrograd, and are approaching Lonagdno. The capture of the latter will give them three railway connections with Petrograd. Patrols have penetrated deeply at some points. GERMANS ENSLAVING RUSSIANS.

DEPORTING THEM TO GERMANY.

Reuter. Petrograd, March 3. The Germans at Pskoff deported to Germany all the men under forty -two.