A BATTLE ON THE VOLGA.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLII, Issue 11616, 15 August 1918, Page 8

A BATTLE ON THE VOLGA.

GZEGHQ-SLOVAKB’ CRITICAL POSITION, RUSSIAN DICTATORSHIP ESTABLISHED. Received August 15, 1.8 p.m. Amsterdam, August 14. The Soviets have seized a CzechoSolvak vessel on the Volga, cutting off the Czecho-Solvaks from headquarters at Simbirsk. A battle is raging in the middle of the Volga. The Soviet army numbers a hundred and fifty thousand. German papers state that the Soviets’ General Executive Committee has appointed a Dictatorship consisting f Lenin, Trotsky and Biuovieff, ’ empowered to take all pleasures to crush their enemies. GERMANS IN RUSSIA. ; MARCHING ON PETROGR AD, f Helsingfors, Augnst 14. Ge r m.in troops are marching on Petrograd. AUSTRIAN EMPEROR' S MOVEMENTS. Ams-'erdiim, An trust 14. A message from Vienna sides that the Emperor Carl has pr-ace-med to the German main headquarters, accompanied by the Foreign Minister and Chief of the General Staff. THE INFLUENZA SCOURGE. CASE IX NEW YORK HARBOUR New Yorkj, August 14. Spanish influenza caused four deaths on a Norwegian vessel docked here. According to the officers ter. persons are also seriously ill of the same disease. The Health authorities have taken precautions to prevent spread to the city population. AMERICAN TANKER SUNK. New York, August 14. Submarines in the Atlantic sank an oil tanker. Seven of the crew are missing. New York August 14. •• The New York Times learns of rhe formation of an American field ■ army in France.. It is understood in military circles that the -American portion at the front is completely under the control of the American army with American supply 11•;es, railway bases and debarkation ports.