THE RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE.
MOVE TOWARDS LEMBERG WHOLE FRONT ABLAZE. TERRIBLE BATTLE AT BRZEZANY Australian and .V.2. Cabte Assorialion. PETROGRAI), October 4. The move forward towards Lemberg has recommenced. The whole southern sector of (he Russian front is ablaze. General BrussilofTs immediate objectives are Vladimir-Volynski and the railway at Kovel. The Russians are in possession of enormous reserves of ammunition, and are shell-
ing the Austrian line with unparalleled ferocity.
A terrible battle at Brzezany has already been waged for three days, in which the Russians, under cover of their artillery lire, crossed the Zlola hipa and captured the opposing heights.
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Sun (Christchurch), Volume III, Issue 829, 6 October 1916, Page 7
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