IN THE EAST.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume III, Issue 926, 29 January 1917, Page 7

IN THE EAST.

THE RIGA FRONT. RUSSIANS TAKE THE OFFENSIVE A. and VZ. Call* Aeeoriation and RevXet, At!minify j, r Wireless Press. LONDON, January 26, A Russian official message says:—* Between the Tirul swamp and the River Aa we undertook the offensive, {dislodged ttie enemy and took some prisoners, but withdrew under Gerj man pressure. j We advanced a mile in the direcj tion of Kalnzem, but fell back before I counter-attacks. j General Ivanhleviteh led the first i lino, and was wounded, but remained at his post. I GERMANS BEATEN BACK. A GAS ATTACK. A. and y Z Cable Assoriatirn and ftfutcft Admiralty per Wireless Preen. LONDON, January 27. A Russian official message says*.--After a heavy bombardment the Germans were beaten back eastward of Kalnzem with heavy losses. We liberated gas at Milan, causing :> great German panic. THE GERMAN VERSION. FURTHER POSITIONS OCCUPIED. i Australian and S.Z. Cable Association. LONDON, January 27: i A German communique says;—W® i occupied further positions on both sides of the Aa River. We repulsed counter-attacks on the east bank, and took prisoner 500 men. COUNTER-ATTACKS FAIL, GROUND NOT REGAINED. A. and y Z. Cable Association ar*d Reuter, Admiralty per Wirelens Press. LONDON, January 27. A German message says;— Russian reinforcements were unable to recapture the ground lost in the region eastwards of the Aa River. We made raids between the Casina and Putna Valleys. GREAT REINFORCEMENTS. VON HINDENBURG DIRECTING. Australian and S.Z. Cable Assortatien^ ROME, January 26. Advices from Petrograd report that there have been great reinforcements on the Riga front, and that" Marshal von Hindenburg is personally directing the German counteroffensive. IN RUMANIA. ENEMY REPULSED. Australian and SZ. Cable Association. LONDON, January 27. A Rumanian ollicial message says: Despite the snow, we attacked and j repulsed the enemy southward of i the valleys of Cashin and Susitzs. after 11 hours’ desperate fighting. DANUBE SITUATION. REGARDED AS SATISFACTORY. Reuter's Telegrams. PETROGRAD, January 27. Experts describe the situation in ; the Danube delta as satisfactory. The Russians are defending the Sujtina Canal, which is the chief mouth of the Danube, in order to conserve the navigation of the river to IsmaiL The front then generally follows the Serelh, and then the right bank of the Trotus as far as Oena. It thence bends north-west to rejoin the Aus-tro-Rumanian frontier. The enemy has vainly attempted for days to force a passage of the * Sereth between Focsani and Galatz, in order to push the left wing along the Trotus, but the Russians are breaking all attacks while awaiting the resumption of their own offensive. RUSSIAN COMMANDER. Australian and SZ. Cable Association. PARIS, January 27. General Gourko has been appointed to command the Russian and Rumanian front.