RUSSIA'S TASK.
THE CAUCASUS CAMPAIGN. XEARIXG ERZEROIW Petrograd, Feb. 14. , A communi(|..c says: We are progressing in the passes near Erzeroum, where there is deep snow. We captured seven guns, besides machine-guns and ammunition wagons. A violent explosion was observed in one of the Erzeroum forts after our bombardment. We dislodged the Turks from Ivliynss and occupied the town of Kliop. We occupied Buastebad, in the Hamar dan region. A naval communique says: Our fleet silenced a portion of the shore batteries at Vitza, south-westward of Batoum, destroyed six bridges on the coast, and sunk eight sailing vessels.
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Taranaki Daily News, 16 February 1916, Page 5
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