IN THE EAST.

Taranaki Daily News, 29 July 1916, Page 5

IN THE EAST.

BRUSILOFFS TACTICS. IMPORTANT RUSSIAN MOVEMENTS GOOD NEWS FROM ALL FRONTS. Received July 20, Yi.M a.m. Petrograd, July 2S. I The news from all fronts continues to be of the brightest. General Brusilo(T, having induced the, enemy to make a big concentration to defend Kovel, is holding them there and striking elsewhere with invariable success. * i Though Kaledine is'quiet for the time being, at the Luck salient General Saleharofi' is putting in sonic brave blows. His victory north of Brcdy is a most serious threat op General >'on Bothmer's prolonged stand, along the Strypa, though Bothmer is still assisted on I'.h right flank by the fact that the Dneister is in flood. Great developments in Galicia are impossible until General vofl Bothmer falls back. General Pakharoff is now fighting for the fords over the small stream of fioldurnovka, where the Anstro-Ccrman:-are making a stand. The battle has «1ready brought General Sakharofif four miles nearer Brody, and deepened the envelopment of General Pflanzer't Austro German forces, which are figlit ing southwards. Th? Russians in Bukovina continueto advance towards the Jaliionilxa pas?. :>nd are threatening a Cossack raid iuti Hungary. GERMANYS HIGH FINANCE. . | A. PAPER LOAN TO TURKEY. | Reuter Service I Received July 28, 8.50 p.m. I Constantinople, July 28.

Official: Reports state that Turkey is obtaining a further advance o! £2,000,000 from Germany in the shape of depreciated Exchequer bonds, wliereon they will-base a fresh issue of paper money. The transaction illustrates the methods of the enemy's finance. FOOD FOE POLAND. Wasington, lijuly 27. It is understood that Great Britain will consent to the admission of food to Poland' under the supervision of a neutral commission, conditionaly upon the Austro-Germans not taking more native food and supplies in. the occupied districts. THE POSITION AT SMYRNA. Athens. July 27. Advices from Smyrna state that an eutire Turkish regiment mutinied and fled to a forest. The troops sent in pursuit set fire to the forest. It is also reported that the Austro-German forces at Aidan, near Smyrna, have been recalled to Germany. A REPORT DENIED. London, July 27. The War Office denies any reverse at Katia, which we hold. BOTHMER'S ARMIES IMPERILLED. Petrograd, July 27. The Russian approach to Estrody threatens General von Botlimer's armies with envelopment, and renders finally untenable the position of the enemy forces in the direction of Leniberg. WHAT AUSTRIA WOULD LIKE. Received July 28, 8.35 p.m. Vienna, July 28. Official: Repeated Russian attacks between Radziwilov and the Styr have broken down, leaving a thousand prisoners TURKS REINFORCE AUSTROGERMANS. Received July 28, 8.35 p.m. Athens, July 28. A number of trains of Turkish troops have passed through Sofia to reinforce the Austro-German troops on the East front.

GENERAL SAKHAROFF'S CAPTURES. Received July 2S, 8.35 p.m. Petrograd, July 28 A communique reports that General #akharoff has, between July 10 and 25, tltken prisoner 12S officers and 0251 men. He captured five guns and 23 machineguns in the recent battle.