RUSSIA.
FIGHTING NEAR RIGA’. 'A SUCCESSFUL AMBUSH, TOMS iND SYDNEY STTN SERVICES. (Received Nov. 2, 8.0 a.m.) LONDON, Nov. 1. An eyewitness describes the fighting at Dalen Island, near Riga. The Russians lured the enemy to the island and fire was opened from two sides. There were terrible losses. The public assembled on the bridges at Riga to watch thousands of German corpses float down the stream, which was clogged with corpses. IMPORTANT RAILWAY SEIZED. STOPS GERMAN OFFENSIVE. TIMES AND SYDNEY SUN SERVICES. (Received Nov. 3, 8.0 a.m.) LONDON, Nov. 1. Dispatches mention Brusiloff, Lechitsky and Scherbachoff as the generals whoso skill caused the failure of the Austro-German plan. By the capture of the Rovno-Sarny railway they deprived the enemy of important means of communication and prevented him reaping the full advantage of the offensive in Russia.
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Taranaki Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 144826, 2 November 1915, Page 3
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137RUSSIA. Taranaki Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 144826, 2 November 1915, Page 3
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