RUSSIA.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 144855, 6 December 1915, Page 3

RUSSIA.

THE BALTIC PROVINCES. A USEFUL ADVANCE. GENOA, Dec. 5. Reports from Russia state that tho Russians havo carried twenty kilometres of trenches on tho Tukum Read, capturing 700 prisoners, great stores 0 f victuals and munitions, and 400 horses. PETROGRAD, Dec. 5. A coinin'::: in no states that the German offensive south of Laoovcntin broke down in the face of heavy rifle fire. Our artillery inflicted heavy losses at Snmki, on the loft hank of the Styr, and tho enemy fled in disorder. We dispersed largo Austrian forces south of Nova Lcsinott. Wo pursued the retreating Turks in tho Varkumis region and have approached Bitlis.