RUSSIA.
AUSTRIAN ACCOUNTMASSED/ ATTACKS BROKENAustralian and N.Z. Cable 4.ssn 'Admiralty:—Per - Wireless Press. LONDONJuIy 8. An Austrian, official message states: —We broke massed attacks. Jasting a,ll the morning and afternoon south-west-' of Zborof. The Russians are employing nin-eiceen divisions', Eifteen .waves on a front of sixteen kilometres were' compelled to retreat under our machine guns. i Ui.'.r chasing air squadrons and artil-ic-i-y also broke the Russian .cavalry who were brought up in readiness for pursuVc. The losses of the Russians are heavy. . MOKE THAN A DEMONSTRATION. NAVAL' ACTIVITY. Renter's Telegrams. Correspondents in Petrograd emphasise the fact that the present offensive is not mere demonstration, but is in accordance wish a clear strategical plan. They state that the Germans have'nlraady .withdrawn seven divisions from the West front m addition to fre=h formations from Germany. There are also signs n'f impending naval ope-r'alnons in the Baltic. Aircraft are raiding Livonia, and subland neS ex P'°ring the Gulf of Fin- j
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Timaru Herald, Volume CVI, Issue 16283, 10 July 1917, Page 8
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