THE EAST FRONT.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 12081, 9 August 1917, Page 5

THE EAST FRONT.

THE RUSSIAN RETIREMENT. TOWNS EVACUATED. Reuter'a Telegrams. (Received August 9, 8.45 a.m.) PETROGRAD, August 8. The " Novoe Vremya" states that >he Russians have evacuated the towns if Kenienetz, Podolsk and ProskuroiT.

HUGE FORCE FIGHTING ■RUSSIANS. REIXFORCEM EXT?. FROM WEST FRONT. "The Time*" Sorvio®. (Received August D, 1 p.m.) LO'XDOX, August 8. Th°rp ni'e 137 Austro-Gprman divisions, twpnt.y-iour brigades of infnntry and tin- whole of the. Aiistro-Gprm-an cavalry now pngagod in thp fighting on 11)»• Russo-Rnmanian front. SpvPral divisions are also en route from Franco. ENEMY CLAIMS. Australian and X.Z. Oabla Association und Renter. (Received August. D. 1 p.m.) LONDON". August 3. A wirelpss Gorman official message sa ,vs : The Austrn-Tfungarians stormed and occupied sr vora.l summits of the wooded Carpithians. Wo have cxtpnded our successes northward of Focsani. There is hitler fighting alone: the R usso-Ruinaiiian front. CVr.intcr-at-tacks wore futile A RUSSIAN COMMUNIQUE. EBB AND FLOW OF THE STRUGGLE. Australian and X.Z. Cable Association ».nd Ileutor. (Rootived August !), 2.0 p.m.) LONDON, August A wireless Russian official message savs that in the region of the confluence of the Zbruez we captured the villagp.s of Raruhkovcv and W'ygoda. and heights westward of the last-named place. Y\ p repulsed attacks northwestward of the Sereth. The enemy occupied two heights westward ot Dy.enikiip and southward of Sotchi. We. retired eastward ou hot h sjdes oif 'the Kimpolung road. Tho enemy pressed lis back northward of liisigostchi.