FURIOUS BATTLE ON RIGA FRONT.
* INEMY ATTEMPTS TO BREAK RUSSIAN LINES. BEATEN BACK WITH HEAVY LOSSES. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) Received January 29, 9.20 a.m. PETROGRAD, January 28. A furious battle Is raging in the Riga sector along a 50-kilometres Aont. The rivers and ground are frozen, the temperature being 20 degrees below zero. The Germans, with important reserves and plenty of artillery, made obstinate attempts to break the Russian lines, but failed, "with considerable enemy losses.
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Wanganui Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15132, 29 January 1917, Page 5
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78FURIOUS BATTLE ON RIGA FRONT. Wanganui Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15132, 29 January 1917, Page 5
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