GERMANS HARD PRESSED.
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PETROGRAD, October v. Tho Germans are endoavouringj-at. ail costs to hold' the space between KoveJ and Lomb'erg,; on which mainly depend' other issues of German strategy on the Russian front. ■ • . v ' It is semi-officially stated that Gerimajiy since September haa-despatched 12 divisions to southern sectorn. With the 12 despatched in ,Ame, altogether 24 divisions have reinforced the southwestern front. . • . Out-of the 12 which arrived *n September nine divisions uro pow dor fending the Kovel apprdar.bo.v where Marshal yon Hindenburj: in thi< middle of September had concentrated ■-)! divisions. ■ . ' ' Russian critics predict that there will be an obstinate resistance at Kovel, and express- the opinion', that there will bo a- most formidably concentration, at this point, by which can bo gauged the importance the 1 enemy command attaches to ■ the VlatlmrirVolynski- region. • -. ! • .
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXVI, Issue 3573, 6 October 1916, Page 5
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136GERMANS HARD PRESSED. Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXVI, Issue 3573, 6 October 1916, Page 5
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