THE EASTERN FRONT.

Press, Volume LIII, Issue 15868, 5 April 1917, Page 7

THE EASTERN FRONT.

ENEMY PREPARING OFFENSIVE. RUSSIA NEEDS FRESH CONTINGENTS. . COMBING OUT ELIGIBLES FOR \ SERVICE. (Rcutcr'fl Telegrams.) (Received April sth, 12.45 a.m.) LONDON, April 4. The "Daily Chronicle's" Petrograd correspondent states that M. Gutchkoff, Minister of War. points odt that tho enemy is preparing for a vigorous offensive on the Russian front, and emphasises that the active army needs fresh contingents. Ho instructs Commanders and Governors to'comb out all eligiblcs except those engaged in indispensable industries, and train them rapidly for service at the front. RUSSIANS REPEL ATTACKS. ADVENTURE OF AVIATORS. (.By Cable—Press Association—Copyright.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Reutex's Telegrams.) LONDON, April 3. A Russian official communique states: — "We threw back at the point of tho bayonet enemy attacks which penetrated o»r trenche3 in the regions southward of Illukst aud south-east of Vladimirvolynsk. "Ono of our seaplanes, raiding Derkas, was compelled to descend. "Our aviators opened machine-gun fire on a Turkish schooner, and tho crew abandoned the 'schooner, which the aviators boarded, and sailed towards Russia. They encountered a heavy storm, but arrived at tho Djarligateh Peninsula, whence they returned to Sevastopol by a torpedoboat." .

BULGARIAN BItUTALITIES

EXTENSIVE REVOLT IN SERBIA

(Australian acd N.Z. Cab?* Association.) ROME. April 3. It is officially stated that the Bulgarians' brutalities have provoked an extensive revo'.t in Serbia", 2nd insurgents are marching southwards armed with rifles and machinc-euns.