REARGUARD ACTIONS ON THE RUSSIAN LINE

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2560, 7 September 1915, Page 5

REARGUARD ACTIONS ON THE RUSSIAN LINE

ENEMY THROWN BACK IN GALICIA : SUGGESTED DESCENT ON SOUTHERN RUSSIA By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright " _ . '. 1■ " Petrograd, September 5. •'i t slnns linden crossed; to the left bank of tie Dwina on the . : night or September 2, and drovo the Germans back from the river. There wa« tierce fighting. . ■ Owing' to the enemy being reinforced by'men and artillery near Fried-.' to the'right bank of the river. Fighting continues ' between the Sventa anid the Vilia Rivers. There wa-s fierce fightiiig at Grodno on the morning of September 3. We entered the town and'captured eight machine-guns, and thus secured the unmolested, retirement of neighbouring ( troops, whose. position formed an overgrown salient on our front. Our counteMffeLisive on the right-bank of the Styr'was successful We also threw back the enemy in the Radzivilof region. During the" fighting on September and 3 between Derajno and the Dniester we took prisoner sixty . omcers,- 3500 men, ana somo maciiin&-gunß. .Our successes at the Strj-pa,' on September 3 were chiefly due to armoured motor-oars, nicknamed "Rushing to Victory," tie crews of which by selfsacrifice 111 action, threw tho Germans into the greatest disorder, and inflicted heavy losses. , „ • • The Tsar has left for the front. ■' * GERMAN OFFICIAL COMMUNIQUE. .' •« ' ■ ■ . ' '«,m, t, . ' ■ Berlin, September 6. . ~ A communique reports: The Russians at Grodno have retreated behind the Kotra Riveiv sector, south of Jeziory. The prisoners taken at Grodno were increased to 3600. ' "Prince Leopold of Bavaria has forced an outlet: from the swamps General von Mackensen has forced the Russians .to evacuate the bridcebead at Berezakartuaka. >. , . ■ ; "The enemy is offering fresh resistance in the Drohiczyn district Our attack is proceeding. , , • , .."General «hmers stormed the enemy's advanced positions on. ' the west . bank oi tli©- oGreth. ■ ■ , • FLAME-SCORCHED WAKE OF THE RUSSIANS.' ■ • ("Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services.) ' . " r j i i i • ■ London, September 5. . German correspondents who-have visited Bielostok state that in the valley the glare of flames stretches for miles. The fires spread hugh black clouds of smoke over the town, which is undamaged. As elsewhere, the Russians tnnt away the bells and carillons. On all the church towers-the wooden' scaffold is seen by means of whioli tie bells were dismantled. ' , RUMOURED AUSTRIAN INVASION OF SOUTHERN RUSSIA ("Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services.) . •'<to>ei%eii .allege that the a*' '•SETand Galiok) witk the object of . re * ■ A SIGNIFICANT DISPATCH RUSSIANrAPPEAL TO THE 'ALLIES. ... - (Rec. September 6, 10.10 p.m.) mr nV- v „L. , Rome, September 6. ■ The Italian newspapar "Giornal d'ltalia publishes a dispatch from Petrograd urging that early efforts by the Allies in Belgium and the Dardanelles are 'lif- 633 j I a ™ a ',. Vl .ctory is to be expected, it will be necessary for the Allies to draw twenty divisions of Austro-Germans from the Eastern front." Tho dispatch adds: "Notwithstanding the irinter, Hie Germans will be able to pursue the .Russians, arid render tho situation more critical than over." that this dispatch passed the Bussiau coiisor is considered signifi- . ENEMY: LOSSES AS BEVEALED IN DOO.UMENTS. ■ » French' communique states: Captured : there were heavy losses on the Russian front. The 42nd German Infantry' Regiment lost 36 officers -md Iflflfi man +1<« ' 224t1i Infantry lost in Galicia 2746 inon, and the Gist lost 2030 '("Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services.) : (Reo. September 6, 6 p.m.) ' The Paris "Temps," commenting on official information ttat°G6nnany is sending three hundred thousand men monthly to her different fronts' to male up the wastage, says: "It is idle.to speculate as totriolg Gorminy w ' bo able to keep-up> her supply of reserves because it is not known how many she intends to mobilise, but we believe that the figures /ivill surpass all previous estimates, because Gormany will finally sacrifice children of sixteen and men of sixty. . _ . ■ - "Apparently the enemy is already embarrassed by ,ihe lack of men I Since the great offensive against Russia the losses have increased to such proportions that they are unable to make, goad with their reserves,' and have 1 cit'lier called out or are about to.call out every possiblo man. At tho present moment Germany is incorporating tho final classes-second band of tho Lamlforty"tllre.6 tO , fortyrfivo, and also tho 1916 class. She still has . the 1917 class, and is also inspecting the youths of the 1918 class. ; AUSTRIANS IN- STRAITS FOR WINTER, CLOTHING. i . .. . . ' ' . • Vienna, September 5. < The Austrian, ttar Office is making an urgent appeal for old clothes for i ■the wrntor wmpiisii) owing to tI J9 cut off Iwports, and tome i ■jKgwiwstett hSWA utterly, ipdsflttats..