BREAKING THE GERMAN OFFENSIVE IN THE EAST

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2593, 15 October 1915, Page 5

BREAKING THE GERMAN OFFENSIVE IN THE EAST

IMPORTANT RUSSIAN SUCCESSES

DVINSK AT BAY FOR TWENTY-SEVEN DAYS By Telegraph-Press Association—Copjri?ht , ' , „ , , NBW York, October 13. A Router message from Petrograd states that the Russians ' successfully stormed an Austrian stronghold in the Strypa River' region.

(Rec. October 14, |3.30 p.m.)

-n I 1 • n • t t 41 u London, October 13. Reports emphasise the importance or tlio Russian successes. The "Dailv Telegraph's" I'etrograd correspondent says that it is estimated that three' of the enemy's divisions were shattered at Strypa. This succe.s will confpol the Austro-Gormans lo rearrange their forces, The situation nt Dyjiuli - Imji j|ii. nwuoi Tbn euemy. had reachcd to within sis milc« of the town.: their nearest

position is now ten miles distant. Tlio fury of tho Gorman onslaught liiih weakened, and i« failing in I'ronnl assaults. On Mm iN'oni-Aloxnndrovsk road tho Germans have: moved to Jlliikst, where they are barred by dense forests. In tho watery district south-east of Dvinslc the Russians aro advancing steadily. _ ReuLer's Petrograd correspondent stiilen that tlio municipality of J)vinsl;, which had transferred its quarters In Vil.ov.sk, is returning. Military critics aro of opinion Hint the retreat of the (lernn.ns at Sventen is menaced. It, is ropomxl l that tho Russians iu tho Lake Si:umcn region aro within a few versts of tho Dvinsk-Vilna. railway.

At Dvinslc, tho enemy, despito their frontal at,lacks, was held «fc liny for twenty-seven days. Tlio Germans under Itulow captured an impori.int position at Garbunovska, but wcro ininu'(lial.ely Hunt; out of it. The 'hope of forcing tlio Dvina is no brighter now than it was a month ago. On tho southern llank in Galicia tlio Russians' success is even inoro marked. West of Trenibovla tlio Austrians established a. strong position, designed to servo as a baso for on advance, but tho Russians took up an excellent position between tho Styr and tlio Seroth, and ha missed tho enemy, provonting him from entrenching.

HIGH COMMISSIONER'S REPORT

Tlio High Commissioner reports

London, October 14, 4.30 p.m. letrograd reports: "In the region of Riga, on Lako Bub.ito, tlio Russians captured a German hydroplane. "In tho region of Dvinslc, tho euomy's attacks wero repulsed. "West of llloukst wo occupicd the heights north-east of tho village. Tho CTcrmans at night, attomped to recover tho position, but wero thrown back. "Tho enemy was also repulsed with sovero loss south of Imko Dcmmon. In tho laco of licavy firo tho Russians occupicd the isthmus between Lakes Petit and Dnsviaty. Tho enemy was dislodged from tlio village of Rondkabskavoska, on tho Pripct front, where 200 woro taken prisoner. "On the Strypa our attacks have doveioped by brilliant cavalry work .in the neighbourhood of Krzsvohika."

GERMAN OFFICIAL COMMUNIQUE,

(Rec. October 14, 9 p.m.)

.. r , ' . , . m , Amsterdam, October 14. A German official communique states: "The Russian attempts to capture the islands on Lake Miadziol failed.

"We repulsed, north-east of Smorgon, a Russian attack, which advanced close to our defence works. "Our airships heavily bombarded Dvinslc."

ENEMY'S HOPES VANISHING

EASTERN SITUATION REVIEWED.

(Roc, October 14, 9.10 p.m.)

London, October 14. "The Russians' striking success in Galicia," writes Mr. Harold Williams, the "Daily Chronicle's" Petrograd correspondent, "is being followed up. Not only does it give them considerable strategical advantage on tho southern l'ront, but it will undermine any possible moral effect on Rumania of the recent concentration of Austro-Germaus in Galicia and Bukowina, near tlho Rumanian frontier.

"As the result of five months' campaign tho Germans have not reached .a. secure line to entrench for the winter. Other fronts claim the enemy's attention. When tho Germans in. Russia, wero forced on tho defensive the enemy counted on establishing a- strong line on tho Vihia-Berexina-Dnieper front, but this calculation has been falsified."

THE ENEMY'S NEXT MOVE? *

("Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services.)

(Rec.- October 14, 5.5 p.m.)

m, u-n , x London, October 13. The "Daily news" correspondent states that with Hindenbuv's Army the new plans of the Germans on tho Eastern front are tho greatest "secret but lie does not. believe, the reports that tliey are planning to go into winter quarters. "I know from personal experience what the German offensive means with moving, feeding, and supplying millions 0 f troops on tho Eastern front • not only fighting the Russians, but tho roads and the weather. Motor-cars cannot travel—only horses—yet the transportation of supplies is almost more important to soldiers who are fighting a retreating f OO than if they were fightino- a stationary one. Apparently General lluszky is fighting harder than tho Grand Duke."-

RUSSIANS READY FOR VAST OPERATIONS,

(Rec. October 14, 8.45 p.m.)

Paris, October 14. M. Nandeau, tho French correspondent with the Russians, says that the worrying attacks at Dvinsk are an indication that the Russian organisation will permit of her taking the initiative on a vast scale. 1 The German effectives aro so thin at some points that they have been ordered not to take .prisoners, in order to avoid weakening the firing-line.

TWENTY CARLOADS OF GUNS AND MUNITIONS DAILY.

(Ecc. October 14, 3.30 p.m.)

Vancouver, October 13. According to advices received! by the New York Pross, Russia is receiving twenty carloads of guns and munitions daily from Japan. The entire resources of the Trans-Siberian Railway are given up to the transportation of war material.