ON THE RUSSIAN FRONT

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2626, 23 November 1915, Page 5

ON THE RUSSIAN FRONT

THE BRILLIANT IVANOFF

ENEMY CAUGHT IN A DEADLY TRAP Byjrelegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Rec. November 53, 0.50. a.m.) Petrograd, November 22. General Ivanoff lias accomplished a' brilliant manoeuvre' at, Ozartorisk. The Russians 1 were in a hollow, and exposed to tho deadly firo of Austro-German howitzers on the hill. General Ivanoff abandoned tlie idea of capturing the hill owing tr the terrible'cost, and retreating across the. river, allowed the enemy to occupy tho low-lying ground. The Russian batteries on either side f'i the loop in the river were masked until the Austro-Gernians reached the hollow, when the Russians fired, with deadly effect. 'lhe enemy fled, and tho .Russians recrosscd, and capture-d tho hill. IN THE GRIP OF THE RUSSIAN WINTER EXTRAORDINARY MEASURES BY THE GERMANS. (Rec. November 23, 0.50 a.m.) Petrograd, Novemb'er 22. Tlie lull on tho Russian front betokens important preparations 'ou tho part of the Russian General Staff. The Russian artillery is now proving its superiority on tho whole' front. Tho Germans are adopting extraordinary methods to counteract the terrible cold, justifying the Kaiser's recent jest m an army order that he had the Russian winter. These include light metal buildings, provided witli steam heaters, and the, delivery of enormous quantities of spirit with which the soldiers are rubbed all over daily. General Von Hindenburg, in an army order, states that the commander who loses a single man by frost deserves to be shot. The Germans are collecting vast quantities of calico, linen, and white materials Jo cover their uniforms, trenches, and supply-carts, in the hope that these will be invisible in tho snow, and are also' using a tripod arrange* ment, covered with white, .under winch they bivouac, unseen by the Russian aeroplanes. The Germans have organised special boring detachments to cieep forward in the night, and make borings in tho fro-; zen ground, whicli are afterwards exploded, enabling tlie soldiers to form trenches. A GERMAN REPORT

(Rec. November 22_, 5.5 p.m. Amsterdam, November 21. A German official communique states: "The situation on the Eastern front is unchanged."