ON THE RUSSIAN FRONT

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2630, 27 November 1915, Page 5

ON THE RUSSIAN FRONT

GENERAL OFFENSIVE PROBABLE By Teleffrauli—Press Association—Copyright Paris, November 25. _ "Petit Parisian's" correspondent in Russia' states that the Russians and Germans on the Riga-Dvinsk front are of nearly equal strength. Petrograd is sending sufficient munitions. The freezing' of tho lakes, rivers, . and .marshes makes tho defensive more difficult. _ Other messages state that the Russians are preparing a general offensive. ENEMY BATTALION DROWNED. (Rec. November 26, 5.5 p.m.) Copenhagen, November 25. Russian artillery smashed the ice on the Styr while the enemy was crossing, and a battalion was drowned. RUSSIAN PROGRESS. ENEMY ATTACKED AND PURSUED. London November 26, 2.55 a.m. The High Commissioner reports.— Petrograd reports: We captured tho height near Beresenutnde, making prisoners, and made fresh progress at Lako •Sventon. Near Semikovtze, on the Strypa, tho enemy was attaoked and pursued, many being' killed. ( . ■ TURNING POINT OF THE WAR. GERMANY'S FAILURE IN POLAND. ("Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services.) ' (Rec. November 26, 5.5 p.m.) London, November 25. Colonel Repington, the military correspondent of tho "Times," says: — Germany's failure to overwhelm the Russians is likely to prove the turning point of the war. The Russian armies have all the winter to recuperate, and the whole of Russia is occupied incessantly in turning out arms and munitions, while there is an increasing flow of munitions from the Allies and neutral States, and next spring the Russian campign will recommence more furiously than ever. Who but a fool among the Allies can think of peace? "GERMAN BIPLANE BROUGHT DOWN. AVIATORS FROZEN TO DEATH. Petrograd, November 25. Russian aeroplanes cut off an albatros (German biplane) at Dvinsk. The albatross circled frantically,, for half an hour in a vain effort to escape, and finally descended in a frozen marsh. The Russians discovered the machine, which was not damaged. The aviators were'frozen during the attack.