PROBABLE GERMAN OFFENSIVE AGAINST RUSSIA

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2711, 4 March 1916, Page 5

PROBABLE GERMAN OFFENSIVE AGAINST RUSSIA

CONCENTRATING AIRCRAFT GREAT EFFORT TO BE MADE DURING NEXT FEW MONTHS • * By T«leeraph—Press Association—Copyriulit > ("Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services,). \ u i j , , ... London, March 2. Petrograd reports a great concentration of German aircraft on the Russian front. Large quantities of bombs and projectiles have been stored and new hospitals established. There is every indication of an intended offensive German officers have told the soldiers that the fleet and air corps intend a great effort during the nest few months, and that the army must do the same. . A GERMAN DETACHMENT ANNIHILATED. ... . _ ~ > ' Petragrafl, March 2.. A communique says:—Our artillery at Lake Sventen annihilated an enemy detachment, which was obliged to abandon Its trenches. RUSSIAN VILLAGES SHELLED BY GERMANS. ' nnf tr -I r. ' ■ • • Einfloft, March 3, 2.35 a.m. xjlb Higli Commissioner reports:— Petrograd _ reports:—Tho Germans fired on the villages of Lapiemesz and Bigaimtzemswifen siege guns. In the Dvina region, between Iscul and Elisenhof, the Germans exploded iour mines. r In Galicia, on the Middle Strypa, the Germans twice attempted to approach the Russian trenches, but were repulsed. , AERIAL ACTIVITY OF THE GERMANS. . 6 (Rec. March 4, 1.15 a.m.) , „ . . „ ' -Petrograd, March 3. A Russian-communique' says: "The enemy is aerially active in the Riga .and Dvina sectors." '