THE WAR ON THE RUSSIAN FRONT
ENEMY CLAIMS AN IMPORTANT SUCCESS By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Rec. April 30, 6.5 p.m.) Amsterdam, April 28. • A' German official communique states: "Southward of Lake Narotch we captured positions between Stanapocze and the Stachowce Estate, taking -prisoner fifty-six officers and 5600 men. The Russian losses were heavy." RUSSIAN BATTLESHIP ATTACKED BY AEROPLANES GERMANS CLAIM EFFECTIVE BOMBARDMENT. (Rec. April 30, 5.5 p.m.) Amsterdam, April 28. A German, nawil communique states: "Three of our aeroplanes dropped tliirty-oue bombs upon th? Russian warship Slava, in the Gulf of Riga. There was several hits, and a conflagration was clearly observed." [The Russian battleship Slava, 13,516 tons, was built in 1905, carries a complement of 740 men, steams 18 knots, and is armed with four 12-inch, twelve 6-inch, .and thirty-four 3-iuch guns, with smaller armament.]
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2759, 1 May 1916, Page 5
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135THE WAR ON THE RUSSIAN FRONT Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2759, 1 May 1916, Page 5
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