BRUSILOFF'S BRILLIANT GENERALSHIP.

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2821, 12 July 1916, Page 7

BRUSILOFF'S BRILLIANT GENERALSHIP.

IGERMAN DISASTERS ON THE ' STOCHOD. DESPERATE BATTLES IN THE WEST. FRENCH CLOSING IN ON PERONNE. TERRIBLE HAVOC BY THE BRITISH GUNS. TRONES WOOD. WON AND LOST. Th'o Russian offensive, with' Brusiloff in the spot light, is still tho most compelling sceno in tho great war drama. Wo are told to-day how tile Russian General surprised the Germans by a sudden thrust at their flanks, and compelled them to choose between incontinent flight across the Stochod and annihilation. Tho Russians aro now pouring across tho Stochod, and presently tho curtain wil rise on the next act—Kovel. liukoivina, butjatoly an Austrian war province, is now under the Russian civil Government, which is restoring order and supplying food. On the Western front thero has boon a terrible contest for tho possession of Trones "Wood. Tho British won it. Vivo successive attacks, by tho Germans failed to retako it; after six more all eleven attacks . were accompanied by heaviest losses—the wood passed into tho hands of tli© enemy again. Tho French are closing in 011 Poronne, their latest . capture, Biaches, being practically a suburb of that city, across ihc river. Tho Germans have now been forced to take to tho northern side of tho river. Ah interesting analysis o£ tlio strategical situation discloses the fact ihat tho big-German salient in the Somme region is in danger. Tho anxiety of tho German public, we are told, ia becoming increasingly apparent, as is also the fact thiit they are evidently at a loss as to the Allies' next move. The provisions of tho Irish settlement have been explained by Mtf. Asquith to tho House of Commons,