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GREAT BAHLE ON RUSSIAN | FRONT — _ ' DESPERATE FIGHTING NEAR , HALICZ GERMAN LINE BROKEN , i (Eeuter'e Telesiftm.l .-. ' ■ (Rec. September 20, 1.35 a.m.) Petrograd, September 19. : _A great battle on tie river Naraym vaka, northwards of. Haliez; has-been raging for three days.- The Russians attacked on Saturday morning, fight* ' ■ ing hand-to-hand. Repeated German) \ counter-attacks were held up. The struggle for the village of Snis* • I telniky, cast of the river,-was of the {■-. costliest character, the village chaug-i'. ing hands six times. Armoured oars > were most prominent. The whole ofi the enemy's first line trenches were oc< , cupied on Saturday, and on Sunday the' , i Russian infantry re-attacked simul- • .' j tanemisly on nine sections of the fronty i when threelines of trenches fell. ~ i The fighting still continues to be»o0 ! tile severest character. - . " i ■■ \
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2881, 20 September 1916, Page 5
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131LATE-NEWS Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2881, 20 September 1916, Page 5
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