THE GREAT FIGHT FOR LEMBERG

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2896, 7 October 1916, Page 9

THE GREAT FIGHT FOR LEMBERG

' FURIOUS BATTLE ON KOVEL FRONT DESPERATE EFFORTS TO WITHSTAND THE " 'RUSSIANS Australian-New Zealand Cable Association. London, October or A Russian official communique /states: "Stubborn . battles'continue. from . •Vladimir-Vblynski'to ,the Dniester. AVe captured 6ome positions." . J , GERMAN OFFICIAL COMMUNIQUE.' , A German official communique states: —"The Russians continuo to' at- ' tack West of Lusk. Snccessivo waves of assault broke down." • THE SITUATION IN GALICIA AND VOLHYNIA ■ ■ A REVIEW OF THE FACTORS. • ' (Rec. October 6, 9.5 p.m.) • < . London, October 5. The R.ussian communiques aro always reticent regarding undecided battles, but thero are indica-tions tlia.t they arc slowly gaining the upper hand in Galicia and Yolhynia. It is estimated that von Hindenburg ordered 600,000 reinforcements for the Kovel region, and these initiated a series of violent counter-attacks, with which General Brusiloff has had to deal.' The battle-front's of Generals Sakha-roff and Tch'erbachefT ■ extend now nearly one hundred miles, forming the base of a triangle, of which Lemberg is the apex.' The latest [fighting is reported from the upper reaches of tho Zlota Lipa aod the Naraiiivka, but it's not cloar whether the Russian's have.-actually forced the crossing of the Naraiuyka. If 60,' they: will be in the rear of the main bridge-head defending Halicz. Tho Grand Duke Nicholas's move in Armenia on a wii* front, covered hy the guns of the Bliu-a Sea Fleet, has -been 1 timed l at the moment when ■'Turkey's resources been drained for Lemberg's dcfence and the.capture of tho Dobruja, _ [Note. —The above message was separated, from a review of the situation in the Balkans (by Mr Hilaire Belloc),'by a brief reference, to the financial situation in Greecc, but the general stylo and tenor of the statements suggests that, it is part of a review by Mr. Belloc of the general situation in the . Eastern theatres. The fact that tho office of origin was dropped strengthens this supposition.]