OPERATIONS ON THE RUSSIAN FRONT

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2904, 17 October 1916, Page 5

OPERATIONS ON THE RUSSIAN FRONT

GERMAN ATTACKS REPULSED WITH HEAVY LOSS (Editor's Teleeiam.) '' ... _ . _, ~ . " . London, October 15. , A Russian official 1 communique states: "A submarine captured a 6000-ton Turkish transport in the Black Sea near tho Bosphorus, after an hour's fight. "Attacks by the enemy in the region of Skrysov were repulsed with heavy loss. We carried trenches north of Korytnitza." GERMAN OFFICIAL COMMUNIQUE. Australian-New Zealand Cable Association. ~, _, v • , ' . Amsterdam, October 10. A German official communique.states: "There is activity west of Lusk. Russian attacks south; of Zaturtsy and Bubnow were repulsed. We -recaptured the summit of Mount Smotrec, which was lost oil September 21." GERMANS COMPELLED TO REARRANGE THEIR FORCES TURKS AND BULGARS INSIST ON RETURN TO THEIR OWN FRONTIERS. ' (Rec. October 16, 6.10 p.m.) ' ti, <.ir • ■ „„»„, , , London, October 16. ■ lne Morning fost s Petrograd correspondent states that owin" to the heavy engagements on the Balkan front the Turks and Bulgarians insist on tho return of their soldiers for the defence of their vital home interests. Ihe Germans have been compelled to accede to this, which entails a considerable reshuffling of troops. The Bulgarians had been employed as far north as Dvinsk, while.the Turks were pitted against Brusiloff in Galicia. German prisoners speak of the army's disgust at the quality of the new reserves— olderly men and under-age youths creating a depressing effect. ' - THE CAMPAIGN IN ASIA MINOR GOOD WORK BY BRITISH ARMOURED CARS.. m. „.,.,- '-','. Petrograd, October 15. _ the British armoured 1 care, under command of Locker Lampson, have been having exciting times in Asia Minor. They are operating .four hundred miles from any railhead, and are dependent on bullock tracks in the mountains,_and have to bo hauled up precipices and through bogs. Damaged petrol and oil tanks aro ingeniously patched with shaving soap and medical plaster Travelling night and day, tho cars did much excollent work in scattering the Turks.. One squadron is now operating in Persia-, south of Lake Urmia.