CAMPAIGN ON RUSSIAN FRONT

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3048, 9 April 1917, Page 5

CAMPAIGN ON RUSSIAN FRONT

FIGHTING ON THE STOCHOD

London, April 6. '£ wireless Bussian official rnessagd states: "After heavy artillery fire, including chemical shells, the Germans occupied portion of the trenches east* ward of Plaktanen, south of Riga, tout' were driven out. "Ten Russian aeroplanes bombed tn<j railway buildings at Knty, south-wests of Sviniuki. "French aeroplanes in the Dobrudja: twice bombed a battery northward ol Garvaiu ■ "Our seaplanes successfully bombed fortifications in the Bosphorus. "In the fighting on the left' bank o?> the Stochod on April 3 and 4, which ended in our crossing to the right bank, the troops defending the bridgehead' lost severely. Only a few , score men of iwo regiments reached the right bank. Both the commanders were lulled. A third regiment lost half of its effectives. Some wounded men of {■Wβ other regiments surrendered."—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn. ENEMY ATTACKS REPUISED ? (Rec. April -8, 11.40 p.m.) . ~ London, April 8. _ A Russian communique says: North' of Brzezany, and west of Tomnomix, we repulsed enemy attacks. South of Brzejany we exploded and. occupied occupied enemy, trenches.—Aus.-N.Z* Cable Assn.-Eeuter. '..,.■..., '. , PRISONERS CAPTURED: ; i London, April 6. Wireless German official. —"During the capture of the bridgehead.' of; Toboly, in the fighting on the Stochod; we captured 130, officers, 9500 men, fiteen guns, 150 machine-guns, and bomlKthrowers. , . . .:_•■■• . "Our airmen blew Tip oxtensive'. munition depots in the Vardar .Valley." —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. . v AEROPLANE RAID ON KENT NO DAMAGE AND NO CASUALTIES. The High Commissioner reports: ■'.■■. London, April 6A.British official message states: "& hostile aeroplane dropped eight bombs in Kent last.night. There .was no damago and no casualties."