THE WAR

Horowhenua Chronicle, 25 March 1916, Page 3

THE WAR

1 I t-JLKCTKU: XBLKOKAI"U— COPYRIGHT. J (.PJiH I'lttiSS ASSOCIATION.J , THE RUSSIAN ATTACK OX THE EAST. i Lion-don, March 21. i Tin. Daily Ohrouiclo's i'etrograd correspondent wires:—A tierce battle is raging along the line of the lakes south of Dvinsk to Molodechno. J-hey an , Daittujs lur the railways commenced by Von Hiiuienijurg, putting out a feeler towards Like ivanzer, near Jtliga, anu Diien south to JDvinsk. .\s a result ol t-iic -Russian offensive Ge.ii era Is kuropatkin and. Evert are alUicldug in the Vidsky region, wiiero ii;>y have seized German trenciies near Lake Sekla and north-west 01 V ileika where the Russians a.fe seeking tolorce a passa.ge bet ween Lakes Noro'U'li and Xishniev. Tiie Germans meaniwhile are (Struggling 10 reach the railway iroin .UoA)uetcuuo to I'oltck, tlnm getting to tinrear of Dvinsk. The position ol the Germans is mainly defensive. J hey are stutajornly holding positions between the lanes, | elaborate S(y constructed during tihe win- | ter. ! London, March 21. : A German wireless message states j liiat the Russians repeatedly advance., j with strong forces at JaeoOstadt, ami f dcJiivered four attacks on Vidsky, south ol Dviusk. They also repeatedly attacked with renewed violence between jNorotfeh and Xishniev Lakes. The enemy did not secure the s/iigiitcst advantage. Petrograd, March 'It. A communique states:—We pierced the enemy's organizations in the Jacobstadit. sector and a.gain advanced south-west of Xoj-otoli. We repulsed an attack at Kosloff on the upper fjtrypa, inflicting enormous losses. IX THE WEST. Far is, March 24. A communique states :—We carried out numerous concentrations, firing upon enemy organizations, and roads and railways ill the eastern Argcuno and Malancourt wood. There were no infantry actions today. Colonel Rou.ssct, the military critic, says that the German success in captuning Avancourt and a "corner oi Malancourt wood must not he belittled, and must- prove the forerunner of a further advance, ending perhaps in the capture ol one of the domina.t-