The Russian Front

Hokitika Guardian, 30 March 1917, Page 1

The Russian Front

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Australian & N,Z. Cable Asaocia iou and Heater), LONDON, March 29. Ithssian Official.—On Dio western front German attacks past lllux and north-west of I’osftavy were repulsed. A night attack at Boguchi, northwest of Krevo, occupied part of our trenches, but our immediate counterattack restored the situation. We attacked with gas in the Stokliod river region in the region of Boarovno ond on the Utopian front south of the river Tchabaiiocha, and we arc fighting for file positions lost on March 23rd. The enemy attacked south of the river ITssa and south-west of Moincsti and occupied part of our positions after a desperate fight. Russian seaplane squadrons raided Verkas, twenty-fire miles north-west of Cbnstanltijaople and dropped fifty bombs on the acqueduct which supplies Constantinople with wafer. Another squadron bombed Tultoha. tjsnrian Report LONDON, March 28. Wireless German official.—We counted a thousand dead Englishmen on the battlefield between Laquicourt and Morebis since 26th March being an evidence of the success of our plans. The French advance on the west bank of the Oise near Larfere collapsed with sanguinary losses, and we captured trenches south of Riport and drove off the French detachments which had penetrated north of Rhcinis. The thaw has reduced the fighting in the Fast Front, but wo penetrated the Russian position in the north-east-ern slope of the lower wooded Carpathians and stormed a fortified ridge south of the Uz Valley. Italy’s Front-

ROME, March 28tli. Sir William Robertson and a distinguished French general spent the weekvisiting the Isonza-Trentina fronts. AnswQr Declined. LONDON, March 29. In the House of Commons, replying to Mr L. Gdnnell as jto whether a Canard liner had ben recently mined, Di. MacNamara said it was not in the public interest to give this information. Mr Bonar Law informed Mr A. S. Rowntree that the Imperial War Cabinet was both executive and consultative. Electoral Reform. LONDON, March 29. Mr Asquith, in moving that legislation bo .introduced on the lines of tnc Electoral Reform Conference, said an election on the present register would by an absurdity owing to the numbers of naval and military forces, and population movements due to the war work.

Electoral reform raised many contentious questions, but the conference showed remarkable agreement, and 34 propositions out of 37, arousing cm* bi'ttcred controversy for a whole generation, had been adopted unanimously by the Commons. Tlie Commons by 341 votes to 62 accepted Mr Asquith’s motion. Bonar Law announced that Government is introducing a Bill to give effect to the Speaker’s conference. Kultur Again

LONDON, March 29

A French headquarters correspondent says.—The full atrociousness of the conduct of the Germans is only now appearing. They not only broke open vaults in the churchyards and used them for machine gun shields, bub they systematically pillaged the graves for the zinc, and lead linings of the coffins, and possibly for ornaments and jewels. The cemeteries' are torn up and the coffins broken up, and the remains of the dead scattered, with rubbish and filth thrown into the graves. The Germans show an almost exaggerated respect for their own dead and their trim gaudy cemeteries, abound with pompous' epitaphs to fallen German heroes, and characteristically inscribed tombstones stolen from the neighbouring French cemeteries. British Advance WELLINGTON, March 29. The High Commissioner reports from London on March 28th at 10.35 p.m. : Following the success of yesterday our cavalry captured during the afternoon the village of Villors, Faneon and Snulcourt. Further north we established ourselves at two points on the Poigm-s ILngnicourt road, and after a short fight to-day wo gained ground south and west of Croiselles offer meeting strong opposition. hrench Report WELLINGTON, March 29. The High Commissioner reports from London on March 2Sth : French Official— ln the Chatnpaigno, following a violent bombardment on our positions westwards of Maison do Champaigno the Germans launched this morning a strong attack and gained a footing in some elements of our first line. All attempts on Miason do Champaigne were broken by our lire, which inflicted sanguinary losses. Th 9 Czar. NEW x'OLK, March 23. A message from Berlin states that the Czar is reported as having escaped to Sweden,,