EAST FRONT
FIERCE BATTLE AT HALICZ
FIGHTING IN PROGRESS SINCE SATURDAY. 'Australian and N.Z. Cabl<- Association \ PETROORAD. Sept. 19. The paucity of information in th<? Russian communiques indicates the importance of the desperate battle in the HiHcz region. The Ruspiins since 'Saturday have been encraged in a general attack on th 1 ? trenches. Severn! 'illacres. hills, and woods were and vo-tnl.-cn again before the Hermans fell back. The fiercest fiphtina occurred on the ut,, nf the Narajnvka. The Germans, instead of awaiting the Russian infantry, threw troops against the Ru=<Han line c . The attack ended in a retreat, and the Russians nnrsned them "ntil thp enemy's first line was captured and consolidated. GERMAN COMMUNIQUE. (Rec. Sept 21. 12.55 p.m.) LONDON. Sent. 20. We drove out the Piii c sinns who were terrrporarilv holding our trenches near Szelwow. Snow has covered the Carpathians. The Russians gained locaj successes, and drove 'back their adversariesover the Szurdu Pass. RUSSIAN COMMUNIQUE. (Rec. Penf. 21 11.50 a.m.) PETROGRAD. Sent. 20. A communique savs that on the Western and Caucasus fronts there is nothincr of importance.
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Nelson Evening Mail, 21 September 1916, Page 5
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