SITUATION IN GALICIA
STRONG GERMAN REINFORCEMENTS. (Published in The Times.) LONDON, Sept. 21. Mr Stanley Washboum wires from Galicia on the 19th September that Toherbasheff's army, which faced the most difficult country since the beginning of the great is now surging on steadily. The total advance from the winter line is fourteen miles. There -has been almost uninterrupted, fighting, since the end of August, resulting in 25,000 prisoners, including 8000 Germans and 22 guns. At the commencement of the offensive Tolierbacheff faced six Austrian and one German Division, and now there are an additional seven German divisions, including one from the Somme and two Turkish. The Germans are strenuously trying to liold the position and render the sweeping movements more difficult. The campaign promises tp become si-aiila-r to that on the West front.
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Nelson Evening Mail, 22 September 1916, Page 5
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