ENEMY GAS ATTACK AT LAKE NAROTZ
PETROGRAB, Sept. 23. A communique states that the enemy-south-west of Lake Narotz launched' a gas attack, lasting two hours. - Subsequent attacks in dense columns were repelled. I ; The 'communique makes no mention of the Halicz fighting, but unofficial reports state that the battle is continuous •and characterised by, violence. General Gherbatcheff's troops, fortifying captured German positions, were ex--posed to incessant counter-attacks for 48 hours, i The only result was that the Russians captured three- more enemy lines. - v ; The -ground, is covered with German corpses and wounded, whiah it is impossible to move owing to the stress of the fighting. .' One wood overlooking the banks of-the VaraiAoka changed hands six times before the. Russians finally captured it.;
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NEM19160925.2.33.23
Bibliographic details
Nelson Evening Mail, 25 September 1916, Page 5
Word Count
123ENEMY GAS ATTACK AT LAKE NAROTZ Nelson Evening Mail, 25 September 1916, Page 5
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Nelson Evening Mail. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in