IMPORTANT MILITARY APPOINTMENT.
RUSSKY OPPOSES HINDENBURG IN COMMAND OF NORTHERN ARMIES. Petrograd, August 17. General Rnssbyh as been appointed Commander-in-Chief of the northern armies in succession to General Kuropatkin. THE RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE. NO CHANGES TO REPORT. ENEMY ATTACKS FRUSTRATED i Petrograd, August 16. A communique says: There are no cbangems on the European front offensive. Attacks by several enemy detachments in the Kalaposava region, south-east of Lake Ureaia, were frustrated. AUSTRIAN SAVAGERY. MASSACRE Oh PATRIOTS. Australian—New Zealand Cable Association. Received AugnsfcTS, 11 a.m. Rome, August 17. The Austrians, during July, executed 808 Servian and Montenegrin patriots. A BULGARIAN REPORT. Australian and N.Z. Cable. Received August 18, noon. Amsterdam, 1 August 17, A Bulgarian communique states that there is a violent bombardment west and south of Lake Doiran. We repulsed attacks on our advanced positions on the 14th and 15th, the enemy being driven back in disorder.
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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLI, Issue 11649, 18 August 1916, Page 5
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146IMPORTANT MILITARY APPOINTMENT. Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLI, Issue 11649, 18 August 1916, Page 5
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