Eastern News
“AS STRONG AS EVER.” WHAT AWAITS GERMANY CHARLES XU’S. AND NAPOLEON'S FATE. Unitkd Piikss Association. (Received 10.50 a.in.) Rome. September 20. A Russian officer, in an interview with the Giornalo d’ltalia, says that Alexieff Russkey is the most popular Russian General after the Grand Duke. The so-called retreat was merely reverting to the original plan for the defensive in bringing the line hack to Minsk, which has not yet been reached. j He considers that the. Germans will meet the same fate as Charles XII. did 'at Poltava and Napoleon at Moscow. 'Although lately obliged to economise in shells, the Russians, for military reasons, were compelled to send anus and ammunition to the Sereth, where the repulse of the enemy’s threat I against Keiff had the political effect j of convincing the Balkanas that Russia is as strong as ever.
GREAT CAVALRY WORK. RUSSIAN SUCCESS AT PRIPET. (Received 9.20 a.m.) Petrograd, September 20. A communique states; We turned a fortified position in the southern half of the Pripet marshes. The enemy were instantly dislodged, and they fled and were hotly pursued. A notable incident- on the Sereth front was a wonderful charge of Russian cavalry, which captured entrenchments. machine guns and prisoners with insignficant losses.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 19, 21 September 1915, Page 5
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207Eastern News Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 19, 21 September 1915, Page 5
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