Russia.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 55, 3 November 1915, Page 5

Russia.

MISCELLANEOUS. [United Piiess Association.] Petrograd, November 1. There is an ominous lull on the Russian front. Desperate battles on the Dvina were succeeded by artillery duels only on the Styr and north and south of the Kovel-Sarhy railway. I The'Gulf of Riga is entirely closed to German ships and Riga now represents a rest-house for the winter. The schemes of conquest are now reduced to hopes of roof-cover for the exhausted troops during the winter. Most of the Germans are in summer clothing, and many of them are pillaging and marauding, and the officers are obliged to wink at offences to cover up the growing deficiences of the German supply. The men are terror-striken, believing that the early appearance of the snow indicates a frost wherein the birds drop dead like stones upon the frozen earth. The Germans i are short of men and munitions, and the configuration of the country also favors guerilla warfare. 1 After disastrous fighting at Parauowichs, where whole companies of Germans surrendered, Prince Leopold demanded reinforcements. Correspondents add that the Pus- 1 sian guerillas are acting under picked captains, stiffened by trained soldiers. ; Later reports show that the Germans suffered a severe reverse at Misse, near Riga. The Russians poured a deadly fire into the entrenchments, and the enemy were unable to effectively reply. They have certainly sent many batteries to the Balkans, but the enemy's position at St. Olar is hecoming untenable. London, November 1. An eye-witness describes the fighting at Dalen Island, near Riga. The Russians lured the enemy to an island and fire was opened from two sides. There were terrific losses. The public assembled on the bridges at Riga to watch thousands of German corpses float down the stream, which was clogged with corpses.