Russia.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 35, 17 January 1916, Page 5

Russia.

HAMPERING THE AUSTRIA CEBMANS. OFFENSIVE MOMENTARILY SUSPENDED. 1 V nitki Press Ajss m'iatiom.] Received 9.25 a.m.) Petrograd, January 16. ’{'lie Austro-German losses in the recent Russian advance on the southern front was nearly 200,000. The offensive, though momentarily suspended, hampers and baulks the Germans. The latter are tied down, and are aware the Russians are able to strike again with , even greater effect when' the moment is opportune.

THE GALiGIAN CAMPAIGN. IRRESISTIBLE RUSSIAN ATTACKS London, January 15. The Times’ correspondent at Petrograd says that prisoners from the south-western front are unanimous in their testimony as to the irresistible character of the Russian attacks in Galicia and Bukoviua. They speak of the Russian bayonet charges with- unfeigned horror. The Russian artillery fire was so overwhelming that the strongest fortifications were wrecked at Bukoviua, and General Maekcnsen’s forts were speedily demolished* On the Strypa the cannonade was so awful that die fire-swept area looked as if it had ueeil subjected to an earthquake, deep pits alternating with mounds of blown-up earth, and the wire entanglements failed entirely to check the onslaught of the Russian infantry. The elaborate character of the- Aus-tro-German trenches on the Strypa indicates that the enemy confidently expected to occupy them during tlie entire winter. The soldiers’ shelters were literally rooms, furnished with stoves, tables and beds, while.the; officers’ quarters were luxurious, being furnished with washstands/h spring mattresses, book cases, and lipliolsteied chairs. THE CZAR’S MESSAGE.

HIS UNSHAKARLE RESOLUTION, (Received 8.10 a.in A Petrograd. January iG. The Czar, in a message troops, says; “In the ham. struggle, the enemy is strong in number and rich in resources, but my soldiers have harrassed and checked him. then breasts forming an invincible protecting shield for the Fatherland. Whatever pains and victims it will cost, w. must 1)0 victorious, and f enter the year with unshakable resolution. ,; 1 NO CHANCE TO REPORT. The High Commissioner reports:— January IG (12.35 a.m.) A paragraph from Petrograd Says that tile Eastern front is unchanged.

LETTER FROM ARCHANGEL. WELLINGTON BOYS' EXP.ERIM CE Per Press Association. Wellington. January 17. A Wellington hoy who is an engineer in the mercantile trade, writes that his steamer arrived in Archangel late in October with nearly a thousand Belgian soldiers from Brest. The voyage was risky, as it was believed that Swedish vessels, with German officers aboard, bad been dropping mines about, and, in fact, the day before they left oh the return voyage two vessels were blown up in the White Sea and twelve lives lost. Thousands of people watched the departure from Brest and the Belgians were given a great send-off. Some had been lighting since the beginning of the war and were going to help Russia with armed motor cars, and others as motor cyclists and aviators. The steamer carried a cargo of machines ready for use. The Belgians lelt lor Pctrograd three days after arrival, and were escorted to the train by great crowds. Captain Scott’s Antarctic Ship Discovery arrived on October 29th, to load a cargo of alcohol for the. French Government. The writer mentions that while he was there fue thoimometcr only road 14 degrees in the sum Ice formed every day and was broker, up by ice-breakers, yet it would bo n month before the sea was frozen solid.