Russia

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 79, 6 July 1916, Page 5

Russia

THE GERMAN PLANS. SAVACE FIGHTING PROCEEDS. Press Association—Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. Petrograd, July 5. The German plans take the form of sudden and violent rushes against various points of the Russian lines, seeking to penetrate them in the are from Kolki to Lipa, or press inwards at Zatictsz and Liniestka. The fighting is of the most savage description. The Russians are infuriated by the enemy's use of explosive and glass bullets and other diabolical devices. Both General Mackensen and Genoral von Hindenberg are reported to (have arrived at Kovel, where, with ;General von Linsingfcn, they are preparing a counter-offensive. A German prisoner possessed the Kaiser's order to recover these positions by June 23. AN AUSTRIAN REPORT. Vienna, July 5. A communique states :—Wo repulsed the Russian advances in the Bukovina. The fighting at Kolomea continues with undiminished violence. The attacks westward of the town did not penetrate our lines. The Austro-Germans are advancing south-east of Tedumacz. Massed Russian attacks in Volhynia were repulsed everywhere with heavy losses. 560 MILES OF BATTLE. PART OF THE RUSSIAN PLAN. (Received 9.35 a.m.) Paris, July 5. Le Matin says that a great battle )f almost uniform intensity is raging 'or 560 miles between Lake Narotch -.nd the Carpathians, the Russians hoping to compel the Austro-Germans o. bring up non-organised effectives from the interior. RUSSIANS GO WEST, FURTHER POSITIONS SEIZED. (Received 9.35 a.m.) Petrograd, July 5.

A communique states: We carried Ekimovitchi, eastward of Saranovitchi, and seized a strongly fortified position north-westward of Chartorysk, taking some prisoners. • We also carried the first line of trenches in the Touman region, westward of Kolki. ~