DESPERATE FIGHTING
ON STOKHOD RIVER. ENEMY HEAVILY REINFORCED. I I PRISONERS TOTAL OVER 270,000. j PETROGRAD, Julp 11. A Russian comnymique states that j the enemy has received reinforce- j ments, brought up powerful artillery, I and is offering a desperado resistance ] in the Stokhod region, south of Propet j Marches. We repulsed considerable |. forces north-west of Kimpolung, and j after a violent combat the enemy was put to flight. The approximate total of i prisoners taken by General Bussiloff I from June 5 to July 10 is 5620 officers, 266,000 soldiers, 312 guns, and iie»i machine guns. . ! , I URGES ON HIS MEN. I i j LONDON. July 12. Woundeds state that General Prowse j was cheering on the troops when a shell dropped near him and he fell. Several rushed to hi s assistance, and j though dying he continued to cheer on the men. His last words were: "Keep up the name of the Stonewall Brigade."
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Taihape Daily Times, Issue 160, 13 July 1916, Page 3
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