RUSSIA.

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 220, 9 August 1917, Page 5

RUSSIA.

ON THE RUSSIAN FRONT. PETROGRAD, August 8. A Russian official message reports: Intense enemy artillery fire is being maintained south-west of Brody. The enemy is gathering the harvest. In the Sereth and Suczany Valleys of Moldavia the enemy continues his pressure, occupying Vaskovoy, Satulmary, Bula Glit, and also the heights northward of Nolit, in the direction of Kitupolung. We beat off several attacks in this region, forcing the enemy to retire in disorder. We repulsed attacks westward of Ozclin. We retired a few versts in the region of the Bystritza River, owing to the voluntary retirement of two regiments. The enemy took the offensive in the direction of Pocsani. in Eoumauia, and pressed us across the Tyrladesus River.

HUNS IN RUSSIA TWO OTHER TOWNS OCCUUEI). Received 8.45 PETROGRAD, August 8 The Novoe Vremya states that the Russians have evacuated the towns of Kamenetz —Podolsk and Proskuroff. (Kemenetz —Podolsk is just north of Khotin, where the Germans were severely repulsed yesterday.) RUSSIA’S DOWNFALL LONDON, August 8. Mr Wilton cables extraordinary details of the committee system, which was the main cause of disaster to the Russian armies. Ostensibly devised for the maintenance of discipline, these military duplicates of the Soldiers’ and Workmen’s Committee succeeded in destroying every vestige of discipline and usurped the function of command. Non-combat-ants, especially Jews, clerk and ambulance men, comprise the majority. All were initiated into the innermost secrets of strategy. So long as speechifying was the main occupation, they ijnade a brave show. A word from them to Petrograd led to the dismissal of commanders who were not attentive to them, however, highly placed. They ouTrivalled headquarters, they inspired the press, commandered innumerable motors, and kept all staffs busy attending to them. Despite EJorhilqff’s jrequests th,ey issued bulletins, cliaming the credit for everything favourable and enjoying handsome emoluments.

GREAT WORK BY TANKS LONDON, August 6. The Morning Post’s Petrograd correspondent says the British naval armoured cars are still actively aiding the Russian retreat on the southeastern front. During the whole week they punished the enemy infantry,who followed the Russians with rifles slung on their backs. The Germans were enraged and threatened to shoot every Englishman caught. They offered rewards for prisoners, but the British, though they havae lost a dozen cars, have not lost a single prisoner. The Germans sent a few cavalry, screening light guns, in an effort to knock out the cars, but did not succeed. Commander Locke Lampson’s cars were the last wheeled vehicles to leave enemy territorj r , crossing the Husiatyn bridge five minutes before it was blown up. ROUMANIANS STOPPED. HEARTBREAKING MADNESS OF RUSSIANS. LONDON, August 8. The King of Roumania, replying to President Poincare’s congratulations regarding the recent offensives, stated that the offensive had stopped for reasons independent of his will. The troops are burning with impatience to resume. SEE, VIA BARBARICALLY TREATED SERVIA ABOUT TO BE SET FREE. Received 11.10 a.m. LONDON, August 8. Mr. Lloyd George, speaking at the Serbians’ Society luncheon, after paying tributes to Serbia’s part in the war, said Serbia, which has been covered with direct Turkish , barbarism, was about to be cleansed.

The first condition of peace would be its complete restoration without reservation. British honour was involved in seeing that Serbia was freed. M. Passitch, replying, said, Germany now spoke of honourable peace, such a peace was only securable if the peoples under Austro-German rule were set free; if the unity of Serbs. Croats and Slavines, were achieved; if Czechs and Slavaks became united and independent; if the Polish-Ruth-cnian question was solved, then only will honourable peace, be secured. ,