RUSSIA.

Taihape Daily Times, 26 October 1917, Page 5

RUSSIA.

NO SUPPLIES FOR ARMY PETROGRAD, Oct 24. During discussions in the preliminary Parliament,, the Minister for War declared feat provisioning the army was severely hampered by the action of certain provinces which -had plenty of bread refusing to give it. The Minister for Marine admitted that the relation of the officers and bluejackets at Helsingfors were most strain- ' ed, but the question of discipline had been settled on the basis of mutual j confidence between sailors and officers on the warships participating in the battles in the Gulf of Riga THE GERMAN JSTORY. RETREAT IN AISNE ADMITTED. LONDON,, Oct 24. A German official message says: "Counter-attacks almost { completely ejected the enemy from bur defences on fee southern edge of ...Houthulst Wood. '•' ' '"'

"The French between the Aijette and Ostler Heights/encountered, a strong; resistance, and did not advance owing, to. heavy losses.''

"Reinforcements supported by armoured cars later broke our positions reaching Allemant and Chavignon. We withdrew from untenable positions, blowing up our advanced batteries. Simultaneously repeated assaults southward of Filian and also between Braye and the Allies failed. "Between Riga Gulf and the Dvina we withdrew on Sunday without interruption on a wide front "The Austrians and Germans this morning captured the foremost Italian positions near Flitch, in the Tolmino sector of the Isonzo front, and also the northern portion of the Bainsizza Plateau." THE RUSSIANS COME AGAIN. ENEMY DRIVEN 15 MILES. THE ; HUNS' RAPID FLIGHT. ATTEMPTED LANDING REPULSED Received 10.30 A wireles s Russian official states that the enemy has retired fifteen miles in the Riga region, near the Pskov high road and Little Gagel. Our vanguards in some sectors have lost touch with the retiring Germans. The enemy has destroyed all buildings, roads and bridges during the retreat. We repelled the enemy's attempts to effect a landing at Tomba, southward of Werda

HUNS OUT-HUNNED. A GHASTLY MASSACRE. EVERY IMAGINABLE OUTRAGE. Received ,11.5. LONDON, Oct 25. The Daily Telegraph's Petrograd correspondent states, that according to Russian newspapers the town of Wenden was the scene of a ghastly massacre of Germans during the Russian retreat from Riga. While the last detachments were traversing the town, a rumour was spread that German residents were firing at t and bombing the troops from window?. Whereupon rioters, mostly civilians. Hystematioally attacked German houses and exterminated ' every German, not sparing women or children. The rabble committed every imaginable outrage. The town, during these orgies, was under heavy bombardment by Germans on one hand, arK" Russians on the other. Germans used gas shells with poisonous fumes kil 1 ing both plunderers and intended 'victims. l