THE RUSSIAN TIDE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 139, 5 November 1914, Page 3

THE RUSSIAN TIDE.

GERMANS ROLLED BACK. j ORGANISATION EXCELLENT. A cable published by the Sydney Sun gives the following description of recent lierce fighting westward of Warsaw: — The Russians resolutely hurled back the Germans towards their main posi-l tion on tlie line covering Skiemiewice, Kielce, and Sandomir. Correspondence describes the' Germans as terribly ex-1 liausted and starving. An oliicial communique issued*sn Petro- ' grad reports that the Russians gained partial successes in Severe engagements ia the region of Warsaw, and also south of' Przemysl. A military expert in the Russian capital declares that the retention of Przemysl would not be of any advantage to the enemy, who is unable to avail liimself of the fortress or of the bridges over tiio River Kan, and thus confronts, 'tlie iron wall of the Russians' investing

army. The Austro-Uerman forces continue to struggle swaiioruly and despairingly, and hostile collisions are spreading along the huge strategical front, which grows steadily larger. From Sandomir to the Carpathians one bears only the savage roar of thousands of guns. The Russians crossed the Vistula by means of a pontoon bridge, with the Germans close upon their heels. The Germans are under the impression that the Russians were retreating, and the latter allowed the enemy to follow them unmolested. When, however, a whole regimnt of Germans hud crossed the river, the Russian gunners opened fire and smashed the bridge. Then they took the enemy in the Hank and at the rear, and those who were not exterminated were capturd. A number of German officers and men taken prisoners in a village near Warsaw admitted their inability to withstand the Russian onslaught. They declared that' they were obliged to retreat. "Yourj artillery," remarked one prisoner, ''cov-i ered us with sliclls, and our trenches! were choked with dead." J

Skierniewicc is 40 miles south-west, | | Kieice 90 miles south, and Sandomir 110] miles south-south-east of Warsaw. The Ollieial Tress Bureau, supplies the following- account'! written by l'rotesso» Pares, of Liverpool University, who is accompanying the Russian army in order to provide official reports for the Press / the Empire:— "The atmosphere of the Russian headquarters is one of complete simplicity, and homeliness. The chief of the General Stall' is one of the youngest lieutenantgenerals in the Russian army. He is a strongly-built man, with a powerful head, I whose carriage and speech communicate confidence. "The i.rand Duke Nicholas Xieolaievitch, Cjomimuider-in-Chief of the Army, entered the train with a light step and a bright eye. lie is of imposing stature, and wears cavalry uniform. He shook hands with me, and, having welcomed! me, expressed the conviction that the I presence of ihe Press would be of ad- j vantage lo the Allies. Journalists are: invited to the meals in the General 1 'Mall's restaiiraii. car.-;, and no formal-1 it es :u,> observed. j ■'l visited the hospitals, and there was' a general agreement that the Austrians would never face the Russian bayonet; charges. After listening to the tales ofj the wounded, one feels that it is a great,! wave rolling forward, with one spirit driving it on. The hospitals are strongly : s';aii'ed, and admirably equipped vyitii Ronlgcn-ray operating rooms and drugs, all the arrangements being based upon 14 years' experience of Russian country. It was also noticeable that in the army bread factory rye 'oread is dried to a portable biscuit, which allow' 3 a soldier to carry a much larger supply of tins food than of ordinary bread, because of the difference between them in weight and space. . ; "The Emperor's visit to Viina was a 1 great success. He rode through the town unguarded, ihe. streets being crowded, and hi.; reception was most cordial. '•'At the beginning of the war the near-: ncss of the enemy was felt with much j anx'cty. but now there is an atmosphere of calm assurance.'' I i

Writ ill" from Samoa a Xow Zealand trooper says:—:"l noiieed in an Auek- : land pancr an allien- stating that tlie', Xew Zealand troops would have tliej times of their lives in Samoa, whieh the j writer likened to the Harden of Kden.j Just let Jin- tell you right here that! Somes Island has got Samoa well beaten! in the Garden of Eden line. The plate! is certainly pi::tiircsuu>', hut one forgets | waving palms and scantily-clad niggers! wtien serateli, serateh, scratch is the or-j tier of the day. Mosquitoes, hugs, ants, centipedes, spiders and vicious, flies| abound on the Island, and don't tiiey just j make night hideous! Only those in possession of mosquito netting escape, and judging by tile number of pulled faces

and lumpy arms and legs 1. have aeen,| very few have the netting. In onej letter I reeeived we were classed as 'bloodless warriors,' but the writer, I ami sure, did not realise how well the term lilted. We truly are bloodless warriors, I but it is ail owing to the mosquitoes. I who surely will all be down soon with] indigestion as the resujt of over-eating-." I . " ■'"'-ui&'&iisLi' USI-iD MANY OTIIKUX.

'•My little hoy William used to get frightful attieks of coughing at night..'' writes Mr. Carpenter. Musgravo street,| North liockhampion, Q. "CluiPilu-rTtiiriVj Cough .llemcdy was the means of saving] inc. many a. sleepless night, for a, couple, of.doses always relieved him when the coughing piinv.' 0!!. Uefore trying Chamberlain's Cough Remedy I used many: otiicr advertised lines, hut nothing gave; him the slightest relief." Nold \v all' chemists and rtovekcepcrs. " ! Tim Roi rs do not even pretend any affection lor Englishmen, bat their devotion to the Empire is sincere, (ind their attachment to 'iiritish institutions of Covirnmeat is unbreakable. Their de-,

votion to the Kmpirc may be. 1 rusted to endure the rudest shocks for this reason—it is, in essence, a devotion of self-' interest. The Kmphc made them the. paramount political power in the I'nion. The Empire, protects them from foreign agression. How then, would it profit th, m to a'ssert their independence'; They know, none better, that Germany has always , raved to he their over-lord; lull; that prospect does not contempt them. They have had experience m' (ievnian methods of colonial legislation at close if secondhand, and they are not made, of the stud' to tolerate; any rigid military rule and burdensome taxation without representation. They prefer the British system—now always, very bapily their own.—Melbourne Age.