Russia's Task.

Taranaki Daily News, 21 July 1915, Page 5

Russia's Task.

AUSTRIAN FEELING.

MISTAKEN' GERMAN IMPRESSIONS. (Times and Sydney Sun Services.) ] Received July ' 20, s.S (j.iii. London, July 10. Mr. Stephen Washburn, summing lip tie eonditions in Galicia, says Hint the A i.-trian soldiers dislike tlie campaign, which they only undertake because they believed tlm war wis drawing to a terUiiimtion, They fully appreciate the fuct that when the Germans <li-j>;vrt tile Russians' advance will expel (hem. The Germans, not realising- the Russians' stamina and capacity to recuperate, be:Ho ml that success in Galicia could wreck the Russian morale, and point o-it that this has been their action for u'ouths. Under this impression tlnv split up their strength, sputtering uniij cti'ps piecemeal from Poland' to Uukowina. The best authorities believe that it is impossible, even if they partially defeat the Russians, for the Germans to oven approximately repeat their c'arlicr achievements on the greatest basis. Tlieir' personal optimism has not shaken the stubbornness of the .Russians, ■!.'• sj.ite' the disastrous last two months. 'J he Russian peasantry from th? Paeifi'. 1 to the Baltic is biiekinsr the war, ii'iiil ii Russia had possess"! hair the amivimition tlie Germans had they would i-.-iwr have retreated.

M CAtl'Cl'A* STRENGTH OF TH;R KXKMI£. Received 1 July 20, 5:5 p.m. Petrograd! July MIt is estimated that tlie enemy is operating witli' forty-one ariuy c'oi'jis. whereof, fourteen are between tlie Vistula and the Bug, eijjlit between tiie Bug and the' Dneistcr, seven north of Narcw, seven between Courlind and' Coveno, and live west of Kiemen. OUR ALLIES HOPEFUL,. THE STRUGGEE-FCH WARSAW.. (Times and.Sydney .Sun-Services.). London, July HI. The Russians are confident of their ability to hold the Germans in the l'rzasnysz region and also on the. Narc-w ami Lublin-Gholni' lines.. Should theenemy make a fifth, attempt to force tlie. Vistula;.and to capture HVaraaw, it is believed that it will be no more successful than the previous four. The Austrian losses south of Lublin are now estimated at nearly 70,000. This was largely responsible for bringing General Maekensen's offensive to a standstill. The German new northern offensive covers, a front of 400 miles. Heavy fighting'is-pvogrossing for practically the whole distance. The German troops include 50,000 raw levies rushed up from the interior of Germany. A .STUBBORN RESISTANCE. Vienna, July 1.1. Official: The battle between the Vistula and the Bug is in full swing. The llnsisana are fighting- with extraordinary stubbornness. There are frequently hand-to-hand encounters before they give up their positions.