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NEAR IVANGOROD.

Russian front r::oki:n*. Received July 23, 5.50 p.m. Vienna, July 2,' i. A later official message savs that the Hermans on Wednesday broke the main Russian position west and south of Ivangorod, on the lino Ko/.ienice to Janowele, ihe enemy retreating over the bridge before Ndio Alexandria, under Germ-in artiltary lire. ! ON VISTULA'S BANKS. RUSSIAN" ACCOUNT. ' *• Received July 2.1. S.oO p ni. i'etrograd, July 2.'!. Official: A desperate engagement is nigmg on the river Jessia, south-west of Kovno and Unjanv bridge. (ur trocms "ii the left bank of the Vistula will occupy- the front along Uloiiicmulariinc and the outlying defences of Ivansoi-od. The battle between tho Vistula aiid th« Bug is again very desperate, villages changing hands again and again. We cleared the right bank of the Bug in the Sokal region, taking fifteen hundred prisoners in one village.

| WINDAU IN FLAMES. Received July 21, 12.2.3 a.m. London, July 2J. it is announced that the Russians set •Aindau a lire before evacuating it, and itile ot the town remains. The harbor iEI - been destroyed. (Umdau is a seaport (pop. 1.-.iliij. llfl miles north-west of Riga, and has had a great luriuxion of trade since bene connected by rail with the interior of thempire. Timber, hemp, and cereals .n-i its principal products.)

A SWISS REPORT. AL'STR IAX.S R V ETREATI X(!. GERMANS DEFEATED. / Received July 24, 12.20 a.m. * Geneva. July 2:j. I ne tribune states that the Russians north of the Voletza, compelled the A'lH-' tnans to retreat on the front, for eight kilometres. The Germans were also \. fluted north of Krasnostaw, losing thirteen thousand men.

AX AUSTRIAN VERSION"

Vienna, ,Tu!v 23. I'fficial: We are approaching the Jvargorod forts from the west, and the Germans from the south. The Russians set fire to numerous places on the w-st bank of the Vistula. The battle on the cast bank of the Vistula continues with undiminished stubbornness, tiie eneinv offering a tenacious resistance. PRAYKRS FOR VICTORY. Petrograd, Julv 22 The Grand Duke Nicholas, in,'connec tion with intercessory services throughout Russja, has issued an order of the day to the troops, in which he savs: "(mimed with the thought that the Czar and all Russians are aiding you by their prayers, let us show our gratitude by fresh deeds and carry in ourselves that faith which is the earnest of victory." A TMXTIE COMPLAINT. Geneva, July 22. The Germans complain that the Russians are employing the methods used against Napoleon in 1812, and are destroying all the evacuated villages and crops during their retreat.

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Taranaki Daily News, 24 July 1915, Page 5

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NEAR IVANGOROD. Taranaki Daily News, 24 July 1915, Page 5

NEAR IVANGOROD. Taranaki Daily News, 24 July 1915, Page 5

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