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Taranaki Daily News, 20 August 1915, Page 5

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COMING TO A HEAD. * 'AOl'lVdi PREPARATION. lteceivcd August 20, 2.1J p.ijt. Rome, August ID. Tile Govenum-nt lias received reports from Roumania, Bulgaria, and Greece that military preparations are proceeding witli intense activity. This is| taken as an indication that these countries are neariag a decision of the policy they intend to pursue. ON THE NIEMEN. : STRUGGLE FOR KOVNO. RUSSIAN REPORT. Received August 20, 12.25 a.m. Petrograd, August 19. Ofiicial: Towards Ovjnsk we repulsed German attempts to take the offensive. At ivovuo, after desperate batttles lasting for eleven days, and coating them enormous losses, the Germans succeeded in establishing themselves in the fortifications left of the Niemen, and westward of the river Jeisia. The Germans are now attempting to the right of this position, where the east defence works are still in our hands. We hold all the fortifications on the right bank of the Nkmen, < There has been continuous fighting on the IVarcw front, and between the Narew and the Bug, with alternating success. The enemy made very stubborn attae-ks on the roads to Bielostok and Bielsk from the west, and also on. the northeastern front of Novo Gcogievsk, principally ou the fortifications commanding the railway from Ul&va. KAISER'S THANKS. GENERALS DECORATED. Received August 20, 1,15 a.m. Amsterdam, August 19. The .Kaiser telegraphed General Hiudenburg his congratulations on the fall of ICovno, expressing the Fatherland's indebtedness to the incomparable bravery of its sons and his farsceing initiative. The Kaiser -also thanked and decorated General Eichorn and General Ijitzmann. 1 "HEROES" FETED. RECOUNT WONDERFUL EXPLOITS, j Received August 20, 1.10 a.m. Amsterdam, August 19. The Zeppelin crews have been feted at Hamburg. They recount wonderful] exploits in L'ng'tnj.