RUSSIA'S TASK

Taranaki Daily News, 4 September 1915, Page 5

RUSSIA'S TASK

.. GERMAN REPORT. - 'ADVARQBWIINUSD. ■ k. r- Berlin, September 2. C A flsamnjioue states:—An attack on 'Aajrast 31 recaptured th» lingekopf and Barreakopf position, and we repulsed all «oquter<«ttada. . <G«i>aal von Hindenbeig stormed the irilligß of .foantoko, on the YilnaGnjdno railway. The North German frjsjin'Trnhr stormed Fort 4, north of the afcotbrawMlrodno. high road, capturing *fcei garrison of 400. Later Baden troops captured another fort. The Russians tlianupon evaouated the rest of the for♦tiUHntil on the outer, line of the wtaMTO frost of Grodno. General von •WgtTtL outings of tb» SwWoos M-lhkaiuwM' after* a hard straggle, trida* 30JD <prisoner». Prinee Leopold •won hjs'way out on the north-eastern border of the Forest of Bialowieska in the marshes north of Grogan* by» means •«#!»■ surprise atUck. General von IMackensen continues his pursuit. The Whole line crossed the Muchawiez section. RUSSIANS THE MASTERS. * A FRENCH VIEW. =- '■:'-: Paris, September Z. % cspaunkjue hails the Russian success on the Strypa; and adds: "This victory shows that the Russian armies are masters of the conditions of their retreat and continue capable of assuming the offensive whenever circumstances are favorable." LUTSK OCCUPIED. Favorable Russian report. -' Received Sept. 3, 1150 p.m. Petrograd, Sept. 3. A communique says: "We reputed attacks on Friendriehitadt, and our troops are approaching Vilkomir. Our cavalry carried two villages near Szirwiky with the bayonet, and took some prisoners. The enemy's: chief efforts are directed along the Olita-Merecz road. We repulsed several obstinate attacks in a stubborn fight near Orany, after holding the enemy near'-Grodno as long as was necessary to enable us to evacuate this point. * We crossed to the right bank of the Niemeu, and after holding the enemy in the Lutsk district we fell back upon the TJlyka-Radriwiloff front We took hundreds of prisoners and a number of machine-guns. The enemy have occupied Lutsk.. Our troops in Galida, in accordance , with ; the retreating move- j ment from . Styr, occupied their new \ positions, enabling us to cover our movements. Tie'enemy again suffered very heavily in the regions of Zplochow, Eborow, and the mouth of tee Strypa. Wo have here assumed a partial offensive, capturing guns, prisoners, and much material. PROBABLE GERMAN PLAN, ACCORDING TO THE TIMES. (Times and Sydney Sun Services.) ~ Received Sept. 3, 7.30 p.m. London, Sept. 3. Colonel Repington, commenting on the advance of the Austro-Germans in Galicia. after eight weeks' comparative inactivity, says that this implies a desire to turn to the right of General Ivanoff's armies, and seize Lutzk and Kbano, depriving the Russian commanded of an important group of railway communications, including the chief line traversing the Pripet district south and north. If this is effected, General Ivanoff will be more than ever cut off from the Russians to the north, with scanty railway communications. If retiring eastwards to Kieff, the two main groupings of the Russian armies will endeavor t6 keep in touch by using bodies on the right of the troops in the Pripet region, which is unsuitable for the operations of large forces, and will shortly be impassable. TO AWAIT THE SPRING. FOR THE HOUR OF REVENGE. (Times and Sydney Sun Services.) Received Sept. 3, 7.30 p.m. London, Sept. 3. Colonel Repington says: If the Rubaiaa armies now round Yiha can hold their ground, Or retire slowly, for the next ten days, then they are out of danger. With Winter near, the German armies will shortly be in a disagreeable position. The Russians are retiring into the forest swamps and into vast spaces of Solitude in the interior, awaiting the spring for the hour of her revenge.