RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN.

Taranaki Daily News, 27 September 1915, Page 6

RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN.

RECAPTURE OF LUTSK. AUSTRIAN'S IN RETREAT. Paris, September 24. The military correspondent of the Echo de Paris, referring to the fighting at Voinuza, eaye that the armies of Generals Ivanoff and Betsiloff on the Skwa and Styr pierced the Austrian front and captured thousands of Austrian and Germans eastwards of Lutsk. The enemy has abandoned Lutsk and crossed the Styr, and the Russians are pursuing.

GERMAN OFFICIAL STATEMENT. Amsterdam, September 24. A German communique states that white and colored British troops .'OUlh of tWe La Bassee Canal attemped an attack and broke down before ous artillery. We shot down a British aeroplane, capturing the pilot. We Atorxed Russian positions north-east of Smcl'ma, near Dvinsk, taking 1000 .prisoners. Obstinate fighting'is proceeding against Y7ijecka. A strong Russian attack at one point was temporarily successful ami we lost several guns. The enemy's resistance on Duke Leopold's front is broken. We reached the Serwetsche district north-west of Kraschin. Genera' von Mackenaen's advance detachment:; have withdrawn behind the Oganski-Josilua Canal before a Russian attack.

. "ALL FOR WAR." TEK NATION'S CALMNESS. London, September 24. Mr. Stephen' Graham telegraphs from Moscow that there js feverish activity in homes, factories and workshops. One of the commonest notices is an emblem of a sword and hammer crossed and the words "All for war." How anxioU3 the people are is revealed by an incident at Moscow. An evening paper published the statement that the Dardanelles had fallen. The populace crowded the main streets, which rang with the Russian National Anthem. A dreary disillusionment arrived on the morrow when official gazettes said that the people must not expect much before the autumn at Gallipoli. The spiritual barometer is rising rapidly. When the enemy were penetrating Russia Odessa was calm and Moscow was calm. Except for the absence of young men it is difficult to notice any alteration in the every-day life, yet there are many real changes. Food is much dearer, railway travelling is 25 per cent, more costly, and the rouble has decreased 50 per cent, in value.

"Organise" is the social watchword of the hour. Though Warsaw has fallen and Riga is in danger, Russia remain's calm.