RUSSIA'S TASK.

Taranaki Daily News, 27 November 1915, Page 5

RUSSIA'S TASK.

ON THE STYR. GERMAN BATTALION LOST. 'Received Nov. 20, 5.5 p.m. Copenhagen, Nov. 25. Russian artillery smashed the ice on the Styr while the enemy were crossing, and a battalion of them were drowned. ON RIGA-DVINSK FRONT. ARMIES NEARLY EQUAL. RUSSIANS PREPARING FOR OFFENSIVE. Received Nov. 25, 5.5 p.m. Paris, Nov. 25. Le Petit Parisien's Russian correspondent states that the Russians and Germans on the Riga-Dvinsk front are nearly of equal strength. Petrograd is sending sufficient munitions. The freezing of the lakes, rivers and marshes makes the defensive more difficult. Other messages state that the Russians are preparing for a general offensive.

TROOPS RECUPERATING.

FOR THE SPRING CAMPAIGN. Times and Sydney Sun Services. Received Nov. 20, 5.5 p.m. London, Nov. 25. Colonel Repington says that Germany's failure to overwhelm Russia is likely to be the turning point in the war. Russia's armies have all the winter in which to recuperate, and the whole of Russia is incessantly turning out arms and munitions, while there is also an increasing flow of munitions to the Allies. A neutral states that next spring the Russian campaign will recommence more furiously than ever. Who but a fool among the Allies can think of peace?

GUNS c ROM JAPAN.

ARRIVE AT ODESSA. Copenhagen, Nov. 25. 'German newspapers state that a large consignment of heavy Japanese guns is arriving at Odessa.

FROZEN TO DEATH.

GERMAN AIRMEN'S FATE. Petrograd, Nov. 25. Russian aeroplanes cut off an "albatross" at Dvinsk. The "albatross" circled frantically for half an hour in a vain attempt to escape, and finally descended in a frozen marsh. The Russian* discovered the machine undamaged, but the aviators were frozen to death during the attack.