RUSSIA'S TASK.

Taranaki Daily News, 31 March 1916, Page 5

RUSSIA'S TASK.

DISLODGING THE ENEMY. PROMINENT GENERAL HESIGNS, Received March 30, 10 p.m. Petrograd, Mareli 30. Geenral iPolivanon", at his own request, hns resigned, and General Chouvleff, head of the commissariat department, succeeds him. A communique saya: In the region west of Lake Narocz we dislodged the enemy from the southern part of the forest near the village of Mohritz, and we forced the entanglements in the Oghinsky canal region, the enemy fleeing across the canal, There is a thaw all along the front, and all marsh and lake grounds are flooded. The Turks made desperate counterattacks on our positions on the heights on the left bank of the Oghendere, but were beaten off with enormous losses.

FLOODS INTERFERE. WITH BIG ADVANCE. London, March 29. The Petrograd correspondent of the Daily Chronicle say s that a big Russian advance is impossible at present as the floods would soon stop operations. They arc merely clearing the elevated ground in order that, when the waters subside, the Germans may be unable to occupy it. A communique says: The Germans made furious counter-attacks north-west of Fostavy. We exploded thirteen mines north of Boyans. in Galicia, rushed two enemy trenches, killed the survivors and destroyed five guns. Our torpedo-boats sank ten sailingships on the Anatolian coast and ignited a munition depot. RUSSIA'S TASK ON THE BALTIC. Times and Sydney Sun Services. Reecived March 30, 5,5 p.m. Petrograd, March 29. Dr. Hamilton Fyffe says that the assembly of German capital ships indicates an attempt to command the Baltic, in support of their land operations. The enemy does not appear confident of success. They have advanced in several places. The Austrians in Galicia are anxious about Roumania's attitude.