RUSSIA'S TASK.

Taranaki Daily News, 25 May 1916, Page 5

RUSSIA'S TASK.

GERMANS DRIVEN BACK. , RUSSIANS SMASH ENEMYj TRENCHES. '"" «'/ , , Received May 24, 8.30 p.M. •I i i Petrogra*, May 2t ' A comtfintljue »ays: In the region of Ivnhockavjdia we drove back the Germans acrjpk the Vosiluher, a tributary of the Pifpstr and we smashed their Aecently. constructed trenches. 'ft' i LIBAU RAILWAY BOMBED. $ h Petrograd, May 23. Russian aviators bombed' and destroyed sefera] kilometres of the Pone-resh-Libatf railway, near Ponevesh, and also demolished several ammunition depots. _ TN THE WEST. THE BRITISH FRONT. FIGHT FOR VIMY RIDGE. Received May 24, 8.30 p.m. London, May 24. vieneral Sir Douglas Haig reperts: There have been heavy bombardments op both sides about the Vimy ridge, and the situation is unchanged. There was an active enemy uombardment of the trentrhe* between Hooge and Ypres and the.Houlers railway. OK THE SEA. TRADE IN THE BALTIQ. Received May 24, 11.30 p.m. Copenhagen, May 24. German traffic in the Baltic has been resumed. Five merchantmen arrived at Swedish harbors escorted by a large a^uadron, W THE AIR. ACTIVITY BY ALLIES. NINETEEN GERMAN MACHINES 1 LOST. , London, May 2.1. Newspapers draw attention to the aerial liveliness on the West front, especially, to the Allies' success in bring- . ing down nineteen German machines in *liree days. TRIPOLI. REBELS DEFEATED. Received May 24, 8.30 p.m.' Rome, May 24. Semi-official: Owing to the serious danger oi rebels at Zuara, in Tripoli, an expedition was dispatched, and it defeated the rebels. Considerable booty and prisoners were captured. "■• MESOPOTAMIA. RUSSIANS GO AHEAD. TURKISH OFFENSIVES REPULSED. Received May 24, 8.30 p.m. Petrograd, May 24. ;A'communique says: Repeated Turkish offensives '*buth of Trebizond were repulsed. We dislodged the Turks from ■~: : *. their position on the northern slopes of the Taurus. We occupied Serdisht, in the direction of Mosul, on the Persi- ' «n side of the-frontier.