IN THE EAST.

Taranaki Daily News, 1 July 1916, Page 5

IN THE EAST.

RUSSIA'S HUGE STRENGTH. i iIEW EXPERIENCE FOR GERMANS. Times and Sydney Sun Services. London. June 29. The Lokal Anzieger's correspondent on the East front says the Germans have never hitherto been obliged to repel assault of this violence. The Russians are fully using the huge strength of their infantry, which deserves the highest admiration, Paris, June 29. M. Nadeail telegraphs from Petrograd that the enemy is using great guns in i.n endeavor to retain at all costs supremacy over the straight east and west line between Kolki, on the Upper Styr, and Bogovehovka, on the Upper Stokhod, covering Kovel and threatening Lutsk. Petrograd, June 29. In yesterday's fighting on the southern front the Russians captured 221 officers and 10,285 men. STUBBORN FIGHTING. AUSTRIANS GIVE WAY. Received June 30, 8 p.m. Vienna. June 30. A communique Btates: The enemy in East Kolomea renewed his mass attacks on a front of forty kilometres. There was stubborn fighting. Reserves at several points, hurrying forward, repulsed superior numbers of the enemy, but in the evening they were obliged to retire from a part of the front at Kolojnea and southwards. A VIOLENT BLOW.

205,000 AUSTKO-GERMANS BAGGED. Received June 30, 8 p.m. Petrograd, June 31). A communique states: After artillery preparation, General Leicliitsky's troops, despite the enemy's desperate resistance, dealt a violet blow between the Bneister and the Pruth, carrying three lines of trenches. Desperate fighting began on the front along the river Thertwetz, a tributary of the Dneister, and around tbi! town of Kuty where we inflicted losses on the enemy In addition to 10,506 prisoners for the day, and a large number of machine guns, one regiment captured a heavy battery with four guns intact. The total Austro-Germans captured since the 4th amount to 205,000. Desperate fighting continues in the village of Linovka, on the Stockhod,