IN THE EAST.

Taranaki Daily News, 20 July 1916, Page 5

IN THE EAST.

I ' MARCH ON LEMBERG. I ALL OBSTACLES OVERCOME.' RUSSIAN GAIN OF 32 MILES. i Received July 10, 5.5 p.m. London, July IS. I M. Marcel Hutin claims that the last 'serious obstacles in General Sakharoff's march on Lemberg have been overcome. Sunday's victory resulted in a gain of (!i : rtv-two miles against the German tnops, , ■ . I . | GENERAL RETREAT ON EASTERN FRONT. AUSTRO-GERMAN FEARS. SHORTENING THEIR LINES. | RESULT OF ANGLO-FRENCH PRESSURE.. Received July 19, 5.5 p.m. London, July IS. Tiie Daily Telegraph's Rome correspondent has received a high significant letrograd telegram, annou -ing that a general retreat on the East front has commenced. The Austro-Germans are retiring, laying waste the country and burning villages. Tile telegram is one of many indications that General Haig's offensive lias aroused the first fears of the German General' Staff, and there is a suggested possibility that they must revert to the purely defensive, in order to secure tolerable terms of peace. General Ilindenburg has already been summoned to the West front to discuss tlie situation - with the Kaiser and General Falkenhayn. It is understood that General Hindenburg has been given complete control on the East front, including the Allstrians. General Hindcnburg's appointment ha made essential the carrying-out of the shortening of the East front, which is already in progress. Russian experts point out that General Hindenburg's sector in the Riga district is now organised for solely defensive warfare. The trenches are of concrete, with ten to twelve lines of wire defences, •• near which the mines are laid.

The Germans are still building a series of field railways, connecting Mitau and Windau with the other railways, Tlie organisation at General Ilimlenburg's rear represents the last word in military science as regards the rapid transference of troops and the supply of munitions and food. HUNGARY ALARMED. Amsterdam, July IS. The proximity of Russian cavalry to the frontier of Hungary at the Kirliliaba Pass is causing anxiety, which prominent olHeiiils arc seeking to allay. Count Uethlen, president of the frontier county, declares that it is impossible for a single Russian to appear on Hungarian soil except as a prisoner. A GERMAN REPORT. Loudon, July IS. A German communique states: The Russians, south-east of Riga, continued strong attacks which broke down with sanguinary losses or were repulsed by counter-attack wherever fchey penetrated our trenches. We easily repulsed attacks west and south-west of Lutsk. ENEMY DRIVEN BACK. LOWER LIPA CLEARED. GOOD PROGRESS IX CAUCASUS. Received July 19, 5.5 p.m. Ptlrograd, July IS. A communique states: General Sakh.arofl' captured thirty guns in the Volhynia battle on the lttth. The whole of the lower Lipa is cleared' of tlie enemy, who were repulsed beyond Zwiniacke, Krassow and the river. The Russians in the Caucasus are making good headway. AUSTRIAN'S ADMIT A REVERSE. Received July 10, 5.5 p.m. Amsterdam, July 18. An Austrian communique states: Xear Zabre and Totarov the Russians forced back our advanced positions. The attacks on our main positions failed with heavy loss. The enemy advances to the north of RadziwitofV and south- | west of Luck were repulsed. HAMMERING THE ENEMY. SUCCESSFUL RUSSIAN TACTICS. A LARGE DENT MADE. Received July 19, 10.45 p.m. Petrograd, July 10. ! The hammering given the AustroGermans on the OstroH'gutem sector, twenty miles south-west of Lutzk, was a great tactical success. The Russians smashed tlie enemy's front over a width of a ' mile, and penetrated to a depth of sev- * oral miles. The enemy has been most active here since the Russian Lutzk thrust.