IN THE EAST.

Taranaki Daily News, 21 July 1916, Page 5

IN THE EAST.

RUSSIAN CAVALRY CROSS CARPATHIANS. HUNGARIAN ANXIETY. : Received July 20. 7.H0 p.m. Petrograd, July lfl. General Lctchitsky's cavalry is across the Carpathians, and on the main road from Kirlibaba towards Marniaro.-saiger arc threatening General Pdan/.tr's communications and causing intense anxiety in Hungary. . .. ; ~ ' AUSTRIAN CONFIRMATORY MESSAGE. A VILLAGE BURNED. ' Received July 20, 7."0 p.m. London, July 2(1. A Vienna message states that telegraphic communication with Marniarossziger is suspended. A large portion of the village, of Curahmora, in the war zone, has been destroyed by lire. Five hundred Ileuses were burned. CROSSING THE LIPA. RUSSIAN GRIT AND HARDIHOOD. AUSTRIANS WEARY OF FIGHTING. NOW PREFER TO SURRENDER. Received July 20, 9.10 p.m. Petrograd, July £O. At the fight on the Li pa the Russians forced the line at three o'clock on the morning of the 10th. waging, under machine-gun and rifle fire, in water and marsh above their waists, and .often to their armpits. The engineers laboreo under heavy shell fire to construct a bridge to enable the cavalry and guns to cross in.pursuit of the enemy. The Austrian end of the bridge was a horrible place, congested with" dead, dying, and horribly wounded men. Many of ' the Austrian.? were apparently wounded by their own guns while attempting to prevent the bridging of jthe stream.

The Austrians now simply refuse to tight after the initial resistance, and prefer to surrender en bloc rather than risk being cut to nieces in retreat. i RUSSIAN SUCCESS GENERAL. Petrograd, July 10. German aeroplanes bombed Eeval. Floods in the Dneistcr are demolishing the Austrian bridges. We are approaching the mountain passes southwest of kutty. The Caucasian army has advanced considerably south of Trebizond and westward of Baihurst, everywhere dislodging the rearguard. BIG OPERATIONS EXPECTED. Amsterdam. July 19. Austro-German newspapers attach gnat importance to the Russian advance in the Lipa. The Kussians. aided by the r splendid railways, swiftly concentrated large forces near S'/.klin. C'orjrespondents assert that these attacks are the prelude to big operations. AUSTRIAN REAR THREATENED. London, July HI. The Petrograd correspondent of the Daily News stales that- General Letdiitsky's cavalry penetrated a day's march into Hungary threaten the rear of the Austrians in the KimpolungIvutty region. | A GERMAN REPORT. 1 Amsterdam, July 10. A Gorman communique says: FieldMarshal Hindenbnrg's troops southwest of broke repeated Russian attacks with extraordinary high losses. There was lively artillery activity at the Stokhod ( but elsewhere it was quiet. A USELES SUBTERFUGE. Kome, July 19. The township of Ordu, on the Anatolian coast, has been officially renamed Trebizond in order to conceal the loss of Trebizond. USUAL AUSTRIAN -REPORT. Received July "20, 7.30 p.m. London, July 19. An Austrian communique states: South-west of Delatyn i\ve drove out Russian detachments, which had penttrated the western bank of the Truth, and forced them to cross the river,