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1 ! ON THE DNEISTER. I 1 GREAT RUSSIAN VICTORY. . ENEMY FRONT BROKEN. HEIGHTS CAPTURED. ' SOOO PRISONERS TAKEN. j Reuter Service Received August 9, 0.40 p.m. London, August 8. A Petrograd official message records a great Russian victory south of the Dniester. They broke the enemy front over sixteen miles, and have got astride the Kolomea-Stanislav railway, capturing the heights beyond. The prisoners include 2000 Germans. The pursuit continues. 1 • EVACUATION OF LEMBERG. THE GOVERNOR'S. PROMISE. IT WILL BE WRESTED BACK. Received August 9, 0.15 p.m. Bucharest, August 8' ■file news is confirmed that civilians have been ordered to evacuate Lemberg. Oil August 4, the Governor issued a proclamation, wherein it is stated: "If the fortune of war prevents us defending Lemberg, the loss will be of short duration as we will soon return with heavy forces to wrest it back." ■ • r \ RUSSIANS WITHIN STRIKING DISTANCE. ONLY ONE MORE OBSTACLE. Received August 9, 6.10 p.m London, August t). The Morning Post's Petrograd correspondent states that the Russian successes 011 the Graberka and Sereth Rivers brings them within striking distance of the River Bug, the last natural obstacle 011 the road to Lemberg. - I
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Taranaki Daily News, 10 August 1916, Page 5
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195IN THE EAST. Taranaki Daily News, 10 August 1916, Page 5
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