IN THE EAST.

Taranaki Daily News, 12 August 1916, Page 5

IN THE EAST.

FIERCE GERMAN ASSAULTS. RUSSIANS PROGRESS ON SERETH. Received August 11, 5.45 p.m. Potrograd, August 10. General Kuropatkin lias been appointed Governor-General of Turkestan. Official: Austro-Germans are fiercely counter-attacking in the woods between Mcmcrinco and Mosonoe. On the Seretli river we progressed westwards on tlic Menasterisk-Hijniuv line, and lorded the Zlota Lipa at some points, IMPENDING FIGHT FOR STANISLAV. AS IMPORTANT AS KOVEL. \ Received August 11, 10.30 p.m. London, August 11. The Russians are believed to be preparing for a, decisive battle for Stanislav, the strategic importance of which, on the south of Lemberg, equals that of Kovel on the north. THE FUTURE OF POLAND. AUSTRO-GfcnMAN NEGOTIATIONS. Received August 11, 5.50 p.m. Amsterdam. August 11. German newspapers announce that the Austro-German negotiations as to the future of Poland, which *vcre broken off before any result was arrived at, will be resumed on a new basis. It is stated that both parties claim complete control of autonomous Poland. Melbourne, August 11. Mr. Pearce has in" available the report of the Commit...e for the Relief of Poland. The report states that five million people are without resources, ten million unemployed, and that 200,000 villages have been destroyed. The price of foods and medicines has increased 400 to 500 per cent. TURKS WARNED. REGARDING BRITISH PRISONERS. Received August 11, .5.30 p.m. London, August 10. ill'. I'ovstev, in the, House of Commons, stated that Turkish prisoners numbered 425 officers and !)S!)S men, not including the recent Egyptian captures. Lord Robert Cecil said tlmt Turkey was warned in July that she would be held responsible for losses sustained by British subjects. The warning had since been renewed, especially in regard to the treatment of combatants, TURKISH FORCE AT LEMBERG. Received August 11, 5..1 p.m. London, August 10. The Daily Telegraph':, Rotterdam correspondent states that about IfiO.WKI Turkish troops i re concentrated at Lemberg. THE ROLLER MOVING. j Potrograd, August 10. Official: We occupied the right bank of the Koropetz and reached the railway from Monasterisk-Nijniov and the mouth of the Zlota Lipa. In the region of Tysmienitz, pursuing the enemy, we occupied the right bank of the'Bystricv and captured the joint railway station at Ivryplin on the Nadworna-Stanisfau railway. The enemy has blown up all the bridges. We advanced several vcrsts in the Worokty region. There is fierce fighting north of Mush and Bitlis. ARTISTIC AUSTRIAN CONCOCTION. Received August 11, S.iio p.m. Amsterdam, August 10. An Austrian official report states: The Russians made futile attacks northward of Nijuiow. There have been fresh lights southward of Zaloeze. The enemy, since his serious failures on the Btii, Has been less active west and northwest of Lutsk, but has again thrown forward masses, which are attacking day and night northward of the Sarny-Kovel railway. The storming columns mostly broke before our entanglements, and they Buffered throughout severe losses. EFFECT IN ROUMANIA. PRAISE OF THE FINE WORK OF THE RUSSIAN OFFICERS. Bucharest, June 20 A very great impression has been produced in Roumanian military circles by tlie revelation of the very excellent qualities of the Russian officers, especially of the regimental officers, who in many cases, vith lighting proceeding over such a large area, must have been compelled to take many decisions independently and on their own initiative. As soon as the successive lines of Austrian trenches had been pierced there were opportunities for manoeuvring, for strategy and tactics, and it was at this stage of the, operations that the Russian officers proved their efficiency. If this has caused some surprise in Roumanian military circles it must be remembered that a very large proportion of Russia's professional officers wore killed or permanently disabled in (lie earlier phases of the war. At present a considerable majority of Russian officers are professional men who have left their civilian occupations to learn, comparatively late in life, the complicated science of war. But they have learned their lesson well, and the Russian Army could hardly .have done move effective work if all its officers had been professional soldiers from boyhood tipwards. Russia a strategy was good; the plans for the offensive had been most ellectively worked out l>y the Russian General Stall'; the'commanding generals of army corps and their staffs performed their functions without «. 'hitch in the general scheme of operati ms; and so on ill through the commanders of divisions and brigades and regiments, battalions and companies. The high qualities of the Austrian officers are well known in Russia, but the Austrians were out-maiiojuvred and. fuqiftssed in j '