IN THE EAST.

Taranaki Daily News, 20 September 1916, Page 5

IN THE EAST.

FIERCE FIGHTING NEAR HALICZ. VILLAGE CHANGES HANDS Sl}'. TIMES. E'.'EMY TKEXC'IIES OCCUPIED. BATTLE STILL R.AGINI3. Received Sept. 20, 1.40 a.m. | " ' Tetrograd, Sept. 10. | A great ha Hie on the rivei Narayu\aka norlhvi'nls of Halics, has been . i aging for three days. The Russians att;icKcd on Saturday morning-, the fighting being of the hand-to-hand order, repeated German counter-attacks being held up. I'lie. struggle for the village of Sui -telniky. eastwards of the river was of the costliest, the village changing hands six times. Armoured cars were most prominent in this attack, and the whole first lii.o of trenches was occupied on Saturday, Sunday the Russian infantry reattached simultaneously on nine sections of the front, and three lines of trenches fell. The fighting- is still of the most severe nature. . . ■ ■ •' " < HUNGARIAN TOWN CAPTURED. Received Sept 10, 8.45 p.m. Amsterdam, Sept. 19. An Austriar communique states that flic enemy entered koesalom, northward of Fogaras, without fighting. (Fogaras U a town in Hungary between Kronstfidt and Hermannstadt. It Mas near Fogaras that the Hungarians were defeated by the Russians in 1849.) TURKISH ATTACK FRUSTRATED. London, September 18. A Russian communique says:—We frustrated Turkish attempts to attack in the region of the village of Adesa, AN AUSTRIAN REPORT.

Amsterdam, September 18. An Austrian communique states:— The Russians were extraordinary unsuccessful in their efforts to shake the allied ime with superior forces. They attacked south-west of Dornawatra, between Cupula, and Yzernahora, southwest of Brzezany, and 'were everywhere repulsed. Numerous waves of troops, including reinforcements of Guards, attempted a master-stroke at Luck, but it mostly broke down, and, where successful, our counter-attack threw tlieui out.