IN THE EAST.

Taranaki Daily News, 30 October 1916, Page 5

IN THE EAST.

*SREAT RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE. wjsrce fighting in galicia. Undeceiving the tdeks. Austrian trenches captured. Received October M, 5.5 p.m. Petrograd, October 28. A communique states:—A series of fierce attacks in the Dornawartra region forced our advanced posts to abandon two heights. Strong enemy attacks continue at the Bran Pass, Turgul iValley, and Juil Valley. A wireless message from Rome states that German reports indicate that a new and great Russian offensive is preparing in Galicia and Poland. Petrograd, October 28. Terrific fighting continues in Galicia and Volhynia. Turkish divisions, composed of picked troops, are fighting bravely, but there is positive evidence that .they often murder the Russian wounded.. Turkish prisoners explain that the Germans told them thi; Ru's•ians would shoot every Turkish pri■soner. Some of the officers who were taken prisoner asked the Russians whether their execution would take place on the spot or later in the r;:\r. When they found they were humanely treated, they'agreed to write letttr> to their Turkish comrades, stating the facts, which the Russian aviators distributed in the Turkish lines. The Russians captured Austrian trenches at Dornawatra, which were constructed on a new plan, with the object of forcing the soldiers to fight under any circumstances. The tunches are thrice a man's height, and the- are closed with heavy doors, whereof the officers keep the key. GERMANS REPULSED AT RIGA. London, October 27 A Russian communique states:—We repulsed the Germans south' of Riga. Our advanced posts fell back to the left bank of the Shara.