IN THE EAST.

Taranaki Daily News, 3 November 1916, Page 5

IN THE EAST.

RUSSIANS ABOUT TO STRIKE SIGNIFICANT MOVEMENTS. Hard fighting begins ro FRUCTIFY THE BALKAN SITUATION Received Nov. 2, ",20 pin.. London, Nov. 2. The Morning Post's Petrograd correspondent says that hard iightini' on ; General Brusiloff's front, whereof "there has been little information lately, is beginning to fructify. The Russians have again pushed forward against the Germans' utmost efforts. Although the enemy bold?, fast nearest Halicz, the Russians are steadily working their way all round. It is significant that the Germans havp brought up their Third Guard Division to the immediate neighbourhood of Haliez. The division is oscillated from the. east to the west fronts when the situations are critical. The Russians progressed noteworthily at Vladimir Volinsk, cutting the line entanglements, through which the armoured cars passed. The infantry following made all the gain good. The latest information shows that both sides are preparing for a great blow, with the Russians attacking. There is much speculation as to the reason for the strong German bombardments in the northern sector. It is probably due to nervousness, as there is no prr/pect of drawing off tro.,ps from General Brusiloff's sector. The nei vousness is interpreted here as a portent of impending disaster. All things indicate that the Russians have the upper hand. The coincidence of the Roumanian successes with the Dobrudja retirement is significant. The Germans are massed thicker in the Dobrudja than anywhere, except on the west front. As the Salonika co-operation failed, the Russians had to retire in the Dobrudja, Ivjt an alternative plan existed, whereof the effects are beginning to be seen • HARD FIGHTING AT BRZEZANY. RUMANIANS PRESSED, i ■ "*' .'' London, Nov. 1. j A Russian communique states:— 'There was fierce fighting south of Bjzezany and east of Svistelniki. The enemy pressed us back in the Michishcbuv Wood. The enemy occupied Rakovitza and Titeshti, in the Alta Valley, pressing the Roumanians southwards. RUSSIANS IN DIFFICULTIES London, Nov. 1. The Russians five times failed to recapture ground on the east bank of the Mara Jowka, which they lost on Monday. West of the Predeal Road the Aus-tro-Htingarians broke the Roumanians, and progressed south-east of the Roterturmh J'ass.

CANADA

INFECTION OF CATTLE. GERMAN FRIGHTFULNESf Ottawa, Nov. 1. There are reports that Britain has warned the Canadian Government that Swiss emigrants, acting as German agents, aro en route to Canada, with the object of infecting cattle.

ITALY'S PART.

WINTER SETS IN. BOTH SIDES SETTLE DOWN P.eceived Nov. 2, 10 p.mLondon, Nov. 2. The Daily Telegraph's Milan correspondent states that on the Carso winter conditions have fct in. The entire Italian troops in the lofty regions are already snowed in, and both sides have settled down in their winter trenches.