IN THE EAST.
THE RICA OFFENSIVE. FIRST STAG EXDED. RUSSIAN'S HOLD ALJ, RAINS. ADEQUATE ARTILLERY AV AILABLI Received Jan. 13, 10.40 p.m. London, r.uv 15. Tlie Morning Post's Petrograd eorrc sponticnt states that .lie first stage oi General DenritrielT's operations appear! to have ended. The Germans liavi massed heavy reinforcements, hicludinf a large force of artillery, at t!ie threat enod points. The/Russians continue t< hold nil their gains, despite -Jesperati counter-attacks, and are bringing up artillery adequate to rape with the Ger man efforts.
THAXKS TO THE TRGOVS. Petrograd, .Tail. 14. General Dimitrieff, in an order to the troops participating i n tlie successful offensive on the Riga fron.t, says: "You have pierced fortification?, which took fifteer months to construct, and despite the lire of hundreds of machine guns cleared 3 passage in awe-inspiring silwith the bayonet, thousands of shells. I salute you humbly, and thank you for vour fine new year gift of great booty, which includes thirty guns and 15,000 rifles."
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Taranaki Daily News, 16 January 1917, Page 5
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163IN THE EAST. Taranaki Daily News, 16 January 1917, Page 5
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