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PO. FEUSTER,
THE CAMPAIGN IN EAST AFRICA.
ENEMY IN FULL RETREAT.
GOOD WORK BY BRITISH FORCES.
LONDON, Jan. 10. Reuter's Correspondens in East Africa, describing the fighting on a twenty-mile front on the 1st inst. resulting in the ejection of the enemy from the whole et his elaborate entrenchaïeuts on the Mgeta River,
says:
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Some of the 130th Baluchia on the right flank, under General Shep- pard, dug themselves in at" night behind the enemy front lite, which other Baluchis, attacked at dawn. The enemy fed in disorder towards their second line. The intervening) Baluchia met them with heavy fre, and repulsed three desparate" at tempts to break through. Then they counter-charged and scattered the
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THE FIGHTING ON THE RUSSIAN FRONT.
ENEMY THROWN RACE ACROSS THE PUTNI.
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LONDON, Jan. 1. A Russian official report, tani mitted by wireless, says:
Fighting continues south of Lake Babit.
We captured a village east of Kalusem.
The enemy captured two heights north of the Miltuz River.
The Rumanians fell back south- east of Mokestirka and Kachinul, also north-east of Kempuiledesus.
The enemy crossed the Putna north, of Foscani. Our counteri attack threw him back with heavy Ionses.
LONDON, Jam 11.
A German official report, received by wireless, states:
The Austrians and Germans won successes between the Uz, and Susito Valley.
We stormed heights north of the
The losses cn both sides were severo, but the enemy's were the heaviest. By evening General Shep- Oituz road and captured 800 men pard had advanced fifteen miles, the near Marasti Racoasa. enemy being. in full retreat.
Meanwhile, General Lyall, on the right flank, after occupying Kiruru, marched in a south-westerly direc tion, cut the Duthumi-Kidingwa: road, and captured a gun and much booty."
General Cunliffe, in the, Centre, bombarded and captured the main enemy position, dispersed the enemy and reached Kideringwa...
All the troops are now pursuing the
enemy who abandoned munitions and stores and are scattering in the jungles with a view to reforming at a pre-arranged rendezvous.
ENEMY'S PROGRESS IN RUMANIA.
ENEMY REPORT DENIED.
LONDON, Jan. 11. The Russians and Rumanians who are falling back are stoutly resisting and retarding the progress of the enemy in a difficult country.
THE EGYPTIAN FRONTIER. weeks.
BRITISH CAPTURE A STRONG POSITION.
FL
ENEMY SUFFER HEAVY LOSSES.
LONDON, Jan. 11
The Times Correspondent at the Rumanian Headquarters, in a mes sage dated the 8th inst. says: The Allies are slowly retiring to the main, line of defence on the Sereth which has been strongly fortified in "recent German assertions that they captured the Predeal Army ̧ið, November reached here only yester day. I witnessed the retreat of the whole Army from the Carpathians under General Averescu. It kept in contact with the gremy the whole time it lost guns, which were destroyed, and sacrificed rearguards,
An oficial report from Egypt but the remainder of the Army jolard the Bukharest Divisions and
states:
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We captured on Tuesday a strong is still fighting. Position consisting of six lines of entrenchments and six main redoubts of a central keep covering Raju, Borth-east of El Ariah.
"
The Anzac mounted troops and the Imperial Camp! Corps attacked HOME and Eadies the position and carried it after an
all-day fight
After the engagement Turkish reliefs were encountered and entirely destroyed four miles from Rafa.
Further details will follow later. We took 1,800 prisoners, and 4 mountain guns. Enemy killed and wounded in our hands number 600
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TWO ZEPPELINS AND 24 AEROPLANES BURNT.
INCENDIARISM AT KIEL
ALLEGED BRITISH SPIES PERISH
THE HAGUE, Jan. 10.
/ RUSSIAN POLITICAL
CRISIS
SPECULATION' AS TO ITS MEANING.
LONDON, Jan. 11. There is much speculation as the meaning of the changes
Russia, P
The Daily Mail Petrograd corre spondent says that M. Gobitzine, fonner Governor of Iver, where the policy was reactionary, interviewed, said he considered it essential to co-operate with the Parlamentary institutions The war must continue.. till complete victory is achieved:
The Petrograd Correspondent of the Daily News says M. Tropoff resigned because there was no pro spect of carrying out the wishes of the Duras and Asserably of Nobles and the Press for real collaboration between the Administration and the
people.
Noutral eye-witness declares that three incendiary fires at Zep- The Busskiya Volsa concludes a pelin sheds have taken place in Kiel gloomy feader on the changes by say
Russia has suffered much in the last five weeks.
ing:
In the latest, two new Zeppeline lately but we bever before restised and 24 Aeroplanes were destroyed, so vividly that the Fatherland is
endang Five carbonised bodies were found.
Two were described in the local papers as the bodies of British spice
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