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BETTER NEWS FROM RUSSIA..

LONDON, May 23.

tenently the news from Russia is better than it was a week The

now! very

"This tactical result of the Italianews of the Baltic Fleet hava Victory is that the Italians have at returned to their posts and discipline (length fought their way to the wor has therop reviged.

The newtioverment is raaking *. of the rocky terraces descending frotu.

big effort to solve order out of Cafes to the Adriatic Sen, at a

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chans. M. Kerensky. the where the table-land touches the sim

Mister of Wur. has been and thus wenred a frig, held on the ruest road, and the may the in this direction and is at Trieste, which is only in miles fra Present making a tour of the fronds urging the gecessity for the math; the point attained.

Moraver, the Italians live mide entier of fighting efficiency, His important gainä in Geizin, capturing, cable on the 10th inss., bad already had some effert. On reading the formulable Monte Sante, which is this Secagopal parrison in mediate? ( resisted repented attacks for fourteen dy volunteered for service on the plays.

aftiga fronts

Summing up the fortnight's fight ing,, the Italian inve pored two of the strongest mountain factresses in the north of Gorizia, repulsed and

Colonel Yakubovitch, Assistant War Minister, addressing the Council of Delegates, hugged; the soldiers not to misinterpret the paragraph in the Diclaration of the new rights of soldiers which suppresses the core. pulsory military, salute-in favour of At Curse, the a voluntary reciprocal salute.

Austrian counterattack in the Tron- sino at flicted on the chemg the most severe reverse they have hitherto sustaingil.

nature of the emuitry, resembling an | enormibus petrified "Spenge, clafinate

ly fortified, makes the feat all the unors remarkach,

The French and British Socialist. Missions are also doing good, "When.. fanidoessing, the "Congress of" the.. | Seepud Army they declared that general prose was only possible when the Kaiser Williat met the fate of the Tsitr.

THE TORPEDOED* TRANSPORT.

Newspaper correspondents ist Carso describe the enemy's line as a quar. rig and holed rock with acres of wire held up by iron standards suplented into stone? On the eve of the attack, a furious "Bon" wind swept the spoke from the Italian guins backward upon the observers, Wednesday dawned calmer and then hundreds of enormous trench mortars blew, solid trenches asunder, while a bailstorm of shells of every de A use, a survivor from the scription-pounded the enemy lines. Tinuxylennie," says the submarine The infantry advanced at 4 in the fired a torpedo and the Captain afternoon, each man like u goblin in ¦ euden vexired to reneh shore, ten tile: gmaxk. Murmounted by disfunt, but another torpedo struck

A NURSE'S NARRATIVE.

HEROIC TROOPS.

LONDON, May 25,

steel casque, thrusting forward into the engine room and the vessel sack: dently in a fog of shells, tripping in an hour. Bots were launched · over jugged meks and methodically in most orderly nunner and the nien bombing machine-gun positions till on deck sarg as the touts feft, and they tumbled across the shattered there was shouting to the women: parapets into the Austrian trenches. ** (inci-bye.

shalf Bee YOU At one point was a system of vuntagaja soon." There were troops on subterranean shelters where the hound. Owing to the rough sea it garrison was packed like andines was impossible to save 150 soldiers. These surrendered in manse.

who stood on the deck at attentiou. When the versel snok Captain? Breuell dive into the sea from the. hridge and was rescued, but, died the following day. Many, men swa ashpre

RESCUED BY ESCORTING DESTROYERS.

THE WESTERN FRONT.

LONDON, May 25. Field-Marsbul: Sir Douglas Haig reports:-

Machine-gun fire drove off a raid in the neighbourhood of Annen. tieres.

Aerial activity has increased. On Wednesday five German machines were brought down, and six were driven down.. Three of ours are missing

LONDON, May 25, Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig,

reporte

We drove off a local night attack to the south-west of Fontaine-le- Crois

We heavily repulsed a raid to the north-east of Arleux and captured a

portion of the front. line! trench system.

This morning, to the south-east of Loos, an enemy

counterattack failed.

We successfully carried out a mid to the southward of Armentieres and to the westward of Messines.

A French communiqué states The artillery duel, has been inter- mittently violent in the regione ol Vauclere Mill, of Canfornia pisteaur and Chevreux

During the night our proplanes dropped 2,200 kilogrammes of bomba on the railwa atation in the x-gion of Berahel Fires croan out.

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It is officially announced that escorting destroyers picked up Transylvania survivora.

THE FOOD RIOTS IN PORTUGAL.

LONDON, May 24

The Portuguese Minister of War who is at present in England, stated to a representative of Houter's thaf attributed the food riots in Portugal to German influences.

THE ATTITUDE OF BRAZIL

BIO DE JANEIRO, May 25. Signor Pecanba, Foreign Minister, states that Brazil need not declare war against Germany, but must accept the state of war which the circumstances imposed and must taliy attention to military and va! organisation especially with a to collaborating in the policing of the South Atlantic soi must be read. for suy eventuality.

NEW FIELD MARSHAL

LONDON, May 347 The King bas handed General Sir Charles Egerton a Fisk-Marshal a

Baton:

(Continued on Pres-8.)