The latest news from the Russian front is good in
every direction. On the Riga-Dvinsk line General Ruasky has been taking the offensive in fine style, and a German " wireless " has made grudging acknowledgment of the way in which the local initiative has passed to Russia. The Germans, of course, may still be hatching some great move, but it looks very much as if both Riga and Dvinsk were now safe. On Thursday came the news of a very successful action on the Middle Styr, in which the Russians captured two thousand prisoners and twenty machine-guns. This success, we are told, was due to the excellent fire of the Russian artillery. The Russians, it should be remembered, have been making good, not only in the matter of shells, but also of new guns of the most approved type. In Galicia, on the Strypa, the Russians have also been improving their position during the week.
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