After desperate fighting for several plays, Austro-German troops have made good their position on the northern bank of the Dniester River, and the Russians at that point—along a front of from 20 to 30 miles— have fallen back about fifteen miles, to the Cnita Lipa River, which empties into the Dniestor at Haliez. Their past Rohtayn to Busk, then near Zolkiew to Rawa Ruska, and on in a north-westerly direction. Considered on the ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Tue 29 Jun 1915, Page 5
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