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Show as HOLD JHE POSITIONS ! ON DVINA HKVER irnians Make Repeated attacks North of Dvinsk, but Are Repelled by Czar's Troops. ETROCRAD, Sept. S, via London, ) p. m. Russian troops .which have ,r,(?d the Dviua river north of Dvinsk e attacked repeatedly by the Ger-is Ger-is yesterday, the war office an-nce?, an-nce?, but succeeded in holding the hired positions, he statement says: After artillery preparation, the ermans developed repeated attacks rainst our detachments which ycs-rday ycs-rday occupied enemy positions on ie western bank of the Dvina north 1 Dvin.sk. The German attacks ere repelled. After a fierce action with ertil-ry, ertil-ry, mine throwers and bomb mcr-irs, mcr-irs, the enemy attacked in the re-ion re-ion of Velitsk, in the direction of iovol, but was repelled. In the region of Gnita Lipa our iccesses continue. Our enemy is flaking a stubborn resistance, bombarding bom-barding our troops from positions on ie right (west) bank of the river, j which he retired under our pres-rc. pres-rc. On the Caucasian front, in the iighi-Ognott sector, stubborn bat-i bat-i es continue. |