Show OFFENSIVE NEAR RIGA F FRIES RUSS BUSS CLAIM P Petrograd Says ays G Germans Were Hurled Back at it Many Matey Points Pain PETRO PETROGRAD GRAD Sept 30 via London London Lon Lon- don don Oct The L 1 The following official cc communication was Issued yesterday The Germans have made Insignificant aU attempts at an n the front in the region of Riga Riga- Germans who tried establish to-establish to establish th s on the tile eastern bank anle of the the Dro Brook k in the I region of Kemmern emmern were were driven driven back to tho the other bank The Germans also attacked the cemetery near the village village village vil vil- vil- vil lage of ot northwest of f v en but were hurled backOn back On the front sou south of Lake Bo- Bo BoOn several actions have turned to our advantage and at many p points our troops advanced westward th In y In r the region l n nf of ot the the village r of ot f TA Ll- i th In y In r the region l n nf of ot the the village r of ot f TA Ll- i south of at Lake Naro the enemy was thrown t back ack ackAn An encounter near the villa village go of on the tho below terminated In our favorOn favorOn favor On the front of KroC northwest of the upper there Chara Chafa and the canal there were numerous local engagements Dislodged In the middle Sty Sty region region near and fighting t ng continues con con- The Tho enemy has been dislodged g from the village of on the We W have hav captured the village of ot Ko east of of Near Lutsk which we abandoned two days ago aso a stubborn fight t has occurred Our troops were obliged to retire leUre In some cesto s By repeated counter attacks from the village of south of we succeeded succeed succeed- ee ed in making progress An enemy counter attack in the region o of the village of I near was repulsed No greater success attended attended the enemy's attempts near the village of Galicia northwest of ot Tar Tars and southwest of Kazlow i Our cavalry engaged the enemy's advance guards in several actions on the left bank of the Stripa hear near the village of and so southwest southwest south south- th- th west of Hand band to Hand Fighting The spirit of ou our troops has re received received ye- ye calved fresh Impulse through the he success suc sun success cess we have gained in in- recent in-recent recent days in Iq fierce hand hand to hand to-hand struggles and our fortunate passage to the offensive offen offen- offensive n- n sive against the Germans These encouraging encouraging encouraging en en- feat features res have been particularly par par- frequent on the front east of ot the line of The depression which has been observed in the ranks of the Germans Germans Germans Ger Ger- mans has not been without effect on the morale of our men This depres- depres slon sion manifests itself in Increasingly frequent Instances es of the abandonment abandonment abandon abandon- ment by the Germans on the battlefield battlefield battle battle- field of slightly of wagons on the line of their retreat of the throwing away of ot arms and projectiles and of the disorder and nervousness in their firing The well wen regulated offensive broadly conceived and methodically and harmoniously hl carried out by our allies on the western front simultaneously simultaneously simultaneously with our mentioned above successes successes successes suc suc- have given fresh strength and Inspiration to the mutual confidence of the allies ames in their and power warlike warlike war war- like qualities s. |