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Show FAIL TO REACH RUSS TRENCHES Petrograd, via London, March 2, midnight. The following official com-munlcatipn com-munlcatipn wns issued today: Western (Russian) front: In the district of Lake Kanger the Germans havo bombarded with naval guns tho villages of Laprenesh and Blgaunt-zem. Blgaunt-zem. Numerous German aeroplanes have bombarded the Riga sector, and there has been an aerial bombardment bombard-ment between Iskull and Ellslnhof, on the Dvina river In the vicinity of Dvinsk tho Germans Ger-mans bombarded our lines near Ulukst and tho Poniewcsh railway with shells weighing 160 pounds. The German heavy artillery has bombarded bombard-ed the Lake Sventen region. Our artillery has developed an efficacious ef-ficacious fire against Novo Alexan-drovsk Alexan-drovsk and the Tourmont station. In Galicia, on tho middle Stripa front, the Germans twlco attempted to approach our trenches, but on each occasion were repulsed by our fire. Caucasus front- In the direction of Erzlnglan (Turkish Armenia, to tho southwest of Erzerum) the Turks continue their retreat. Here our cavalry cav-alry found four guns abandoned by the Turks In the direction of Bltlls the enemy continues his retreat. We have occupied Kamalk and the Neka-vank Neka-vank convent, seven miles northeast of Bitlls. oo |