Ogden Daily Standard | 1916-03-08 | Page 1 | Russians Land near Trebizond

RUSSIANS LAND NEAR JREB1Z0ND Black Sea Coast Maneuvers Attracting Great Attention Turk Towns Being Taken. SERIES OF SURPRISES Fleet and Coast Troops Skillfully Skill-fully Co-operating Russians Rus-sians Steadily Advance. Petrograd, March7, via London March 8, 12:27 a. m. The success of the Russian Black sea coast maneuvers, maneuv-ers, in which the Russians landed forces to the east of Trebizond, is attracting at-tracting great attention. This Is not due solely to the Russian strategy which is gradually expelling the Turks irom the coast towns on the way to Trebizond, but because upon the favorable conclusion of these operations opera-tions rests the possibility of the continued con-tinued advance of tho central Russian army toward Slvas., The capture by the Russians of Trebizond, if it materializes, mater-ializes, will enable the central army to resume Its westward march. The Russian progress along the Anatolian coast has been the result of a series of strategic surprises, made possible by the skilful co-operation between the fleet and coast troops. Tho fleet being used as a mobile right wing for the troops operating along the shore, has advanced advanc-ed well ahead of the land forces and struck at the Turkish forces on the flank and rear, and forced them to retire Landing parties then join the land forces In occupying the abandon-edcoast abandon-edcoast towns.. In this way the villages vill-ages of Atlna and Mapavra have been taken and the Russians are making steady progress along the road to Riza which is 30 miles east, to Trebiz-ond. Trebiz-ond. r Since the country along the shoro, with its mountain ridges rising from 6,000 to 10,000 feet, offers an Insurmountable Insur-mountable barrier to a frontal attack, the Russian staff apparently has decided to depend solely upon" a continuance con-tinuance of the coast maneuvers to drive the Turks from this region. The Turkish losses during the last days of fighting are said to have been ery severe rin