27 JANUARY 1917, Page 1
The Germans have been able to respond with some success
to the recent Russian offensive near Riga. They attacked with large forces at two points north and west of Riga. The chief operation was the westerly one about the river Aa. From the conflicting and imperfect accounts it appears that the Germans have won back about a third of the ground taken from them a fortnight ago. They claim fifteen hundred prisoners. At the time when we write the Russians had begun to counter-attack in several directions.
