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The German General Staff has made a half-hearted attempt to

suggest that this is a real war, but its bulletins have contained few references to fighting, and these are almost certainly untrue. Its first statement that Revel was occupied " after a battle " was modified later to the suggestion that there had been " some fight- ing " ; but the Russians declare that the town was surrendered without a shot being fired. A few thousand prisoners have been taken for the sake of appearances, but the Russian soldiers seem to have run away, leaving all their abundant war material for the enemy to collect at his leisure. There is no apparent reason why the Germans should- stop until they reach Petrograd and Moscow,

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