3 NOVEMBER 1917, Page 13

There is little news from the Russian front. The German

Fleet in the Gulf of Riga last week bombarded two of the small Esthonian ports. No fresh landings were attempted, and the detachments which obtained a footing on the Verder Peninsula were withdrawn. Tho enemy's retirement for a distance of twenty miles on the inland front east of Riga was followed by an attempt to extend his lines along the coast, but the Russians stood firm. The Russian General

Staff reported almost every day enemy efforts to fraternize with the Russians. In some cases Russian troops responded to the treacherous overtures, for the sake of getting the forbidden vodka, and were shelled by their own artillery.