He served in Egypt, Aden, Iraq and southern Kurdistan during the great war, Before going to India this year he was General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Southern Command in Engand and was in charge of strengthening the defences of the southern coast, have halted the enemy advance after t had gained some ground, In. the Baltic States, the Germans claim to have captured Riga after an advance force under the command of Colonel Lasch had on June 29 made a penetration into a south-westerly district of the town in a rapid thrust by way of Mitau, Mitau is about 27 miles south-west of Riga. Russian counter-attacks in the sector along the river Dvina between the coast and a point in the south-east are reported by both sides, but Russian troops in Lithuania and Latvia seem to be in a tight corner,
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