KALUSZ CAPTURED

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3136, 14 July 1917, Page 7

KALUSZ CAPTURED

ENEMY-SUFFERS HEAVY LOSSES RUSSIAN ARMY ENTHUSIASTIC EXTENT OF THE DRIVE ALARMS V..":: VIENNA ■ FIGHTING ON THE BELGIAN ~ ; . coast ' BRITISH REGAINS MASTERY In its main features the.war news to-day is decidedly good. The .Russian; offensive is developing with brilliant promise, particularly in Galicia, Eouth of-ihe Dniester, where the Russians have now occupied '..' the important railway town of L.alusz, about twenty miles west of Stanis- , lau. • French conimentafors' minimise the importance of the local success lately gained by- the Germans on the Belgian coast, and indicate that the British have recovered full i mastery of this section of the front. The naval correspondent of the London "Times" estimates that the Germane have sunk two million tons of British shipping in the last six months, as against the six million tons they had send to the bottom. An outstanding item amongst a number dealing with political events ' ■■ • and peace intrigues in enemy countries is tho reported resignation of the ' ; German. Imperial. Chancellor. A Reufer message declares that there are -,• ■ the strongest reasons for believing that Austria is strenuously urging on Germany the. necessity of peace. Mr. Austen Chamberlain,, Secretary of State for-India, has resigned on the ground that his. conduct may Ira • impugned before the Mesopotamia. Court of Inquiry.