KALUSZ CAPTURED BY THE RUSSIANS

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

KALUSZ CAPTURED BY THE RUSSIANS

■ STUBBORN AND SANGUINARY BATTLE GREAT ENTHUSIASM AMONG THE TROOPS The High Commissioner reports:— .L'.. .■...,. . . , „,, London, July 12, 2.50 p.m. .A. Russian official message states :~"Kalusz. was occupied after a stubborn ind sanguinary battle. ■ - - ' : ' ■"' [Kalusz is nineteen miles west of Stanislau.] (Bj Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright). ~, -r, . , London, JuJv 12 r- /■ . ■ Ku&slans a»ve captured the German Headquarters at Kahsz —Aiis A" Z ■ (Jable Assn. . > ■ . ■. * . '/RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE PENETRATES OVER SIX MILES There is great enthusiasm at the front. . . r fl" >u y 12. . Prisoners .testify that the. enemy lost heavily. Several regiments were en- ?" heavir i- 1 ?.. trobps :,vhicl, were defending the roads to Lemberg suffer- • T he ,,? us ?, ial J offensive has penetrated 10 verets (6J miles) over a front of "0 ■ verevs (13 miles).—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. . ENEMY SURPRISED AT HALICZ REINFORCEMENTS CONCENTRATED AT BRZEZANY. ■ ' The Paris "Journal's" Petrqgrad correspondent states that Germans at Halicz were convinced that the Russian offensive round BrzVanv would not extend as far as Halicz, where the Russians were inactive for «M?t months, and responded to their fraternisations. The enemy therefore conce trated reinforcements at Branny, and did not dream of strengthening H.X : OFFENSIVE DAILY ASSUMING GREATER SIGNIFICANCE. '~ T .'|e capture, of.the strongly-fortified town O f Halicz kormloffs oftensiveNis daily assuming greater significance. Tho revolution^'v ' ■^TfnJT , SPf*. a * *****!■»**?tej*n going forward sonth of he riveon, a forty-mile front The country is here less adapted to defence than north of dRSh ° f thi ™"£ LARGE NUMBER OF'C.ZE®i AND SLOVAK PRISONERS. - (»«c. July 13, 11.10 p.m.) hr; 7\ e "J 3 ?' 11 * Cihl ; onil:1 l c 'C co »espondent at Petrograd says The" faiii'ois Halicz bridgehead iaces eastward. Its efhency was completely neutralised by General Cable tan"" "' AM ' S havinS an ■■''■§■> ' ■ ■ . "operations continue to develop. (Kec. July 13, 7.10 p.m.) ■ DASH OF EIGHTH ARMY DIVIDES ENEMY FORCES in ™^« '- : **&?' *\. south. It is now clear that General KoVnUnff' * nd th f, Al * Mu . ke Jose P h °» the airy and Cossacks are tirelessly drivbc the L\ f'""" 1 llil W " lo tlle ™ v ' Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. B B enc,ny hom 0?le nvcr lo another.DT2.SVK PRODUCES ALARMING EFFECT IN VIENNA ' OZEOHS ELATED AT RUSSIAN RIUMPH. (Rec. July 13, 7.10 p.m.) RUMANIAN ARMY PARTICIPATING IN RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE. A cablegram received'by the Russian Embassv from W v^'" Bt 'T' t J I Iy W , the Rumanian .Army has been reorganised, and 1? pa.ffcin^i^ ° g - p S ' lat ofFensive.-Aus.-N.Z. Cable iosn. paiticipatmg in the Russian