FRESH RUSSIAN TROOPS FOR GALICIAN FRONT

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3149, 30 July 1917, Page 5

FRESH RUSSIAN TROOPS FOR GALICIAN FRONT

RUSSIANS STILL VICTORIOUS IN' SMORGON-KREVO SECTOR SUGGESTED DISPATCH OF UNITED STATES TROOPS TO RUSSIA •p.- . , , T, . , Washington, Julv 27. Dispatches to the Russian Embassy eitate that freSh Russian troops are rushing to the Gahcian front to endeavour to halt tho German rush past ' ar !ru?° ci. r%\ U6 s ians are etill victorious in tho Smorgon-Krevo scetor. iu <Tt? i has announced the receipt of an. informal suggestion that United States troops should be sent to Kusaia for their psychological effect, but no decision has been announced.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. .RUSSIANS CONTINUE TO RETIRE AT MANY POINTS ENEMY ATTACKS REPULSED ELSEWHERE. (Rec. July 28, 8.5 p.m.) A Russian official report states: "The enemy have occupied"' Plotvcz 27 ' and CzstyloY, to the north of Tarnopol. We repulsed enemy attacks to the touth-east of larnopol. We retired a short distance to a new position to the south-east of Trembowla. We impulsed attacks to the north of Czortkov. We continue tlie easterly retirement between the Dniester and the Carpathians. The Rumanians have advanced towards the upper Teaches of the Susita River, where they are consolidating Advance detachments have moved forward upon a height westward ot Soveiva, taking many prisoners. Tho Rumanians on July 26 cantnml many prisoners, six guns, three mine-throwers, mid much material."—Aug -N Z Cable A6sn.-Eouter. • ' ,rt ' RETIREMENT ON FRONT OF 100 MILES ENEMY MAY SOON HALT BECAUSE OF FATIGUE AND , HUNGER. (Rec. July 29, 5.5 p.m.) nit ((r . ~ ... ' London, July 28. * „k, I W J correspondent at Petrograd says the retreat continues on stromal mv! 1 rall £s. fhe troops who behavedi worst were those must r , einforcetl ,i* r . om Petrograd. Some retired voluntarily after a successJSi ?,f, i b « au ? e . tlie » r o| c M s were killed or wounded, and tho simple soldiers fell uhder the influence of tho extremists. Tho latter insist that the bourgeoisie ™Vb * m T of * ho s « ,Wler ' ;ind that a counter-revolution is in profnntlior i tu onc I,£, Biment is persuaded and moves rearward, ZvimLf < rt. across the endless valleys in Galacia begins an .elemental t eastwards, destroying,communication and interrupting supplies for tho a - r ° S , bU thus forcing them to join the retreat. Flying ffT s seize baggage trains with stores, and munitions to use i;; travelling lwit w«t«1 Sea 'Pi countryßido won at a cost of a hundred battles is lw i S p *i £' 16 m , ovl J "§ anme3 sll0lv " 110 si S M ° f stopping their rethrown T>"h, ?•" :l)lond , ld Pos't'ons north-west of Tarnopol have been a ? va y- V, ll . le Germans had been a great force tho retreat of the foutliern armies would have been cut off long ago. Tho Germans, however, are apparently disconcerted by the magnitude of their success, and it is likely the enemy will soon halt as a result of fatiguo and hunger. This nay givo the Ti elr p etreat H .°? tilUy against tbo is veinstrong at Petrogiad. The Government has- demanded that tho chief agitator's at kronstadt be handed over, otherwise Kronstadt will be blockaded. A majority of the Kronstadt Council favours tho handing over. Speaking on behalf of the Government, K IverenAi said ], e would givo a solemn promise that any attempt to re-establish monarchical government will bo put down in a most decisive and energetic manner—Aus.-Ji.Z. Cable Assn. ,\ — RUSSIANS PRESSED BACK EASTWARD OF KIRLIBABA RUMANIANS STILL MAKING PROGRESS. (Rec. July 29, 5.5 p.m.) A Russian official report states"On tho Galician front notMnlr 'raateltal has occurred. The enemy somewhat pressed our detachments back enstwurd of Kirlibaba. The Rumanians have continued tho pursuit of tho retiring enemy in the direction of Kezdi anl Vasarsely, and occupied tho heights for Svo verst's (nearly 31 miles) to tho south-west, and the villages of Monesteerkcl, I-'oeliinni Dragoland, Beresc/.i, and took a battery. Wo advanced in tho region real- Kalakul, towards tho Pulna River. Wo occupied the villa™ of Bodunle on tlm inW bank of the river."—Ans.-N.Z.. Cablo Assn.-Renter. ( "pie, on tne letc THE GERMAN REPORT. (Rec. July 29, 5.5 p.m.) A German official report stales:—"The Russian armies contimieTo both sides of tho Dniester. Our troops c rossed the Jagielorica-Horolenkn-Zablo-wowline. The Germans and Austrians w rested some high positions from tho still resisting enemy in the wooded Carpathians. The Germans on tho Upper Putna retired before tho pressure of tho - enemy."—Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assry-Reuler. KAISER WITNESSES A BITTER STRUGGLE. London, Jtilv 2". Admiralty, per Wireless Press:—A German coniniiininue stiiles: "The Kaiser WM a spectator of.a bitter strugglo in which wo.oxlended our gains near Tarnopol, in a powerful attack on a hotly-contested bridoghead on tbo cast banV of tho Bereth. Jn spite of tho stubborn resistance of tho Russians who wero sent for-

ward, suffering thousands of casualties, we captured crossings over the Gniezna and tho ooroth, from Trembowla io Shomorocze. We are rapidly advancing on lwtli sides ot tho Dniester. # Tho Auslro-Hungarians and Bavarians captured Jvolomea, and wo nro following on. tho heols of tho enomy in tho north-eastern part of U\o» wooded Carpathians iu the direction of tho Pruth. We have evacuated Soveja Valley, m the far upper courso of tho X'utna River/'—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.-Rcuter. KERENSKI REPORTED TO BE WOUNDED t „ „ London, July 27. I lie Daily iixprcss correspondent afc Born© reports that telegrams from Budapest state that Russian prisonors declare that M. Kerenski was severely wounded ill nn nnn at Lyssons Hill, near Brzezany. An infantry division refused to nght, and 'tho artillery, furious at their desertion, turned their guns on the deserters. M. ivorensld, in-his motor-car, drove between the crossfire, ami succeeded in stopping the fratricidal slaughter, hut was wounded. Tho Austrian Staff witnessed tho scene through telescopes.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. GREAT NATIONAL ASSEMBLY TO MEET AT MOSCOW RECONSTRUCTION OF THE CABINET ANTICIPATED, i (Eec. July 29, 5.5 p.m.) Petrograd, July 2?. Tho members of the.Government rill B° to Moscow on Monday io uttend a great National Assembly of members of the Duma, - tho municipalities, the Zametvos, and the Executives of the Soldiers and Workmen's and Peasants' Councils. It is anticipated that it will probably result in a complete reconstruction of the Cabinet, which will indudo a due proportion of bourgeoisie representatives.—Reuter. MINISTERS PLACE RESIGNATIONS AT KERENSKI'S DISPOSAL. i (Eeo. July 23, 11.4Q p.m.) - , ~ , , r . . Petrograd, Julv 29. Nearly all the Ministers have placed their resignations at M. disposal to facilitate the reconstruction. A stringent censorship has been ve-estab-lished—Aus;-N.Z. Cable Assn. RUSSIAN FRONTIERS TO BE CLOSED. (Eeo. July 20, 5.5 p.m.) ■m-i-L -1 L- Petrograd, July 28. With a view to meeting 1 tho exceptional circumstances the Government has ordered the closing of the frontiers till August 15. Nobody -without a diplomatic passport will bo allowed to onter or loavo Russia.—Jlcuter. A SOCIALIST REVOLT SUPPRESSED. Copenhagen, July 27. Tho extreme Socialists in Petrograd organised a great revolt, but Government troops interfered. There was violent street fighting on Wednesday and Thursday, and the revolt was completely suppressed.—Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn. LENIN ESCAPES; OTHER AGITATORS ARRESTED. New York, July 27. Tho United Press correspondent at Petrograd reports that Lenin has escaped from his captors, following on a battlo between Government agents and' Anarchists at Tornea, where Madame Kolontay, one of Lenin's most ardent supporters and also a suspected German agent, was arrested with a dozen other agita-tors.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ANTI-GERMAN REVOLT AT WARSAW IMMINENT (Bee. July 29, 5.5 p.m.) Amsterdam, .Inly 23. General von Ecseler (German Governor-General of Poland) h as arrived at Berlin from Warsaw, .n.di conferred with tho s Imperial Chancellor iDr. JHchaelis) on the critical Polish 6ftua,tlon ; He asked for rpecial powers to meet an anti-German revolt at Warsaw, which he believed to bo imminent.— Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn.