GERMAN PRESSURE STILL FORCING THE RUSSIANS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3150, 31 July 1917, Page 5

GERMAN PRESSURE STILL FORCING THE RUSSIANS

FURTHER RETIREMENT ON CERTAIN SECTORS SIGNS OF IMPROVEMENT IN MORALE (Roc. July 30, 10.5 p.m.) . -n • iv • i • ,i. London, ,Tulv 29. A Russian official communique states: "In Galicia an enemy attack in the Quest region was repulsed. The c-nemy's advanced elements approached south of J'arnopol. We were forced to evneuato our line west of Gossiatinc. The enemy occupied .Tassienouvoolny anil Toporovep, west of Zalesczvki. and drove back our elements in the Carpathians a little to llie eastward in the icion of Mount Tomnatik, iu tho 6ector north-east of Kirlibaba. . Bnmanian front tho Rumanians have made progress in tho direction of Kezßidvasarhely,_ and occupied a lino of heights west of Monastir, Kakacbi;eoxil, and otlrcr hcigbts/'-Aus.-N./l. Cable ABsn.-Reutor.

THE ENEMY'S OFFICIAE COMMUNIQUES. , „ „, . , , , , mil, London, Julv 20. ... A Gorman official report stales: Iho Russians on both sides of lEiisuitrn (Ij miles south-oast of Tarnopol) havo retired behind tho Russian frontier. \Vo reached Zbryz (on tho frontier, ten miles south of Itusiatvn) and aro also approaching tho confluence of tho Northern Soroth and tho' Dniester Wo " have broken through tho Russian rearguard near tho Dniester. Wo captured Kutv (35 miles west of Czornowitz), crossed tho river, and pursued tho onomy beyond tho Schipots-Moldova-CnWza lino. Attacks against Kasimilui nml'Odobesti failed."—Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn.-Reutcr. (Eec. July 30, 5.23 p.m.) London, July HO. A German official report states: "Wo have made further pi-ogress in Eastern Galicia." An Austrian official Toport states: "Tho enemy hag somewhat advanced his front on the Putna line. His attacks wero repulsed near Soveja. Tho AustroGerman alHort forces aro approaching tho western frontier o£ Bukowina."—Aus.N.Z. Cablo Assu.-Reutsr. SUCCESSFUL BLOWS BY THE RUMANIANS BREACHES IN THE ENEMY'S FRONT ENLARGED CRcc. July 30, 5.20 p.m.) London, July 29. A Rumanian official communique dated July 2G states: "Wo havo enlarged the breaches in the enemy's front to tho northward, and seized the whole of our old position to a width o£ thirty and a depth of fifteen kilometres (16 miles by 9 males). Wβ havo taken J 145 prisoners and two batteries of howitzers and nine guns."—Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn.-R-euter. GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION OF THE RUSSIAN COLLAPSE BRITISH COB.ttESP(MDENT IN" THE THICK OF THE PANIC. (Rec. July 30, G. 45 p.m.) London, July 29. Mr. Wilton, in a remarkable dispatch from Russian Headquarters, dated July 27, says that a German officer who hnd been taken prisoner boasted on July 2 that the Germans were preparing a bold stroke in conjunction with their agents in Petrograd. The armies of Russia would Tun, and the Germans wonld have a walk-over. Lenin's agents, beforo tho news of the Petrograd crisis reached Headquarters, spread reports that the soldiers and tho Maximalists controlled the Government, and that tho war was over. "The execution of tho German plan/ , ho says, "became pimple. Tho enemy struck at tho Russians' most sensitive point nt tho moment when General JCorniloff was superseding General Gutor in tho 6outh-westeru command. The Sixth Grenadier Division deserted wholesale and flod, exposing H\o l-'ght flank of tho Seventh Army. General Korniloff had eight divisions in α-eserve, but the staffs of the armies were left in tho dark. General Korniloff had to so to Stanisla-u to transfer the command of tho Eighth Army to General Cheremisof, and it was July 23 beforo informat ; on, was available." Mr. Wilton joined tho transport of tho British aviation peclion at Podjace. The officers managed to remove tho 'planes and material under the full blast of tho Russian panic. Mr. Wilton and the transport officers, fought thciv way with sticks and revolvers, got ahead of tho rout, placed lorries across tho roads, and stemmed tho panic. Later, in a town from which the enemy was fifty miles away, they saw a man on a horse yelling: "The German cavalry aro behind—save yourselves!" Indescribnble confusion ensued, a multitude of deserters, transport care, and lorries and ambulances racing east. This -man was arrested, and was proved to be a German spy. The British sections at Korawa fought gallantly in covering tlio retreat. General Selivachof, commanding the Seventh Army, states that they delayed tho Germans l'or twenty hours, fought a series of rearguard actions, and lost many cars. Somo Tiad to bo abandoned because deserters swaTmed on board. Mr. Wilton adds: "General Korniloff is executing deserters wholesale."—"Tho Times." SPIRIT OF RESISTANCE GROWING IN THE RANKS CHANGE OF TEMPER IN THE RETREATING TROOPS. (Eec. July 30, 8.25 p.m.) London, July 2!). Tho "Daily Telegraph's" correspondent at Petrograd reports signs of a chango in the temper of tho retreating troops. The panic is beginning to subside, and a sense of shame is rising. Units that were recently in headlong flight are entrenching and preparing to resist. Thero is every prospect of the satisfactory formation of a National Ministry.—Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn. POWERFUL SPEECH BY M. KERENSKY "THE ARMY WILL OBEY ITS WAR. MINISTER." Petronrad, July 29. The united sitting of tho Executive- Committees of the Workmen and Soldiers' and Peasants' Deputies has concluded. Tho Socialist Ministers made a report for tho first time since tho war. M. Kerensky in a powerful speech s aid:—"Lot nobody imagine that the blow on our front will have tho 'effect of moving Russia back an inch. The Army will obey its War Minister. AVe must concentrato our defenco by reestablishing tho Army's morale and strength, and also safeguard the groat revolutionary conquests." Ho solemnly declared that any attempt to restore tho monarchical rngimo would bo firmly and mercilessly suppressed. A wavo of depression is overwhelming tho people owing to tho continual retreat, but there nro distinctivo indications tliat tho tide has turned. The Moscow Conforonco has boon postponed until 11. Koronelcr supplements tho llinis-try.-A-iiR.-N.iJ. Cablo Assn. THE FUGITIVE LENIN. Petrograd, July 29. It is reported that Lenin has evaded arrest nnd has reached Stockholm. He hid on a vessel at Kronsj-adt during tho disorders, disguised as a sailor.—lns.N.Z. Cable Assn. THE SWEEP OF THE DEMOCRATIC BROOM. (lice. July 30, 3.20 p.m.) Petronrad, July 29. "ho Minister cf Justice ie drafting a ln*r abolishing class privileges, bureaucratic grades, and civil decorations.—Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn.