BIG RUSSIAN RETREAT
STILL GOING BACK. ON A WIDE FRONT. (ADMIRALTY —XEB. WIEBLESS MEB*.] (Received this day at 12.30,a.m.) LONDON, July 27. Russian official.—Eastward of Tornopol we retired from Inder to Gniebdicjmo Gnioza rivers. ' Suporior forces penetrated our positions at Gneiza river, north-east of *Trambowla' and developed to the northeast, and forced our retirement in Trambowla region. Our counter/attacks were ineffective, owing to the low moral and reduced strength of the unitsThe enemy occupied Ja.nov, Budzanov and Zvi'eniagz on th© west bank of the Sereth. . The enemy’s heavies made an intense fixe on the east bank. We have begun to retire eastward of the Sereth. Certain unite continue their voluntary retirement, and others arc devotedly fulfilling their duty. Our retirement between the Sereth and Dneister, and between the Dneister and the Carpathians, continues. We evacuated Nijnieuv and Teumacz. Roumanians and Russians are pressing the retiring enemy westward of Mehitza raver. RETIRED FROM CARPATHIANS. TADMIRALTY— PER WIRELESS PRESS.] LONDON, July 27. German official.—The Russians have given np the Carpathian front as far as KirkUbaba.
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Hokitika Guardian, 28 July 1917, Page 3
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