RUSSIA.

Taranaki Daily News, 6 July 1917, Page 5

RUSSIA.

THE GREAT ADVANCE. A SEVERE STRUGGLE. NEW ERA OF NATIONAL LIFE. London, July 4. The Petrograd correspondent of the Morning Post states that the fighting in (Jalicia has demonstrated that the men at the front are worthy of Russia's great name. Their losses are heavy, but the Russian army holds a world's record for ability to suffer without losing its nvb'tary qualities. The slrusgle is severe soutli-east of Rrze.'.any, in the hilly, wooded, wellwatered area where the Germans ha»ve built special redoubts requiring long hammerings before attacks are possible. The 'Provisional Government announces that all regiments engaged in the offensive will henceforth be known as June 13 regiments (old style date). This date has been memorable for upwards of a century, and the Government hopes to make it a starting post for a new era of national life. The Congress of Workmen's and Soldiers' delegates has addressed a strong message of encouragement to the armies engaged in the offensive. It describes them as organised on a democratic basis after being tempered in the fire of revolution and nohv vigorously struggling for freedom and general peace. The Provisional Government has issued a vigorous aippeal urging all citizens to mass as one man behind the army, which is fighting to safeguard the revolution and Russia's freedom. The Government 'has likewise sent a message to the army and navy. It urges the latter to emulate the army in saving the country from external danger, and to prove that the gift of freedom, which lias regenerated the army, is equally reinvigorating in the navy, inspiring it to new triumphs.