RUSSIA.

Taranaki Daily News, 26 July 1917, Page 5

RUSSIA.

ELEVENTH ARMY COLLAPSING. PROTECTING THE SOUTHERN FLANK. REVERSE MAY 'PROVE A BLESSING, BRITISH ARMOR-ED CARS ASSIST. Received July 26, 12.30 a.m. London, July 25. The iiorning Post's Petrograd' correspondent states that the Eleventh Army is collapsing. It has lost large numbers of prisoners and guns. The extent of front affected covers from thirty to forty miles. Northward of the abandoned, district everything holds tight. In tho south changes are being made to secure the opposed flank. Russia has made good greater breaches than tikis, which is a political, not a righting, failure, and may prove a blessma in disguise. British naval armored cars operated alongside and southwards of the traitorous Eleventh army, and will probably assist to hold the threatened flank, or cover the retreat.

MORE TROUBLE WITH TROOPS ENEMY ADVANCING. SUCCESSFUL RAID OH ROUMANIAN FRONT. A. and N.Z. Cable Assoc, and Reuter. Received July 26, 12.40 a.m. London, July 25. A wireless Russian official message states: South-west of Dvinsk our detachments occupied German positions astride the Dvinsk-Veln. railway, but subsequently the whole units voluntarily returned to their original trenches. A number of units disobeyed their commands. The Twenty-fourth Division acted heroically but lost heavily. The gallantry of the officers is noteworthy. The enemy occupied a. height northward of Bogush, in the direction of Vilna. Officers had the utmost difficulty in restraining great numbers of men from withdrawing to the rear. The enemy crossed the Sereth in the region of Mi* kuliee and occupied Volyama-Zoveckay. The enemy continues his offensive between the' Sereth and the Strypa, and has occupied three villages. We are holding the line Gaivoronka-Monastir-Jiskt, northwest of Buczacz. We are retiring easterly southward of the DaeisT ter. Stanislau is being evacuated. A successful Taid was ma.de on the Domukpatah on the Roumanian front, where torpedoers co-operated. Our artillery bombarded Tircoli, on the Black Sea, and destroyed depots and barracks.

KERENSKY'S DETERMINATION TO SAVE COUNTRY BY BLOOD AND IRON. Petrograd, July 34. Dailv it becomeß more apparent what a great part German bribery played in the revolt. When the occupants of the Fortress of Pctex and Paul yielded they were searched und every man had at least £35. M. Kerensky, interviewed, said that the Government would save Russia toy blood and iron if appeals to reason, honor, and consicence failed. Whatever happened, the pre revolution regime was impossible. The problem of the moment was how to check the retreat and economic disorder, and restore the finances. The situation at the front demanded iieroic measures. He would deal sternly with traitors.

TARNOPOL STORES DESTROYED. Received July 25, 8.10 p.m. Amsterdam, July 24. The Lokal Anseiger'a war correspondent states that stores valued at £1.000.000 were destroyed at Tamopol, which is the main base for the southwestern districts. The city is, still burning. Some units stubbornly resisted. RUSSIANS OPPOSED »Y GERMANS. Rome, July 24. The Galicia offensive is being carried out exclusively by Germans. There is a marked disinclination among the Austrian to weaken the Italian front in order to help the Germans.