RUSSIA.

Taranaki Daily News, 27 July 1917, Page 5

RUSSIA.

ROUT OF THE 11th ARMY. HUMILIATION AND FURY. TERRIBLE SHOCK IN PETROGRAJ). London, July 2,">. Ihe Pehograd correspondent of the Daily Telegraph telegraphed on Tuesday that the details of the disgraceful rout of the 11th Army had impressed Petrognu! with unspeakable humiliation and fury. The public only learned of the catastrophe in the afternoon papers. The slioek was terrible, and the strongest means are demanded to remove the causes of the disaster.

Ministers are now described as a Government for saving the revolution and have unlimited powers, though Socialist Ministers are bound to report to the executive of the Council at lca.st twice weekly. The vacant seats in the Ministry have been fdled .with non-Socialists, and the Government is now composed of five .Socialists and five non-Socialists, including MM. Xekrasoif, Teresehcnko. Vlauimirolofl", and fiodnefl'. The death penalty has been reestablished in the annv.

M. Kerensky is returning from the front.

A Russian wireless mesage says the commissionaires with the Russian armies on the south-western front havo sent a to the Prime Minister and War Minister pointing out that capital pun-i.-.liment of traitors and deserters is neto restoro discipline in the armies.

The 7th Army initiated the example of flight, and the Bth Army, which took Halkv. and Kalusx, was forced to retreat, as its right flank was exposed because the cowards and faint-hearted fled. The 'British armored cars with the Russian forces in Oalicia did remarkable work. The crews, for a fortnight before, had been manning gun positions in Koumania. The cars protected the flanks of the division to which they were attached, and .supported the infantry attacks against the enemy trenches, going out eight times during a single, morning. ' The British took over critical machinegun and trench-mortar ■positions, and repaired a road under heavy fire. A German official report says: The Russians have refrained from're-attack-ing and our advance is not interrupted. The Kaiser watched the troops repulse a strong Russian attack between Tarnopo! and Trembovla. We assaulted, capturing the heights on the east bank of the Sereth. We have captured Tornopol and are Hearing Buezacz. We have also captured Stnnislau and Xadworna. The Russians penetrated our lines in the Snsita valley, but were immediately brought to a standstill. Petrograd, July 25.

The Government lias appointed a representative Commission to inquire into Lhc recent disorders.

DRASTIC USE OF STEEL. TO CUT OUT THE CANCER, Received July 20, 1.10 p.m. London, July 2/5. The Morning Post's Petrograd correspondent states that directly General Kornilolf assumed the command of the south-western front, he saw what was the condition of the Eleventh Army, and urgently applied to the Provincial Government for sanction to mete out to soldiers punishment for misconduct. Geni ral Korniioll' is now in a position to turn machine-guns upon the traitors. Drastic use of steel will cut out the cancer on the fighting front. The breach in the front is nothing like so formidable as the earlier German successes in the north and south-western front. The armies are PxceptioiAilly well provided with the indispensable adjuncts of warfare, and does not depend upon Petrograd for material.

HEROISM OF PETROVSKY BRIGADE. GERMANS CROSS THE SERETH. RUSSIAN RETIREMENT CONTINUES A. and N.Z. Cable Assoc, and Reuter. Received July 26, O.fiO p.m. London, July 20. A tireless Russian olfieial report says: Northward of Krevo our detachments, who were occupying enemy trenches, retired owing to powerful l artillerying. The Guards corps, with the exception of the Pctrovsky Brigade, voluntarily retired at Tarnopol. The Petrovsky's are faithfully battling south-eastward of the town. The enemy has crossed the Sereth, it nd is driving hack the Russians to the Smykovee river at the GneiznaTremhola line. We ottered great oppo.■ition ea.-ilward of Myszkoviee. The Gorniaiis continued (lie offensive between the Sm-etli and Strypa. Three .divisions north-west of Romanoff retreated to the rearv.ard. The Germans forced onr retirement in the region of Olesha, despite the gallantry of one infantry division and two cyclist battalions, southward of the Dneister as far as the Carpathians. Our retirement continues, and we are engaging in rearguard actions. There was stubborn bayonet fighting in Ihe streets of Stanislau. The inhabitants from (he balconies and windows threw hand grenades oil our departing troops.

WOMEN IN ACTION. A FINK EXAMPLE TO THE TROOPS. THE RETRF'T FROM TARNOPOL. Received July 20, R.3ft p.m. Petrograd, July 25. During the heavy fitrlitin\; at the front to-da>. a. battalion of women volunteers went into action, setting a fine example to the troops. The Cossacks held up the enemy for many hours before Tarnopol, thus facilitating the removal of stores and the destruction of bridges and depots. After the fall of Tarnopol the Germans attacked in a south -easterly direction with a view to surrounding the Seventh and Eighth Divisions, whicii still remained in advanced positions. This necessitated the withdrawal of the risht wing on the Brzezany front. The Russian reserve is now stiffening the Stryps- and Sereth dc foacefc