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THE REGION OF THE RUSSIAN ADVANCE.
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LONDON, July 10. A Russian official message, re ceived by wireless, says:
PETROGRAD, July 10 Generul Komiloft's cavalry, wille Cossacks is following up Genztaf. Kirben's retiring army to the soutir of Halicz and has forced the river Lukovetzü, rucning parallel with thứ Genen Komiloff's offersive con river, Lakva. The western bank of times Despite energetic resistance the Lukva dominates the wooded and stubborn counter-attacks, we eastern bank, but it is considered have captured further villages, over, unlikely that the demoralised enemy i will be able to concentrate sufficient 1,000 prisoners and a great quantity of war material.
troops to prevent the Russian pus General Komiloff continued bis age of the river and the continu- offensive in the direction of Dolin. ance of the advance in the directions Sanguinary battles occurred on the of Dolina and the co-operation of the roads towards Huliez and ako in the Seventh and Eleventh Armies north
wards of Halicz with the Eightli région of the villages of Hucisku, Packkov and Pavelce.
southwards, which have so far beeny
J
Bayonet fighting at Pavelce re:Co-operating like clock-work. sulted in the enemy's complete
rout.
ENEMY'S FORCES DIVIDED The Retch, in a military article.
Victorov, Mawdan, Hudaka and Eighth Army separates Chenen; I Pacykov and reached the village of Bothmer's Army from Generat Bukovica. The enemy retreated to Kirbech Third Austrian Amy which were in contact betwren Habez and Stanislau
We occupied, the villages of! points out that the success of the
the river Lomnica.“
Such was the conduct and daring of our troops in today's offensive that they penetrated to depths of ten versin.
We captured seven guna Monday.
on
OPERATIONS DESCRIBED.
PETROGRAD, July 10. The operations on the Bystritza River, Christing Cereal Komilo's victory covered front of over twenty miles.
The Russian infantry has already advanced seven miles, while the
The writer anticipates the evacua ton of Halicz which is not a fortress comprehensively speaking, but only B strong bridgehead protecting Geners Bothmer's positions from the east and south-east....
GERMAN REPORTE
A German official report, received by wireless on the 10th, stated:
Fighting, activity, bas mercessi near Riga, Drinsk and Smorgon.
The Russians are inactive between tao Strypa and Dnsiper.
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Our thrusting troops captured
The fighting north-west of Stanis lau lias resulted in our withdrawal
The Austro-German front between behind the Lukowica stream? Ye Halion and the Carpathians 16 broken
The Russians in
the neighbour- hood of the Dneister have turned. Halicz from the south and from the south-east and now menace Halicz bridgehead,
HALICZ TAKEN.
PETROGRAD, July 11,
The Russians have taken,Haliez
Petrodri
A further
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Between July 2nd and Joly 8th more
The Genem Kornilo took 14,000 pri soners, 55 guns including 12 heary inter gunt