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THE WESTERN front. THE OPERATIONS IN FLANDERS.
THE RUSSIAN RETREAT. SIXTY MILES. IN TEN DAYS. HOW BRITISH ARMOURED LARS DAMMED THE PANIC.
Loxos, July 30, The Paris Correspondent of Za Liberte, in Flanders,
states that after a brief lul) thị cannonude again started on Saturday morning, most furiously, and swelleik, nt ten in the rules in ten days against the Rus- evening, to ar appalling rear, shuk sians.
Loxnos, July 30,
The Germans have advanced 80.
Describing the Russian retreat, the
ing the ground thirty miles distan?. It was the British batteries that Times Correspondent at the South- begnu and the thema batteries Western Hedquarters, telegraphing replied more frebly.
on July 26, says that when he joined
British aviatis, nl the time the British Artnoured Cars, on July extensively imbed tine Gezinan com- | 17, nothing was known of the rap munications and attacked the enemy
air squadrons, the litter often con- the Frunt of the Eleventh Andy. The news game on July 23; sisting of 20 or 30 machines.
after which he witnessed some Strange scenes.
A man on horse- luck dashed through Buczacz from where the enemy were 50 miks tunt, shouting" The Genery i behind.
The Tempa quotes a report in the -Fussische. Zeitung which "mentions having greti 40. British observation balloons and that it anticipated Elmtį an infantry battle was bout to begin. The Temps states that if the Gernins expect a Britisli offensive they mn bitterly regret the slutter
was afterwards" arrested, and provect
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The Correspondent res "We fought our way, out througle the inferno with sticks, fists andį
THE BRITISH FRONT..
Losoos, July 30,- Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig
·reports: "There were small patrol encoun-revolvers, as the deserters tried to ters nour Bullecourt and Acheville. storm the burst to the
LATER,
and of the reat and placing the ༨.. Sir Douglas Haig reports:
cars across the four, we dammed the W mailed, last night, the neighbour, ide of the panic. We pruched hood of lombartzyde.
"Prokurof Afteen hours later acut The enemy's artillery is more active feand the British nurses safen They in the neighbourhood of Armentieres, had been saved min the horror
Our aeroplanes bombed an aerodrome) which subsiquently occurred at- aut two important railway statione nad Podinjace, by the Britishy sectiona an ammunition depot on Saturday who, Kozown and Todhajee, night, cuning fires and explosions.
when ገ
fought gallantly to cover the Rivadar: Bombing operations continge retrent, hokling up the German Yesterday there was great aerial divanes for 20 hours, 17 Retivity until 10 o'clock in the morning | The cars fought a series of rear- thunderstorm prevented guard actions on July 22 and ther further Hying. Many English acroplanes following days, between Buczaez, and were caught in the storm and four have Trembow. When the Correspon not gjeturi,
dent left the cars on July 25 their lowes were twelve wounded.
We brought down four enemy aeroplanes and drove down two.
Six of ours are missing, four of them being caught in the storm.
GERMAN REFORT.
LONDON, July 30.
A German official message, trans quitter by wireless, states that the artillery activity has lessened on the Flanders front.
다
and three cars lost." Owing to the defection of the infantry, several were abandoned to the swarming deserters. The Eleventh Anay is now improving while the Eightr Army is retreating in fair order.
was the abandonment of the im pregible positions on the breth and the desertion of three Brigades
A French sttnek at Chemins-des-and the Guards defending Tarnopol Dapres, with at least three freshut imperilled the Eleventh Army. Divisione, ou a nine kilometre front, failed!
'General Korniloff is now executing deserters wholesale.
"Attick to the south of Ailken failed..
Ten aeroplanes were brought down.
A YEAR'S RESULTS.
BRITISH AND FRENCH PROGRESS.
THE RUSSIAN FRONT.
SOME STUBBORN FIGHTING.
LONDON, July 310
A Russian official message, transmitted by wireless, states:-
To the South of Husiatin, we repulsed LONDON, July 21. Reuter's Correspondent at French an attempt to cross the Brac River, Headquarters, summarising the We repulsed the enemy, after a stubborn events on the Western Front since battle, near Zalismick. The enemy, the Somme battle in July 1916, persistently attacking, lightly pressed shows tint the British and French lie and Stecove. The enemy com- us back in the regions of Zvinez
have taken 170,000 prisoners, of whom 3,500 are officers. They have pelled us to retire in the Carpathians to
the region of Kameral in Moldava. also captured 949 guns, -780 trench
The Domy pressed us back after mortura, 2,500 machine-guns fight lasting all day, towards Myiotzs have forged the enemy to abandon
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The "relative superiority of the British and French Armies has steadily increased and recent com bats show that the French morale is as high, and the fighting spirit is as koen, as ever.
SWISS LOAN TO GERMANY.
BERNE, July 80. Switzerland has decided to make Germany substantial doon as the only means Racuring pool, which
is becoming more acute
A Zeppelin dropped, 20 large bowl on Oeland Island, in the Baltic Ses and enemy bydroplanes dropped born be, without success, on the falands of Torel and Arensburg in the Gulf of Rig
GERMAN REPORT.
LONDON, July 80 The official German report says Despite the Buss rebance, gained ground between the and Prutl and elsewhere.
We have taken Eevarn prisoners, to the north of Focsan
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