Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-12
.LEMBERG new GOAL
BEF ORE RUSSIANS
They Push Forward From Halicz,
Forcing Enemy to Continue
Their Retreat.
MORE MEN AND GUNS TAKEN
British and Germans Again in
Fierce Conflict Along
the User.
tBy Associated Press.1

1dNlnB broken inc strong AuetrO-
German line in the vicinity OF Halicz.
the Russians are pushing forward from
Halicz toward LemberE, the capital Of
Galicia, and from Stanislau. south OF
HalicZ, westward toward the line Of
the Dniestcr.
After the capture ot Halicz. on the
front from Halicz to Zolotvin, about
thirty miles to the south, General kor-
nilor forced the Austro-German forces
TO continue their retreat. In their ad-
vance from Halicz. the Russians forced
the fleeing enemy across the Lomnica.
and occupied two towns on the west
ern bank OF the river. The next ma
tural barrier is the River Stoka. about
six miles west OF the Lomnica.
South and west of Stantslau. the
Russians have reached the Posiecz-
Lesiuvka- -Karmacz line. tho central
point of Observation-Disclosures four
miles west Of the River BysTitza. This
line is about seven miles east of Ka-
iusz. the nearest large town west OF
Stanislau. and which is situated in
bend OF the Stoka River The ex-
tension Of the Russian fighting line to
ZolotVin brings the battle-ground into
the foothills of the Carpathians.
BERLIN GIVES NO DETAILS
OF TUESDAYS FIGHTING
On Tuesday, the Russians captured
1900 more prisoners and thirty cuns.
bringing their total captured from JULY
to 10 to more than 10000 officers
and men. and eighty guns A large
amount of machine guns and war ma
terial also was taken Berlin gives
no details OF Tuesdays fighting in Ga
hcia, merely saying: Movements south
or the Dniester have been executed
until now as planned"
On the Belgium coast, east OF Dun
kirk. the British and Germans are
nghting again along the User the
scene of many hard-f,.ught battles. Rv
destroying the bridges across the User
between Nieuport and tho North Sea
coast, the Germans were able 10 AID .
vance and occupy the isolated sec.
tlon. Berlin claims the capture NJ
l,@oo prisoners in the penetration OF
oVo Saros along front Of l,i0O wards.
rurther inland. near Lombaertzzyde
Inc Germans did not have as much
success. After gaining some advanced
posi'iohs' the British threw the at
hackers back to their own lineu Nv :.
counterattack
whether the German effort Is an.
otner attempt to reach Dunkirk or
Gaiais. or is merely stroke to on
set probable British Offensive h,.
not developed
There have been no serious att.u,,,
ny the Germans to break through the
British front in Belgium since tbei,
Two campaigns for Calais in the earIv
months of the war. The first was
checked along the Belgian front bv III.
combined British and Belgian defense
aided by the participation of Rrttish
warships along the coast. In the sec-
ond battle Of Ypres, in the fall of 1917
the Germans sacrificed thousands of
men in a terrific drive, but failed to
effect penetration
BATTLE IN BELGIIy
STILL IN PROGRESS
Reports from London indicate that
the battle in Belgium is still in prog
ress. The sounds Of heavy firing, heard
In England all day Tuesday, were again
heard yesterday, beginning at dawn.
on the French front in Northern
france an attack was made by the
Germans In the Woevre district near
Fiery. They were elected from a por-
ton of the trench in which they tenn
porarily gained a footing
British naval air forces attacked the
Turko-German fleet lying off Constan-
tihopie on Monday night. and obtained
hlts on the Turkish cruiser Sultan
Sel'm, formerly the German cruiser
Goeben, and other hostile warships
nearby causing explosions and fires
on board.