The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-07-19
RUSSIANS START
| A TITANIC DRIVE;
SEIZE $4,000 men
Foe Is Pushed Back Along the
Entire Line.
FURIOUS FIGHT IN PROGRESS
Troops Are Moved From Italian and
French Fronts to Counter korni-
loff--Austrians Flee Toward
Carpathian Mountains.

| CDOSIdu, July nc iNuoSioho
captured 16 officers and 900 Austro-
Germans In the battle in eastern Cali
cia. says the official, statement issued
by the Russian war department. The
Russians also took q number of ma
chine guns.
From July / to July 10, the state
tn, mt says, 1874 officers and; $4,000 men
were captured by the Russians. Cen
ei;d BrussiIdfrs forces also captured
g. heavy and light guns, % trench
mcrtars, 403 machine guns, 43 mine
ulipwers, 10 bomb mortars, three fire
tlowers, two airplanes and much
equipment.
The Russians drove the Austrians
OFT of the village of Lodziany, in the
Lnmnica river region, and retained
possession of the eastern end of the
town. Northeast of Kalusz the Ger
mans began an attack. The Russians
threw them back.
Battle on Whole Front.
Washington, July 1.-THE whole
n ,ssian front from the Gulf of Riga
10 Roumania is reported in official dis
p%tches from Petrograd to the Rus
sian embassy here to be alive with
battle. The Germans are said to be
pushing up troops from the Italian and
French fronts and to be entirely rear
Ranging their positions.
On. the northern front near Riga,
Gt rman re-enforcements are rushing
hp by sea transport. On the Lemberg
front the troops are being shifted
back and forth by means of heavy au-
foipobiles In. an attempt to Srevent
further advances by General Korniloff
On the southern front in the Carpathi-
ans, the Austrians are said to be in
Enll flight. 5
The German reinforcement of the
1;iga front by transport is understood
here to be for German counter-of-
1enSive as a diversion to the severe
ptussian attacks farther south. This
BIAS been long threatened and 1t Is
Thought now that General Won MOedre,
IN command there, has been given or
hGrs TO so ahead.
Russian Fleet In Good Condition.
Dispatches report that the Russian
Baltic fleet is in splendid condition
and capable of meeting any naval of
fenSive in that quarter. NJ. OnipkO,
forner deputy of the first duma, the
coinmissaire of the feet, has just made
b long report to Minister Kerensky,
saying that the ships are in excellent
condition, the men enthusiastic for nc
hCn and the big forts well equipped.
ON the Lemberg front, the left flank
of the Austro-German army defending
that city, Is stated to be seriously
Threatened, with the result that the
enemy Is rushing men back and forth
in heavy automobiles in order TO sup
port the weakened wing General
Korniloff, in taking the town of Kalusz,
made very serious strategical threat
against the whole opposing German
forces, and the question remains us to
whether he may not complete it with
serious results to the Germans.
Austrians Flee in Panic.
On the Carpathlan front the Austri-
ans are said to be Fleeing in panic"
stopping only where occasional steep
hills give them rest. General Tros-
dansky, In command of the Russians
there, is. said to be pressing vigorously
forward on the heels of the retreating
foe and to be overcoming the rear
guards left among the natural barriers.
O her dispatches tell of new rules of
army discipline about to be issued by
Minister Kerensky. They will be very
brief and will lay stress on the equal
responsibility of officers and men.
General Gutchkoff, the former min
lister of war, who resigned as protest
against the interference of the sol
diers and workmen's council in strict
ly military affairs, is said to have en-
listed in the new volunteer division.
He Is sixty years old. has been one of
the most powerful men of Russia and
is credited largely with the immense
efforts made to mobilize Russia's
strength in the face of the lethargy of
the old regime.