Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-07-27
Pending Inauguration of Blood
and Iron Policy S|av Armies
Are Retreating Before VIC
torious Enemy,
MANY IMPORTANT
i POSITIONS ARE LOST
Vicious German Thrust at
French Line Nets Few Yards
of First Line Trenches at
Heavy Cost,


The Russian governments policy Of
along lines which bode i'll for the
seditious troops along the eastern
front and those persons within the
country who are trying to nullify the
good work that has followed in the
wake of the revolution.
Capital punishment, abolished with
the advent of the new government
again has been put into force on the
demand of the military commanders
at the front, who now will be able to
assemble field courts martial and put
to death summarily traitors in the
army.
Turns Guns on Cowards.
General Korniloff commander of
the forces in Gallcfa, whose disaffec-
ton and desertions have wrought
havoc in the Russian morale, is re-
ported to have taken the drastic step
of having a division of fleeing cow
ards of the Eleventh army cut to
pieces by their faithful former broth
ers in arms. Meanwhile, pending the
tightening of the reins of repression,
the Russian troops everywhere in
Galicia, from the region around Tar
nopol southward to the southwestern
Bukowina border are continuing to
give way. with relatively little fight
ing before the Germans and Austro-
Hungarians. The important towns
of Buezaez. Tlumacz, ettynia and
Delatyn have been captured by the
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have been driven from the Tartar
pass in the Carpathians and their po-
sitions in the kirlibaba sector to the
southeast.
Opens Bukowina to TeutOns.
The withdrawal of the Russians in
the latter regions apparently paves
the way for the Teutons to re-enter
Bukowina. Berlin reports the Ger
mans debouching from the Tartar
pass and to be headed in the direc-
ton of Czernowitz, capital of Buko-
wilma.
In addition to preaching the Ger
man lines south of the Carpathians,
the Russians and Rumanians made
large captures of men and guns The
Rumanians took more than 1000
prisoners, thirty-three guns, seventeen
machine guns and other war equip
ment, while the Russians took ap-
proximately the same number OF pris-
oners and twenty-four guns.
Russians Retreat.
In the north around Krevo, the
Germans have been enabled to recap
ture the greater part of the territory
taken from them early in the week,
compelling the Russians under a
heavy artillery fire to fall back.
Again the Germans have made a
vicious thrust at the French line In
the Aisne region of France, and again
they have paid dearly in men killed
or wounded for slight gain. The at
tack was delivered over a front Of
two miles, from Hurtebise to La
bovelle, but only TO the south of Allies
was the crown princes army able to
penetrate French first line trenches.
In Champagne the French have cap
tured German trenches.
Over forty-mile front from the
coast in Flanders to the river Lys, the
terrific artillery duel between the
British and Germans continues.
The Germans are said to be suffer.
ing from nerves and are raining
shells on every point along the Brit
ish front where movements outside
the usual routine are observed. The
Lens sector, Armentieres and other
places recently have been shelled.
Two German vessels have been
sunk in the North sea by destroyers
and two others captured and taken
into an English port.