Arizona republican., 1917-07-26
ACTUAL ENTRY OF WOMEN INTO
 BATTLE FAILS TO STIMULATE THE
 RECALCITRANT RUSSIAN ARMIES
Republican A. p. Leased Wire1

Even the actual entry of women soldiers into the battle on the eastern front has been insufficient to imbue the ranks of the recalcitrant Russians with patriotism. They still are desert ing in large numbers in Galicia, leaving a very free road open for fresh ad vances by the Germans and Austro- Hungarians.
 From the Baltic to the Black sea only at one point along the line-in the southern Carpathians-have the Rus sians risen to the occasion and shown some of their old fighting spirit. Here, fighting shoulder to shoulder with their Rumanlan allies, they have attacked and captured several villages from the Germans and broken the heavily fOrti- fled Teuton line on a wide front.
 In Galicia, the precipitate retreat of the Russians continue almost every where from the Cai'pathian foothills to the region around Tarnopol the gov ernment apparently not yet having had time to put in force it's strong repres- sive measures which M. kerensky. the head of the government, has promised to apply in order to stay the retreat. Nadvarona, in the fringe of the foot hills, Stanislau and Tarnopol, and numerous smaller towns have been
 
 preaching the important railroad june tion of Buczacz, which lies some 30 miles east of Halicz. The German em- peror was an observer of the battle on the Sereth front and saw his men put down the only effort of moment that was made to hold them pack-an attack by the Russians between Tarnopol and TremboWla.
 Since the penetration of the German lines on a wide front near KreVo in which the command of death" com posed of women, took a notable part despite which large numbers of the Russians ignominously retreated to their old positions without even the vestige of harassment by the enemy, the Russians have not stirred from their trenches to face the foe.
 The hostilities on the A;sne front which for weeks the Germans have wasted men by the thousands in inef- fectual attempts to break through Gen eral Petains front, have ceased and only artillery duels now are in progress. Early Wednesday morning witnessed one of the last attempts of the crown prince to gain his objective. This was on the Californie platetu, where an at tack was repulsed. The Germans have been successful in winning 200 yards of trencneS rom the BrNlSh east of MOnchy- LePreuX, which they had hombarded violently for several days past. In the capture of position the enemy again used liquid fire. Along the front in northern Belgium the heavy artillery duel continues but as yet there has been no sign of either the British or the Germans starting an infantry attack. British airmen have bombarded and caused severe damage to the Ger man submarine base at Zeebrugge and also to the town of Bruges.
 German submarines mines last week were responsible for the sinking Of 21 merchant vessels of more than 1,600 tons each and three of less than 1,6e0 tons. In addition a submarine has sunk the British merchant cruiser Otway with the loss of ten men killed, while a German report says a Teutonic U-boat has accounted for a British un- derWater craft.