The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-03
HCSsIA PLANS FOR
TITANIC CoME-nACk

Tendon. Aug. 2.-Russia. while her
armies are stll retreatins. is laying
her plans for a new offensive one
ri ite objects is ia prevent the diver
sion Of Teuton troops TO Flanders This
10 the sense OF dispatches from Pet-
fograd today. The strong hand is be
ing taken with the Russian army,
which though retreating. already is
TsgAining it's lost discipline and IS Of
1ertn1 at many points stubborn resis-
y lance in the form Of rear guard ac-
tions.
THE government intends hrin gins
10 . successful end the task Of fStah-
1ishins an administration capable Of
meeting all dangers and guiding the
\ 0Ountry in the path OF revolutionary
reeenerAtion .
Russia will not suffer herself to
- deferred by any difficulty in car
contfnue the war TO a hnal triumph.
0rusilcn in Chief Command.
This statement contained in Petro-
9rad dispatches quoting Foreign Min
\ lister Terestchenko explains the reor-
9Ant1ation Of the army as affected to-
Gay. General l. G. Kornilor. com
mAnder on the southwestern front, sue
eseds General Alexis BrusiloT as COM
{ mander in -chief of the Russian armies.
Xofnilon was the man who demanded
1 ana got the restoration Of the death
penalty ~ the only means OF putting
down treason and desertion within his
ranks He took hrmer stand than
BruAilon ever did when the army was
u threatened with disintegration.
Bfuttlon Is out. He has resigned
korniloffs place on the southwestern
front 10 taken by General Tchereris-
son, commander of the eighth army,
another stern discinlinarian, while the
Cossack General vassilkovski becomes
comma nder at Petrograd
Retreat Even In Riga section.
These changes come simultaneous
with = retreat by the Russians In
a the Riga region, the Ikskull bridge
head, hfteen miles below Riga, havin x
been given up. and further retreats
both north and south OF the Dneister
y Only In the Moldsvia reEion--where
Russians and Rumanians are fighting
ride by s!de--have the Russians held
their own or made gains Here they
pressed the Austrisns further back. all
though losing ground In the Putna
valley.
Csefnowitx. Kimpoluns are doomed.
according TO all Indications. while all
n other points OF the .Gal!ci an -Car pa :
t1iAns front the Russians arc backed
aRainst their own frontier Between
i the frontier line and the Dne!ster the
Russians abandoned positions north
west OF Kholin. while they also re-.
tired between the Dneister and the
pruth. But in these Withdrawals there
was none OF the disorEanized panic Of
\ TWO wAeks ago. The movement was
orderly and was part of general
plan.
The Russian withdrawal in the Riga
4 occfor 10 unexplained. The troops here
had hot hten seriously disaGected and
the movement was not forced by any
German attack The hridgehead had
BOA held for months and was valiant
~ attended against the German drive
~ Riga of some time ago
SS The var spirit Is resainine It's hcld
n AAfNurhout Russia. according tn Pet.
Z foxrad dispatches. and many new NIL
IL ekary units of volunteers are being
q 4Ofmed. Especially is this the case
q With regiments of women which are
Il new being raised and trained in Tet-
4 fograd. Kien. Moscow and other large
cities Inspired by Vera ButchkareT's
eommAnd OF death, the RUSSIAN worn :
4 11hood is hocking 10 arms and these
Amasons rapidly are developing into
excellent soldiers. Sixty per CEN Of
than are peasant, the other being uni
Il varsity students. daughters OF officialt
and women who have lost husband
md sons in The war.