The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-25
RUSSIANS BACK TO WHERE THEY
 WERE YEAR AGO
Desperate Efforts Made to Restore Morale of
 Army.

Petrograd, July 25-Rear Admiral Razvozoff has been appointed com mander-in-chief Of all the Russian naval forces in the Baltic.
 The newspapers on Monday an nounced that Rear Admiral Yer dervski. commander of the Baltic fleet has been arrested for conn. nunicating secret government tele- gram to sailors committees. s
 The present line of the southwest ern front is approximately that occu- pied after Gen. BrussiIoff's drive last summer, except before Ranopol, where the enemy succeeded in pushing farther into. Russian territory. The fate of the latter town was virtually decided with the German holding the suburb just across the Sereth river. within easy gun range.
 The Germans chose the junction point of the Seventh and Eleventh armies for beginning their offensive, the first blow being struck between Zboron and Pebski on 20 mile front. Without great effort, as is ad- mttted in the Russian official com munications, they pursued thir ad- vance to the line of the Sereth The Russians were obliged to retire to the right bank and Halicz is seriously threatened, with a prospect of a further retlrement to Jthe original Russian positions east of Stanislau, occupied before Gen. Brussiloffs ad- vance.
 One of the first results has been a general agitation for restoration of the death penalty for insubordina- ton in the army and for reasonable conduct on the part of the agitators. Gen. Kornilof. commander on the southwestern front, has issued orders to all subordinate commanders to open fire on all deserters and troops refusing to obey orders. Premier Kerensky has sanctioned the effort to restore discipline. Many Maxi malists, to whose agitation the de- moralzaton of the troops is directly attributed, have been arrested.
 The Russian women's battalion raised by the twice wounded girl of ficer Vera Butchkareff, was in ac- tion on the front at Krevo yesterday for the first time. They are report ed to have been successful, although the battalion suffered some losses. the extent of which is not yet known. The Novoe Vremya correspondent at the front reports that the women behav- ed in an exemplary way, gaining the respect of the male soldiers. 2 The "comRand of death" is the Of ficial title of the battalion raised by MademoiselIe Butchkareff. It re- gently left for the front after re. view by Minister of War Kerensky Most of the recruits are from the higher educational academies or sec. ondary schools with few peasants factory girls and servants Some married women were accepted, but none that had children. Most o1 them are between IS and 25 wears Q, age and of good physique The, carry the cavalry carbine, which ii five pounds lighter than the regular army rifle. They were drilled under the instruction of a male sergeant of the Kolynsky regiment.
 Copenhagen, July 25-A semi-offi | cial German report describes as 2 1 striking panorama the retreat of the Russian armies in Galicia. Retirins columns stretching to the horizon car plainly be observed from numerou. vantage points. The retreat occasion ally degenerates into full rout. par ticularly under the influence of tn, Austro-Germa field guns which ar, abreast of the infantry vanguards ant dash forward to a hilltop from wher, they pour a demoralizing fire into tn, masses crowded in the roads Addi tional quantities of munitions, provi sions and six heavy guns were can tured. Another report says that aero planes heavily bombarded the station at Monasterzyska and the new roat for the Russian troops south of tn, point from which regular communi
 cation has been severed.