The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1917-08-02
RUSS SHOWS UP GERMAN ATTACK
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sectors the loyal troops have halted
and now are facing the Austro-Ger.
mans and offering resistance a. best
they can with their badly depleted
forces
Although the stands they have
made have ~ yet been unsuccessful
In holding back TO any great extent
the numerically superior Austro-aer-
man armies. they serve TO show that
the spirit Of loyalty IL stiil alive In
many of the men Of General korni-
loff's contingents and that II Is not
thar purpose to surrender further
terrain without q contest
One OF the main attempts OF the
Russians to hold back the enemy has
been on the heights east OF the River
Ibocz, which flows along the border
between Gaiicia and Russia, but de-
spits the resistance offered they have
been compelled by Overwhelming num-
bers to cede ground TO the Austro-
Germans who crossed the stream.
The Teutons also have crossed the
Gehcian front and now are invading
pukowina by way Of the Suchawa val
ley. their Immediate objective being
the town OF Seletyn. while the force
that recently was successful In its
operations against the Russians In the
rsstou Of Kirlibsba has reached the
territory lying to the east OF the up
per Moldava valley.
Roumsrlan Gains.
Notwithstanding the activity OF Ger
man spies who are trying tn create
disafYection In the Roumanisn army.
the Roumanians and Russians night
ing near the northwestern border OF
Roumania continue to press forward
in the Casin and Putns valleys. hav-
ing captured six additional villages
and added materially to the number
OF men made prisoners and guns
taken. Fifty OF the German spies.
disguised as Russian soldiers. are re-
ported to have been caught and shot.
There has been q considerable fall
ing OF In the intensity OF the British
artillery fre on the Flanders front.
due. according to Berlin. to the para
lying influence OF our offensive activ.
ny" Here the Germans are said to
have concentrated the greatest num-
Der OF guns that they ever have
massed on any one sector evidently
In an endeavor to ward on any con-
tenn plated infantry attack by Field
Marshal Hais's forces.
II can OF bs said. however. even
With the diminution In the intensity
OF the British FIRE. that the artillery
duel has fallen much below the stage
of extreme violence.
Aside from the eastern front no
military operations OF Importance arc
in progress. except on the line where
the French are facing the Germans m
the Aisne region Of France. The army
N the crown prince has made several
more Intellectual attempts to surprise
| General Petain's forces here.
BY a minor operation the Canadian
front was advanced In the region east
OF Reservoir hill into the Cite due
Moulin. the only suburb lying between
Reservoir hill and Lens. The losses
of the Canadians were inconsiderable
ana the advance gives them possession
OF a stretch OF dif,cult country extend
ing about 1000 yards north and south.
with a depth easterly from the former
front OF over 400 yards.
In the morning a quantity OF gas
was projected into the enemy's trench
60 between Hnl 10 and Cite 81. lAu-
rena.
Heavy thunderstorms have inter
ferred with the progress Of trench
destruction by our artillery.