Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-07-31
KonilOf Will Try as Traitors
All Who Do Not Return to
Colors.
ARE BACK in RUSSIA
Fleeing Troops Have Gone
Back 100 Miles in Center
OF Galician Line.

Having retreated a distance of APP
proximately 100 miles from where
Kerensky, the iron man of Russia,
carried them in bis personally con-
Quoted drive early in the present
month, the Russian army on the CEN
ter of line in East Galicia is again on
Russian soil on both sides of Husia-
tyn and is still being followed by the
forces Of the Teutonic allies.
Likewise the arm les to the north
and south continue to fall back before
the enemy, at few points only stand
ing to cffer resistance. Wherever
those of the faithful troops attempt to
give battle they are harrassed by
numerically stronger forces of the
Teutons and compelled to give
ground, receiving no assistance from
their recalcitrant brothers in arms,
whose main effort consists of getting
out of striking distance of the enemy.
So fast has been the retreat of the
Russians toward Bukowina that al
ready an arch-like formation has been
thrown westward OF Czernowitz, the
capital, with the northern end resting
on Woclawie, 25 miles distant and the
southern end to the east of Kuty, on
the western border of the crown land
Evidently the preparations for the
blood and iron" policy of the gov
eminent against the disaffected troops
shortly will be put into full force for
Minister of War Kerensky is on his
way to formulate plans to stay the
retreat and compel the troops to stand
and face the foe as the Russians in the
southern Carpathian region are doing.
Down along this latter front the Rus
slams, aided by the Rumanians, con-
tinue to force the Teutonic allies to
cede ground, especially in the upper
Putna valley.
Again the French troops fighting in
the Aisne region Of France have turn
ed in vicious counter attacks against
the army Of the German crown prince,
put down an offensive it had between
Hurtbise and Laboyelle and made
good gains against it all along the
line. ..
Meanwhile although the infantry
operations are on a minor scale con-
sisting mainly of raids by the British,
the great artillery duels which has
been in progress in Flanders for more
than week continues undated.
Simultaneously in the air the fight
ing machines of Great Britain and
Germany are carrying out maneuv-
ers OF proportions never before seen,
with both sides sustaining losses in
shot down or sent hurl ny
out of control.
AS an indication of the intensity of
these aerial combats thirty German
airplanes were accounted for in the
latest fighting, in addition to two OBJ
servation balloons which were shot
down in flames.
The British war Office admits that
10 of the Royal Air squadron failed to
'eturn to their bases. The German
war office asserts, however, that So
British planes were shot down.
On Friday and Saturday nights,
herman airmen attempted to bomb
Paris. In the first attacks three surb-
Urban sections were reached and
'ombs dropped which caused the in
ury OF several persons.
The attempt of Saturday was en-
rely futile, the raiders not even
eaching the environs of the capital
icing sent scurrying by the watchful
french airmen. One German aviator,
lespite its distinguishing marks, drop
'ed four bombs on Red Cruss hos
'ital near the fighting front, killing
wo doctors, a chemist, a male nurse
nd iniuring few other persons, in
luding patients.