Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-25
REGARDLESS OF BLOOD AND
 AND IRON POLICY
LOSSES VERY HEAVY
Will be Greater Unless the Morale of the Russians Are Soon stiffened- Stanislau Being Evaeuated-SeveraI Towns Taken by Teutons-Russians Firm in Rumania-Freneh Fight BraveIy and Successfully Along the Chemin des Danes.

| | sky that policy of blood and iron" is 1 to be applied without restraint against the seditiouS Russian troops in East Galicia, whose dissatisfaction has made
 null almost all the brilliant gains they had achieved under his personal lead ership early in the month, the Rus sians continue their retirement, virtu- ally peIlmell, before the German and
 AuStro Hungarian armies. From the wooded Carpathians to the region of Tarnopol the forces of General Kornil- off almost everywhere are in disorder ly retreat, hardly anywhere making an attempt to hold back the oncoming enemy.
 Already the losses of the Russians in men killed, wounded or made pris- oner and in guns and stores captured are extremely heavy, and these un- doubtedly will become grea ter unless
 the hoped-for stiffening in the morale of the Russians is realized soon. stanislau Evacuated.
 Stanislau, the principal junction for commercial activities in the crownland of Galicia and an important grain and manufacturing center, is being evacu- sted by the Russians, while Podhaytse, Halicz and other towns have been taken by the Teutons. Tarnopol one
 of the chief tow~s in the crownland. is more seriously menaced th
 it has not alreduy been retaken, by the enemy crossing the river to the south. Russians Frn, in Rumania. Including the hostilities in Galicia. the entire western front from the Baltic virtually to the Black sea is the scene of big operations, but with the Russians standing firmly against the enemy only in the Rumanian theatre. As in Gaicia, the Russians to the north around the region of Dvinsk and Wilma continue to show signs Of dis affection. Although they had attacked and captured German positions along the Dvinsk- Wilma railway, the Russians could not be induced to press their advantage, and retired unhindered by 1 the Germans to their old positions. Ifl | the repulse of attacks with large forces near Krevo, which was recaptured, and south of Smorgon, the Germans cut entire regiments to pieces with their gaHing fire of the infantry and ma | chine guns.
 | French Push Forward.
 The Germans having ceased their | violent infantry attacks against the French troops along the Chemin des | Danes in France, General Petain's s | forces have assumed the initiative and i have taken back from the enemy the
 small advantages gained in the ter
 rain during his weeks of tenacious as- saults. The lost ground on the Cali fornie plateau and the Classmates pla- | teau has all been recaptured and the French, in spite of vicious counter at- | tacks by tried regiments of the Ger
 man crown prince, have even pushed l their line forward at several points in 1 the latter region.
 Fiercest Artillery Battle.
 The artillery battle in northern Bel i gium which has been in progress for 1 some time, has reached an intensity never before experienced. While the | British official communication as yet | has only barely mentioned the fact | that the big guns are hammering away 1 the probability is that General Haie | is preparing for another of his great | drives similar to those made in Arras
 and Lens fronts, which worked great | havoc on the Germans and their po- l sitions and gave the British forces
 bases of important strategic value from | whence to continue their operations
 Germans Cross Sereth.
 The Germans have crossed the Sereth TarnopoD, defeating Russian detach-
 ments. South of the Dniester the Rus | sianS are retiring eastward
 1 After the Russians had occupied the German positions on both sides of the Dvinsk- Wilma railroad. the statement says, entire units returned to theil original trenches without German pressure A number of units refused to obey commands during the battle | The enemy occupied height to the north of Bogush, which the Russians l captured July g, continues the statement. Heroic exertions on the part of the Russian officers were needed to restrain great numbers of the
 men from retreating.
 On the Rumanian front "battalio
 of death" captured 50 prisoners and three machine guns near Domuk. Ar l artillery battle developed the re- | mainder of the front.