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Republican A. p. Leased Wire] Russias armies have broken the Austro- German line in the HalicZ- ;tanislau sector, one of the most i'm portant in the eastern front, and the Russian advance continues.
 The Austro- German forces already have withdrawn beyond the Lomnica river, about ten miles west of Jezupol. which was occupied by the Russians under General Korniloff. The Russians have taken four more villigaes and in creased their captures of prisoners more than one thousand Seven more field guns and other war material also fell into Russian hands.
 West of Stanislau toward Kalusz and Dolina the Russians have pene- trated the Teutonic lines to d depth of nearly seven miles, and between Stan islau and HalicZ they have Widened their wedge.
 In their retirement, apparently made hastily from the large amount of guns and military stores captured by the Russians, the Austro-G Germans failed to make a stand at two rivers. the Lukovitza and the Luvka. It is prob able they may entrench on the west bank of the Lomnica
 A stand west of the Lomnica, how ever, hardly will prevent the forced evacuation of Halicz, the strategic key to Lemberg, as the Russians are within 1 less than eight miles of Halicz on three sides and only one avenue of retreat | toward Lemberg is left open that be- tween the Dniester and the Lipiza riv- CTS. The evacuation of HalicZ would ! make retreat from the Brzezany- | Zlochoff- -Brody line by the Austro Ger ! mans almost a necessity.
 | Meanwhile the Russian artillery is 1 hammering the enemy lines south of 1 Brzezany and north of the Pripet
 marshes near Riga, Dvinsk and Smor-
 gon, the fighting activity has in- | creased.
 On the western front along the Chemin des Danes the French have repulsed more attacks by troops of the German crown prince. The French also l threw back strong attack near Hur-
 tebise. in Champagne.
 A vigorous artillery duel is in pro- gress between the British and Germans 1 in Flanders. The German artillery fire
 also has been intense along the Bel gian front. Tn Flanders. near the French border. the British have ad-
 vanced their line east of Oosttaverne.
 The Germans cannot declare their
 terms of peace and must fight and 1 z, l the imperial chancellor is reported to have told members of the reichstag. | Peace without annexation is not looked
 upon with favor by the German gov ! ernment, the chancellor is reported to have said, adding: "I am sure we can
 win if we hold out
 l The tension of the political situation | in Berlin is still intense. The imperial
 chancellor, one report says, will re-
 tain his portfolio, but German paper says he has promised the resignations of Foreign Minister Zimmerman and
 Vice Chancellor Helfferich Change
 in the Prussian cabinet are expected. | LONDON. July 1O-Halicz, the strategic key to Lemberg, capital of lGalicia, has been captured by the Rus
 sians, says dispatch from Reuters Petrograd correspondent.
 Halicz. 63 miles southeast of Lem berg on the Dniester river, is an i'm
 portant railroad junction and the most
 important key to the Galician capital
 It is IS miles north of Stanislau anG
 about miles north of Jezupol, cap-
 tured by the Russians under Genera
 kornlioof pn Sunday. The falf o
 Halicz was presaged by the success! of the Russians in breaking the Aus ltro German line between that town ant
 Stanislau and in driving the Austro Germans to the Lomnica river, whici
 enters the Dniester a short distanc, Iabove HalicZ.
 HalicZ was the center of much heav, fighting last Augusta and Septembe
 and the Russians had captured Buko
 wina and were attempting to reacl
 Lemberg. Stanislau was captured b,
 the Russians in August, but they faile,
 to take Halicz after engaging in fur ious battles at Mariampol and Monas
 terzyska and forcing the Austro Ger
 mans to retire between the Zlota- Lip; and the Dniester. In September Halle was bombarded by the Russians artil z Continued on Page Two)