The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1917-07-13
RUSSIAN TROOPS
TAKE KALUSZIN
AIS MILESWEEP
Occupy Western Bank of
LOmnica in Spite of Fierce
Resistance.
CHECKED FURTHER SOUTH
Large Number of Austrian
Prisoners Again Reported to
Have Been Bagged.
CHECKED FURTHER SOUTH

LONDON. July 12.-In four days Gen.
kornlloff's Russian army has swept for
ward twenty-five miles. The Russians
yesterday captured the largest town yet
taken in their drive. Kalusz. west of the
Lomnica, which was until last week the
Austrian headquarters in this sector.
Kalusz was captured after fierce bat
tie. in which the losses were heavy on
both sides. The Russian troops advanced
along the high road from Stanislau to
! Dolina, fighting their way out OF the VAL
ley of the Lomnica in spite Of heavy flre
from the Austrian guns on the heights.
Against the most stubborn resistance the
troops OF the republic routed the Teu-
tons and occupied the town, which be-
fore the war had a population of 5000.
Semi-official advices reaching the
Russian War ONCE say that again the
number OF prisoners captured was very
| large. The Russian operations are de-
veloping satisfactorily on the whole
front from the Dniester down to Kalusz,
a distance Of nearly twenty miles.
Held Up Further south.
The Russians have occupied the west
| ern bank OF the Lomnica on practically
all Of that distance. and have pushed
half OF the distance from their starting
point at Stanislau to Dolina. some
twenty-five miles.
| Further south, however, the Russian
advance has been temporarily held UP.
| On the front from Bohorodszany south
to the Carpathian foothills the ad-
! vancing troops have come upon region
| of great difficulty, where roush ground
| and tiny rivulets offer the Teutons every
facility for defence. Here the Russians
have been slowed down, and no progress
| Is announced to-day.
The German War once says the Rus
SLAMS "felt their way toward the Lom-
MICA position" and admits the Russians
have crossed the river IL is thought
here this may mean that the Germans
have prepared position behind the
Lomnica and beyond KalusZ.
On the remainder of the front there
has been considerable activity, accord
ing to Berlin, which reports many all
raids on Russian naval establishments
in the Gulf Of Riga and greater activity
on that part of the front that is neaI
Petrograd. Whether these are sympto
matte Of an attempted German drive
there remains to be seen.
omcIaI Reports.
The official statements follow:
Russian-Yesterday our operations
along the rivers Dniester and Lomnica
continued to develop. After a stubborn
and sanguinary battle the enemy was
forced out OF the town of Kalusz.
which was occupied by us.
To the west of BohorodsZany. on the
Grabovka -Rosolna -Krivicz front, the
enemy, taking advantage OF the ex-
"a N io nj
back our advance.
There were no changes elsewhere on
this front.
German-Near Riga. Smorgon and
Baranovichi the artillery fighting was
again spirited. Near Lutsk and in
the East Galicla fighting area the fir-
ing also reached a point of consider
able intensity at times. On the Ochts-
chara Russian Chasseur troops were
repulsed, as were local enemy attacks
: on the Stokhod.
Between the Dniester and the Car
pathians the Russians. using mixed
, detachments, felt their way toward
the Lomnica position, and near Kalusz
advance troops reached the western
bank of the river
During the last few days our air
souadrons successfully and repeatedly
dropped bombs on the batteries and
, harbors near Zerei and Arensburg. on
, the island OF Oesel CON the Gulf OF
Riaa). Large fires were observed. De-
spite violent firing of hostile batteries
, our airplanes returned safely.
Austrian - Nothing OF importance
took place in Rumania or in the Car
pathians.
South of the Dnlester the Russians
reached our Lomnica position. Near
? Kalusz engagements developed on the
western bank of the river Russian
thrusts north OF the Rovno-Kovel rail-
way line on the Stokhod River were
. ranulRed.