The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-07-19
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FRONT MOVES n
GREAT O I / |: N5|V[
Cossacks Dash Through Ger
man-Austro Lines and Take
Town of DoIina as Bat
tie Activity Grows.
Won Hindenburg BUSHES Troops
From the French and Italian
Fronts to Stop slays, Who
Take 8 $4,000 Prisoners,
AUSTRIANS ARERETREATlNG

Take $500 Prisoners,
Washington, July 1.-THE whole
Russian front from the gulf of Riga to
Rumania is reported in official dis
patches today from Petrograd to the
Russian embassy here, to be alive with
battle. The Germans are said to be
rushing up troops from the Italian and
French fronts and to be entirely re-
arranging their positions.
On the northern front near Riga.
! German reenforcements are rushing up
by sea transports. On the Lemberg
front troops are being shifted back and
forth by means of heavy automobiles
in an attempt to prevent further adj
vances by General Korniloff. On the
southern front in the Carpathians the
Austrians are said to be in full flight.
Petrograd, July 17.-The Russians
yesterday captured 16 officers and 800
Austro-Germans in the battle in east
ern Galicia, the war department an
n today. The Russians also took
a number of machine guns.
$500 Captured by Russ.
From July.1 to July IS. the state
ment adds, S34 officers and 8 $500 men
were captured by the Russians. Gem
eral Brussiloff's forces also captured 90
heavy and light guns, 2S trench NOR
tars, 400 machine guns 40 mine throw
ers, as bomb mortars, three fire throw
ers. two airplanes and much equipment.
The Russians drove the, Austrians. out
OF the village of Lodziany in the Lom-
MICA river region and retained possession
of the eastern end of the town. North
east of Kalusz the Germans began an
attack this morning. The Russians
threw them back.
Although the movement of the Rus
sian infantry engaged in General
Korniloffs big, offensive in eastern Ga
licia is being hampered by bad weather
the Cossacks have apparently been able
TO keep up their dashing tactics. This
IS indicated by report from Petrograd
through Rome today that the@town Of
Doflna mas been occupied by Russian
forces.
Indicates 3o-MiIe Gain.
u TINS announcement proves accurate
~ means an advance Of more than 80
miles for the Russians since the opening
OF the drive south of the Dniester. a
week ago. The official reports have
placed them nearly two-thirds of this
Instance from their starting point ait
halus4, taken by Kornilofr's troops last
week IS some 20 miles from Stanislau.
when virtually Wa their place OF de-
| parture.
AT eKalnszsfhe Russians were estab-
llshed onstthe westerly bank of the
iLomnlca, Whence the Austrians had not
been able to drive. them, although heavy
attacks had been launched in the al
tempt. The route thence to Dolina lies
aiong the Stanislau-Stryj railway line.
An advance here means Considerable
progress In the movement now under
way l~nIendedato throw General Won
Boehmy Ersmlollfs army. back against the
Garpathfans. The Rome reports declare
this already has been cconnplishedZ
The hard fighting that has marked
Ine last few days along. the French
Iront a. France sti%llgcontinues.
Last night the Germans made a desper-
ate attempt to retake h observation
posts they lost; when the French on
sunday night took a strongly fortified
posltlon the Vicinity d Mont Haul.
ana 5ne Teton In the Champagne. The
attaching forces were able to make no
IMPRESSION IN the Teton position and
az Mont Haut they recovered only a
narrow footholdson the edge OF the dis.
puted ground.
British Report Raids.
n french, in local operations made
some progress south OF Allies. on tha
lAisne front and repulseds severaI : sHe
lacks near St, Quentin md sonth ~
Corbeny. 49, !.
On b British front only raidine a.
eraIions and artillery and airplane ae-
SANASASS dASS IepOEtGQAS sfSts s4YE6#se5 $s
BRITISH ATTEMPTS FAIL.
Berlin. July T.-Three attamn+.
made by the British yesterday mornins
g recaptnre the positions won bvfths
nerman at Lombaertzyde, on the Rar7
.ssisiiZ S fsnt the war department ~.
Inounced today, were repulsed MI,
peaVy losses to the attackers.
q July 1.-THE o~ccupatior u,
re Russians Of the Galician toWn ~
DoilnaSl as reportedsin a Petrpgrn 4 ais
Ralcn.@ The Austrian army Of genare
BoenmSErmolli Is said to have baan
ihroWn back on the Carpathians.
GERMANssHoLD SMALL GAIN.
Paris. July IA strone atfacr ~
Germans last night between the SnTnnna
100 tne Aisne and o the Eharnnarn
were repelled everywhere excenf near
Mont Eaut, in the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
sney retained As few ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
sae wal office an TO-DAY. 81.
Strand Headqssa.ssfs ~ the Er., i,
6aIMles ln. q iby the Associatea
sTessD July 16.-aAs double uisfGrs, ta ICY
scoren PIX the French among the c,,,yan
Sl nitis known as the Marnny;i'snapp h
MasslI, 70 the west OF Rheims ~ VT rs
ksniI OF well conce Mar 80 a It's