The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-07-21
STAYS CONTINUE
DRIVE IN GAuCIA
Thanking Movement Against
leutOns Protecting Lemberg
Goes on Without Stop.
TOWN OF KALUSz is CAPTURED
horniloff's Forces Have Now Crossed
Comniea RiVer-5ritish Drive OFF
German Raidins Parties.

/ washington, July 13.-Another step
IN the outflanking of the Austro-Ger-
man armies protecting Lemberg on
tne east has been achieved by the
russians, who have crossed the River
Lomnlca and captured Kalusz- Re
You'd the Lomnica and south of the
Dneister, west of HaIicz. General Kor-
nIloffs advance continues
When the Russians occupied Ka1usz
after forcing passage of the LON
| MICA, they had advanced twenty miles
northWestward from Stanislau in five
days In the same time the eighth
Russian army took Halicz and crossed
the Dneister there and began an ad-
vance between Stanislau and Bohoro-
dozany. A great hole has been torn in
the Austro-German line south of the
Dneister and the army headquarters
in that region was occupied in the
! taking of Kalusz.
Teuton Line Endangered.
The taking OF HaIicz on Tuesday
was a threat against the Austro-Ger-
man line northward through Brzezanv
along the Zlota Lipa and the crossing
OF the LOmnica and an advance be
yOnd is a blow 10 the security of the
line protecting Lemberg. Should the
Russian advance west of Stanislau
continue unchecked and should large
Russian forces be thrown. across the
Dneister in the region Of Halicz, the
Zlota-Lipa line, unbroken by the Rus
sian onslaught of July 1, would be
turned, making a general retirement
inevitable.
On the southern end Of the Stanis-
lau front, which is in the foothills of
the Carpathians. the Russians are not
advancing as rapidly as on the north
ern end. The enemy is taking advan-
tage Of the hiIly country and have
stopped momentarily attacks west OF
BohOrodozany.
Ten German Planes Down.
In France the British have driven
off German raiding parties near the
Belgian coast and west of Queant,
southeast of ATras- The aerial activ-
ity on this part of the front has been
more pronounced and ten German air
planes were driven down, six out Of
control, by British airmen, three Of
whom failed to return TO their base
Behind the German. line near the
coast Of Flanders, British airmen
have attacked military objects, caus-
ing fires and explosions.
sIaVs Push Toward Lemberg.
Washington, July r. - Having
broken the strong Austro-German line
in the vicinity OF Halicz, the Russians
are pushing forward from Halicz to-
ward Lemberg, the capital OF Galicia,
and from Stanislau south Of Haliez,
westward toward the line OF the
Dniester.
After the capture of HaIicz, on the
front from Halicz to ZolQtvin, about
thirty miles to the south, General Kor-
niloff forced the Austro-Germans to
continue their retreat In their ad-
vance from Halicz the Russians
forced the fleeing enemy across the
LOmniea and occupied two towns on
the western bank Of the river. The
next natural barrier is the River
Stoka, about six miles west OF the
Lomnica
South and west Of Stanislau the
Russians have reached the Posiecz-
IesiuVka-KarmacZ line, the central
point OF which, Lesiuvka, is four
miles west Of the River Bystritza
This line is about seven miles east
Of Kalusz, the nearest large town
west of Stanislau and which is stu
ated in a bend of the Stoka river.
The extension Of the Russian fight
ing line TO Zolotvin brings the battle
ground into the foothills OF the Car
pathians.
On the Belgian coast, east Of Dun
kirk. the British and Germans are
fighting again along the User, the
scene OF many hard fought battles
By destroying the bridge across the
User, between NieupOrt and the North
Sea coast, the Germans were able to
advance and occupy the isolated sec
ton Berlin claims the capt.re Of
1000 prisoners in the penetration OF
500 yards along a front of 1,4O0 yards
Further inland, near LON bartyzde.
the Germans did not have as much
success after gaining some ad-
vanced positions, the British threw
the attackers back to their own lines
by a counter attack