Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-26
RUSSIAN HORDES
. CONTINUE FLIGHT
|NCOMP PLETE ROUT
Deserters Leave Road Free
for Fresh Advances of
Victorious Enemy.
EVEN WOMEN FIGHTING
FAIL TO CHECK RETREAT
Recalcitrant Muscovite Soldiers
Refuse to Stir From Trenches
to Fight Foe.
ALLIES SUCCESSFUL IN WEST
Crown Prince Completely Repulsed
In Desperate Effort to Break
General Petain's Line.
ALLIES SUCCESSFUL IN WEST
tBy Associated Press. !

Even the actual entry OF women sol.
diers into battle on the eastern front
has been insufficient to imbue tho
ranks of the recalcitrant Russians with
patriotism. They are still desertins in
large numbers in Galicia. leaving a
free road open for fresh advances by
the German and Austro- Hungarian
forces.
From the Baltic to the Black Sea
only at one point along the line-in
the Southern Carpathians-have the
Russians risen to the occasion and
shown some of their old fighting spirit
Here. fighting shoulder to shoulder
with their Roumanian allies, they have
attacked and captured several villages
from the Germans and broken tho
heavily fortified Teuton line on wide
front
PRECIPITATE RETREAT
CONTINUES EVERYWHERE
In Galicia the precipltate retreat Of
the Russians continues almost every.
where from the Carpathian foothills
to the region around Tarnopol, the
government apparently not yet having
had time to put in force It's strong re-
pressive measures which 81. kerensky
the head OF the government, has
retreat. sfa3
Nadvorna. in the fringe Of the. foot
hills. Stanislau and Tarnopol and nu.
merous smaller towns have been taken
by the Teutons. who. arc now approach
Ing the important railroad junction; OF
Buczaczs which lies soma thirty rn iles
eastk 9fss5ia icz. The. Gefman Emperor
was an observer OF the battle on tho
Sereth front and saw his men, put
down the only effort of moment that
was made to hold them back-an at
tack by the Russians between Tarnopol
and Trembowla. 't'' SO s.t
IGNoMINOUSLYY RETREAT
TO OLD POSITIONS
Since the penetrtion of the German
lines on wide front near Krevo, in
which the command of DEATH" com.
posed of women. took notable part.
despite which large numbers of tho
Russians ANONYMOUSLY retreated to
their old positions without even tho
vestige of harrassment by the enemy.
the Russians have not stirred from
| their trenches to face the foe
The hostilities on the Aisne front,
where for weeks the Germans have
wasted men by thousands In inerectua
attacks to break through General, Pc
tains front. have ceased. and only ar
tillery duels are now in progress
Early Wednesday morning witnessed
one OF the last attempts OF the crown
prince to gain his objective. This was
on the California plateau, where an at;
tack was completely repulsed
The Germans have been successful
in winning 200 yards of trenches from
the British east OF Neutrality-suspicious..
which they had bombarded violently
for several days past. In the capture
OF the position the enemy again re-
sorted to the use of liquid fire. @
HEAVY ARTILLERY
DUEL CONTINUES
Along the front in Northern Belgium
the heavy artillery duel continues, but
as yet there has been no sign of either
the British or the Germans starting
an infantry attack. British airmen
have bombed and caused severe damage
to the German submarine base at Zee-,
brugEe and also to the town of BruCes
RUSSIANS ARE DRIVEN
FROM THREE GREAT BASES
AMSTERDAM. July 25.-For moro
than $50 miles. from east of zlochov
to the wooded crests of the Car
pathians. Hindenburg continues to
strike. Three great Russian bases have
been seized. according to reports reach
ing here from Berlin. The Wolff Bu-
reau. semioffcial German news agency.
declares Tarnopol. Stanislau and Mad
worna have been taken.
The Russians are now at the point
of their greatest reaction. other dis.
patches assert. Hope is held out from
stopped; that the new Russia will;
Withstand the newest and greatest
shock: that democracy will triumph
over the old order. Kerensky. man
of iron. is at the front desperately
exhorting the disorganized forces OF
the republic to be men and strike back
Russia's womanhood has set the ex :,
ample for the men. A battalion OF
women-the command Of death"-has
| held Its line and rallied the forces
around 1t when trained soldiers were
quitting their trenches and struggling
to the rear crying that the war was
not theirs, and that they would fight
no longer.
The big question tonight Is: what
will happen in Petrograd when tho
latest bad news from the front reaches.
the public there? VIII tho present.
government sustain the shock. or will.
anarchy como into its own and the
newest democracy bow to tho standard
bearer OF autocracy?
GERMANS WILL NOT GAIN
THEIR CHIEF OBJECTIVE
Every indication was that. while the
Germans VIII gain more territory. they
win not gain their main objecttysthS