AUSTRIAN FRONT BROKEN

Auckland Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 159, 5 July 1917, Page 5

AUSTRIAN FRONT BROKEN

RUSSIANS STILL AOVANGSHO

AIR RAID ON HARWICH

THREE MACHINES DOWNED

HEW FIGHTiIC OM FRENCH FRONT

The Russian offensive continues with unabated violence, even on the enemy admission, and steady progress is being made on a front estimated by the Russians at twenty miles and by the Austrians at thirty. Strongly-fortified redoubts had to tie taken before an advance was possible, and, though the Russians lost heavily in these attacks, their fighting spirit was undiminished, and they are still keeping up relentless pressure in the definitely broken Austrian front, whiie General Brusfliloff has warned his whole army to be ready for an advance. The Germans are struggling desperately to repair the breach, and reserve divisions are being transferred from the western front.

A squadron of fourteen aeroplanes bombarded Harwich yesterday, killing eight and wounding 21. Three of the raiders were brought to earth.

The German airmen on the western front are showing markedly increased activity, according to Sir Douglas Haig. Our aircraft carried out a successful bombing expedition in Belgium, dropping several tons of bombs on military objectives.

The Germans attempted one of the strongest attacks organised against the French for some time on the sector fronting the famous Chemin dcs Dames, north of the Aisne. Strong waves of assault on a long front were sent forward after preliminary attacks of a less serious nature, but all were broken, the net result of the attack being heavy losses to the Germans. AUSTRIAN LINE DEFINITELY BROKEN. IMPENDING ATTACK BY ENTIRE RUSSIAN ARMY. ENEMY REPORTED TO BE EVACUATING BRZEZANY. i Received 9 a.m.) LONDON. July 4. The Austrian line has been definitely broken. The advance continues. General Brussiloff. Commander-in-Chief, lias ordered the entire army to be prepared to advance.—(A. and N.Z. Cable.) The enemy Ls reported to be evacuating Brzezanv. 45 miles to the southwest of Tarnopol. on the Lemberg railway, which is invested on three sides. Inits of four Russian armies are co-operating in the Galieian advance, covering a front of twenty miles.— (Router.) A lii-rnian official message says:—Lively artillery combats arc in progress between the Stokhod and the Naraioka. New and strong Russian attacks at Brze/any failed heavily.—(Admiralty, per Wireless Press.) OFFENSIVE CAUSES ALARM ■»■ GERMANY. TROOPS HURRIED FROM BELGIUM AND GALICIA. (Received 10.5 a.m.)* LONDON. July 4. \ message in the Cologne "Yolks Zeitung" from Berlin shows that General BrussilofFs vigorous onslaught in Galieia has caused great alarm. The battle 6 on t ie Eastern front are described as fiercer than any hitherto fought. General Boehm Ermolli's army is seriously menaced. The Russian attack is generally regarded iv military circles as part of a great plan *o clear tho way for the recapture of Loinberg. I'ln- Cologne "Gazette" says that fully 200,000 Russians are participating in tic Galieian battles. Ad\ ices from Vienna state that Field Marshal yon llincenhurs and (ionoral yon Ludendorf, his chief-of-staff, discussed tlie new s ; tu;iti.>n and arc now .-nnferring with General Stonarz. the Austrian Com-mander-in-Chief, at tin- Austrian headquarters, (ierman troops training at Bevi-rloo. in north-eastern Belgium, and until now destined to fight in Inlanders, arc being rushed to Galicia. Austrian war correspondents state that the Russians, after three days' viulrnt maintain the stubbornness of their offensive, and are lighting witl tin- same fury as before the revolution. The Russians concentrated twenty divisions on a front of thirty miles making incessant successive massed attacks. Latest advices from Petrograd state that crowds are cheering in the streets. Tle American Commission is delighted at the reawakening of patriotic sentiment among the people. The Cossacks arc making speeches in the fact' Tics, urging the workmen to realise that this is Russia's supreme effort. (A. and N.Z. Cabin.i PETROGRAD TRANSFORMED BY THE SUCCESS WAVE OF PATRIOTISM SUBMERGES THE ANARCHISTS. PKTROGRAI), July 4. News of the Russian success has transformed the city. Pessimism has vanished, and a wave of patriotism has diverted attention from the exploits of anarchists and mutinous soldiers. The national tri-colour Ls prominent in the .-trci't.-. A procession, headed by General Russky and Russian 6tafF officers arm in arm with officers of the Allies, marched to the headquarters of the Government, where patriotic speeches were delivered from the balcony.— ißcutcr.i M. Skobi'lnlT. Minister for Labour and Vice-President of the Council of ■Workmen and Soldiers Delegates, declared in a speech that it was the duty of tin- democracy to acknowledge that Russia was not ready for Socialism. It m, essential tv co-operate with the bcirgeoisie in order to secure the triumph of freedom. The Government would take firm and energetic measures against stn et riots, shootings, and anarchist demonstrations. Meantime, firmness is absent in Petrograd. although it is urgently needed, am! anarchists an- uncontrolled. Annul anarchists surrounded the Crcsty prison, and liberated a number nl' prisoners, including two charged with espionage and another charged with inciting soldiers against their officers. A body of Cossacks surrounded the ]'.m rnevo Palace, to which the anarchists had withdrawn. The defenders threw bombs, but they did not explode. All the conspirators were arrested except imi inarchUt. who was found de-ad inside the building. It is lielieved the latter committed suicide. The Cossacks did not use arms.—(A. and N.Z. Cable.)