VICTORIOUS ADVANCE CONTINUES.

North Otago Times, Volume CV, Issue 13931, 13 July 1917, Page 5

VICTORIOUS ADVANCE CONTINUES.

( FALL OF HALICZ ANNOUNCED, r POLITICAL CRISIS IN GERMANY. ' • tf 1 1 . 11 ! 'J SHARP DIFFERENCES BETWEEN LEADERS. AIR RAID ON CONSTANTINOPLE. r ATTACK ON FLEMISH COASTAL POSITIONS. (f« Cable—Press Asfoclatlon —Copyrighfi.) : SUCCESS OF RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE. LARGE NUMBER OF PRISONERS CAPTURED, HALICZ FALLS'TO'RUSSIANS.

PURSUIT OF ENEMY CONTINUES. ' The High' CommissioniT reports: LONDON, July 11 (4.40 p.m.) A Russian official message says: Haliez has has been captured, and the Russians have advanced westwards to the left bank of tin Lomnica. On the Borogodblinii front we have advanced westwards and captured 2000 prisoners and 30 guns. ("TIl Times" Service.) , PETROGRAD, July 11. The Russians captured more than 30 guns at Haliez. The pursuit of the, enemy continues.

(Admiralty, lit".' Wireless Press.) Received, July 12, at 9.20 p.m. LONDON, July 11. A Russian official report says: General Tchvemisoff captured Haliez and advanced westwards reaching the left bank of of the Eidomnica. The Russians also advanced on the Bogoiodchan-Zolatvin front. They took over 2000 prisoners and captured thirty guns during the day's fighting. Received July 12 ,at 9.20 p.m. (Admiralty, per Wireless Tress.) LONDON, July 11. A German wireless official report says:— ® Our movements southwards of the Dniester were executed in accordance with our plans.. The English artillery set fire to several ■ villages. , • .We continued the pursuit in the direction of Dolina. Wo occupied Haliez at mid-day on Tuesday. Our advanced dctachcrossed the left bank of the Dniester and reached the valley of Lomnica, which we crossed, occupying the villages of Bludniki and Babin.. We have taken over 10,000 priconers in the fighting at Dolina since the Bth, and have captured guns and large numbers of trench mortars, and machine guns. VON HINDENBURG IN COMMAND IN GALICIA. . GERMAN REINFORCEMENTS HURRIED EAST. (Australian and Now Zealand Cablo ABSOcintic".) Received July 12,11.15 p.m. ROME, July 11. , Advices from Berne state that at the outset of the Russian offensive Marshal von Hindenburg rushed and took personal chat'ge of the situation in Galicia. He ordered reinforcements which increasingly poured through Southern Germany.

OFFENSIVE COPENDING ON NORTHERN 9ECTOI}, !■' * J HEAVY BOMBARDMENT ON DYINSK-RIGA 'FRONT. - '■» ■ ■"DEATH'S HEAD" BATTALION -OF WOMEN LEAVES FOR FRONT. ■ i ii (Australian tnd New ZcaUnfl Cobi? AssoOt'WP,) ~, ~ ~,.-.. ". PETROGRAD, July 11. ' Since the Ist of July 26,000 Austrians and Germans have been ' n«idc prisoner. Between-the 19th and the 25th of June General ' Koriiiloff also put out of action over 80,000 Austrians and Germans. A heavy bombardment is proceeding before Brzcrany and also along the whole line in the Dvinsk-Riga sector. Previous to the Germans transferring reinforcements to Galicia they were hurling up Bulgarians and had sent 80,000 TransylvanianRumanccs, formerly in the Austro-llungarian army. Now the JiuSr ' sian prisoners of war have expressed a desire to join the Rumanian Army, and the first battalian of Rumanecs has reached Jassy. ' The "Death's Head Battalion of Women" has left Pctrograd for the front under Madame Bolchkarera, Admiral. Skrydloff's ' daughter, who fought beside her husband until he was killed. America is lending Russia money at 4| per cent, for the building of a second line on the Siberian railway and giving her 10,000 waggons to assist in the Russian transport. The Provisional Government is also facing a task of overwhelming magnitude in organising 60,000,000 voters, half of whom are illiterate, for an election to the Constituent Assembly.

CONGRATULATIONS FROM CHIEF OF BRITISH. IMPERIAL GENERAL STAFF. i.. .■— DECISIVE VICTORY AGAINST COMMON ENEMY SOUGHT. (Australian and Renter). , Received July 12, at 7.30 p.m. LONDON, July .11. The Press Bureau .states that General Sir William Robertson (Chief of the British Imperial General Staff) has congratulated General Brusiloff on the splendid results of his well-directed movement. Operations had already been begun with a view to a decisive victory against a common enemy. ,' e .-!■_ _ . .