RUSSIA COMMENCES UNITED OFFENSIVE.

North Otago Times, Volume CV, Issue 13936, 19 July 1917, Page 5

RUSSIA COMMENCES UNITED OFFENSIVE.

STRATEGIC MOVE BY MIAN COMMANDER, jmifc OPENED THE EASIEST ROAD TO LEMBERG. f J•+ 'tj > ; -v! Vr.in. ' '< * : •»* WwlwlMv»pil,-Jf«w,>a|w4..(!aWe Anoeiatlonj ' . 1 PETBOGBAD, July 17. General Korniloff ascertained that, the Austro-German .general 'si aft s plan for the defence of Lemberg included a series of willfortified positions north-eastward and eastward, whereas 110 advanced fortifications bar the southern approaches via Halicz. Owing to this oversight Getierahmßotlimer's army has beep thrown into confusion and compelled to meet the Russian offensive iri hastily-made defences. General Korniloff, by a master stroke, besides defeating one of the best German armies on the Russian ' front, has opened up tile easiest road to Lemberg. ! \ StKICESB OF THRUST IN

VALUABLE ASSISTANCE OF BRITISH ARMOURED : '' -■" • CAR DETACHMENTS. , (Australian and New Zealand Cable Association,) LONDON, July 17. The Petrograd correspondent. of The Morning Post states that the Russians warmly praiso the gallantry of the British armoured ear detachment in the recent offensive. The detachment moved at early morning at the head of the cavalry scouts and found sandbags artfully scattered, along the roads. Volunteers in face of almost certain death, crawled out and dragged the bags away, and the cars advanced and opened fire. Subsequently intense concentrated artillery fire compelled them to retire. A German counter-attack was expected next day, but the cars proceeded right up to the enemy's positions with the result that the counter-attack was not attempted. The desperate courage displayed by the car crews has established a strong Anglo-Russian brotherhood. '"• v The High Commissioner reports: \ ' LONDON, July 17 (6.2(f p.m.) A Russian official report says: North-westward of Kalusz yesterday morning we repelled persistent attacks. Our troops were transferred, for tactical reasons to the right bank of the Lomiiica, leaving Kalusz and securing" important crossings. '

THE INTERNAL SITUATION IN RUSSIA. ECONOMIC POSITION STILL . _ i . . 'i i >. ; (Reuter's, Telegrams.) •'■ ; - LONDON,'JuIy 17. ;' The FclTOgrad correspondent of The Daily Mail says an extraordinary position has been reached through .money, losing its face value, and food is soaring to incredible prices, which Government .employees and the middle classes are unable to afford. On the other hand, workers are receiving fabulous wages, bricklayers earning £43 a week. ......... . ; , \ POLITICAL CHANGES TAKING' PLACE. / " -RESIGNATION' OF MEMBERS OF CABINET.' ! . • ' '(Jtc'iilor's Toli'grnms.) '..'*,' 7:"J;.,, : :.-':..' : ". ' PETROGRAD,JuIy'I,7. '■■. i . The. Ministers of Finance'(M. Shmgarieff)', Education (M. : ■ Monouiloii'Ji'arid Public Assistance (Princes Skakhovskoy) have re- ■ • signed.' -'■ M. ProkopcVitzs has been appointed Minister of ,Coi>v M. Tcharncwsky Minister of Public Instruction.: ,