SEVERAL VILLAGES WON

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16583, 5 July 1917, Page 5

SEVERAL VILLAGES WON

ADDITIONAL 6300 PRISONERS ACTIVITIES EXTENDING NORTH FRENCH REPULSE ATTACKS 6 ic T h b l fi USS !f nS are SUCCessfn,, y continuing their offensive, which is trending northwards in the direction of Zloczov a rxarnono, 6 '-«*-* 35 miles norThls of Tarnopol. Several villages and an additional 6300 priZin beeD CaPtUred ' A FrCnCh Critic **** ** Genera, Burssilofl is aiming at Lemberg, having renewed the great concentric manure which the winter and the revolution interrupted. The Russian high command issued an order of the day stating that a decisive battle has commenced, and calling upon the armies further north to support their comrades in the southern sector. ,t is reported that the Rnssians are plentifully supplied with munitions. A German communique mentions an increase in activity on the Riga front, and on the River Stochod, east of Kovel. b£ l n transfonned *™* of the Russian success. Pessimism has vanished and a wave of patriotism has diverted attention from the anarchists and extremists. The Minister for Labour, himself a Socialist, states that the Government win take energetic measures against street nots and anarchistic demonstrations.

,ttJ t he Fre ° Ch / have heavi, y re P"fc"d determined German attacks on the Chemin des Dames, north of the Aisne, an* on the Verdun front.

The new commander on the Palestine front, LieutenantGeneral Sir Edmund Altenby, who was until recently in com. mand of the Third Army in France, has arrived. The present conditions are similar to those of trench warfare in France both armies being deeply dug in. British artillery and airmen are allowing the enemy no rest.