ENEMY NOW BEFORE TARNOPOL

New Zealand Times, Volume XLII, Issue 9719, 23 July 1917, Page 5

ENEMY NOW BEFORE TARNOPOL

By Telegraph.—Press Association— Copyright, Australian and New Zealand Cable Association and Renter. (Rpccivod July 5.5 p»nr.) U i LONDON, July 21. A wireless Russian official message .statesXhcrro is artillery firing in tho direction of Vilna. The enemy persistently attacked twenty miles south of Brody. At first all attacks were repulsed but one of our regiments b tween Batyov and Manajov loft thou- trenches voluntarily and retirca, with tho result that tho neighbouring units were forced to retue; also giving th enemy an opportunity to develop his success. , , Our failure i.s largely duo to the influence of extremists Several detachments, on being ordered to support their comrades, hold meatrags and discussed the advisability of obeying tho order. Some refused to obey, and tho efforts of the commanders and committees proved Irut ess Austro-Germans occupied a portion of our first line eastward of Brzezany and also,at Bludnild, westward of Haiicz. . Tho enemy made an offensive on the l”tb, and captured a height southward of Novica. Our cavalry and! infantry drove them back in tiro evening and restored the position. Australian and New Zealand Cable Association. (Received July 22, 5.5 p.m.) COPENHAGEN, July 21. Advices from Berlin represent that tho German attack on Zloczow was tho prelude to an offensive. ENEMY OFFENSIVE IN DIRECTION OF TARNOPOL RUSSIAN TROOPS CONTINUE TO RETIRE. Australian and New Zealand Cable Association and Reuter. (Received July 22, 11.5 p.m.) Ju]y ’ 21 A wireless Russian official message states;—Tho enemy’s artillery bombardment is intense south-westward off Dyinsk. „ , The enemy made a further offensive in tho direction of Tarnopol. Our troops, lacking stability elsewhere because not obeying commands, continued to retire, and crossed by evening the lino Konaov-Sladki-Pokropuvna-Sybiidoi 'repulsed several attacks in the region of Novica. The enemy occupied heights north-east of the village. , . , The enemy attacked at the confluence of Rimnsk and Sereth rivers. A Roumanian counter-attack restored the situation. wixolcss Gorman official ststes »•—Our troops oro b©toro isrn* erprf. Tarnopol is a town of Ausfcro-Hiungary in Galicia, on the Sereth, SO miles E.S.E. of Lemberg. The population is over 30,000, of whom about onehalf are Jews. GERMAN OFFICIAL REPORT SEVERAL SUCCESSES CLAIMED. Australian and New Zealand Cable Association and Reuter. (Received July 22, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, July 31. A wireless German official message states:—We advanced between the Sereth and Zlota Lipa through three strong zones of defence. Tho enemy suffered sanguinarily and retreated in disorder, . Wo took a few thousand prisoners and increased artillery attacks at Dunaberg, Smorgon, and Stockhod, and between Zlota Lipa and the Dniester. We repulsed tho Russians near Novioa. Between the Sereth and Strypa we are closely pursuing the retreating enemy. Australian and New Zealand Cable Association and Reuter. (Received July 22, 11.5 p.m.) LONDON, July 21. A later wireless German official report states; Pursuing the Russians, wo crossed tho Zloezovv-Tarnopol road on both sides of tho town of Jezierna on a width of forty kilometres. The Russians are burning villages and causing great destruction. Further fighting is expected. The Austro-Hnmirarian forces nave recaptured the positions northward of Brzezany previously lost. Russian attacks on. the Dniester broke. We drove out the enemy at Badin and stormed high positions at Novica. Artillery activity has increased. . AUSTRIAN OFFICIAL CLAIM Australian and New Zealand Cable Association. (Received July 22* 11.5 p.m.) ' LONDON, July 21. A wireless Austrian official report states that the Austro-German, tiroops u»ra passed beyond Augustowka, Czierna, and Nesterovoe. RUSSIA’S DISORDERED POLITICS GERMAN PROMOTION OF PEACE EFFORT SUPPRESSION OF KRONSTADT REBELLION. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. Australian and New Zealand Cable Association and Reuter. PETROGRAD, July 20. Lenin, the anarchist leader, has fled. Penkratoff, a Socialist revolutionary, who spent fourteen years at tho Sohlussellburg conviction prison, and Alexinsky, a working-class member of the Second Duma, in a manifesto, declare that since May 29th, tho Wlar Office has boon aware of an agitation for peace ip Russia carried on by moans of .German money. Officers on the German General Staff told an officer of a Siberian regiment that they wero deputed! to agitate in Russia and that this agitation would be carried on by the president of the. Ukrainian Alliance for the emancipation of Ukraine and by Lenin. The crowd on Wednesday pillaged the offices of tho Leninist organ, “Pravda.’’ Subsequently M. Polvseff ordered soldiers to occupy tho “Pravda’’ offiett The Provisional Government has disconnected all the telephones on tho Leninist officers’ dwellings throughout Kronstadt. REBEL SOLDIERS SEIZE KIEV ARSENAL ORDER RESTORED BY PROMPT MEASURES. GOVERNMENT STAND ENCOURAGES EVACUATION. Australian and New Zealand Cable Association and Reuter. PETROGRAD, July 20. Five thousand Ukraine soldiers seized Kiev arsenal, but in consequence of tho prompt Government measures, they have now evacuated it and order has been restored. Kiev is a fortified city on five Dnieper, C7O miles south of Petrograd and 490 miles south-west of Moscow. Its population is over 300.000. In tho early history of Russia it boro an honourable part, anti is called “Tbo mother of Russian ciitics.’’ Ukraine, portion of Poland, has endeavoured to secure some measure of independence from the Provisional Government u: the recent upheaval.

ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF KERENSKY FAILURE OF THE DEED REPORTED. Australian and New Zealand Cable Association and Reuter. PETROGRAD, July 20. An attempt at the assassination of M. Kerensky, Minister of War, failed. RUSSIAN PRIME MINISTER RESIGNS M. KERENSKY FILLS THE GAP. Reuter’s Telegrams. (Received July 22, 11.5 p.m.) PETROGRAD, July 21. Prince Lvoff, Premier, has resigned. M. IverensKy fills the position of Premier temporarily, and retains tile porttoiio of war and marine. M. Timoretelli has been appointed Minister for Interior, retaining the control of Posts and Telegraphs. 31. Nokrasotf provisionally fijls tho position of Minister for Justice. The Minister for Railways also resigned. ANOTHER RESIGNATION FROM CABINET , MINISTER OF JUSTICE RETIRES. Reuter’s Telegrams. PETROGRAD, July 2d. The Minister of Justice, 31. Pelvouzcff, has resigned. Four days ago the Ministers for Education, Public Assistance and Finance resigned, and M. Kerensky, Minister lor War, described their detection as a “blow in the back for free Russia.’’ REVOLT BREAKS OUT AT HELSINGFORS SEVERAL OFFICERS ASSASSINATED. Australian and New Zealand Cable Association and Reuter. (Received July 22, 5.5 p.m.) COPENHAGEN, July 20. A Berlin paper states that a military revolt lias occurred at Helsingfors, capital of Finland, and that several officers have been assassinated. FINNISH DIET DEMAND AUTONOMY Reutor’s Telegram. (Received! July 22, 5.5 p.m,) IWROGBAO, July 20. The Finnish Diet has pawned a bill for tho autonomy of Finland, rejecting an amendment that the bill b© first submitted to the Provisional Government. ANTI-GOVERNMENT DEMONSTRATIONS SUPPRESSED . Australian and New Zealand Cable Association. (Received July 22, 5.5 p.m.) PETROGRAD, July 20. Feeble anti-Gov crnmcnt demonstrations at Moscow and Kieff were suppressed by tho local Workmen’s and Soldiers’ Delegates.