CONTINUED RETREAT OF RUSSIANS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 12067, 24 July 1917, Page 5

CONTINUED RETREAT OF RUSSIANS.

DESPERATE FIGHTING ROUND CRAONNE. FRENCH REPULSE MOST VIOLENT ASSAULTS. SUCCESSFUL WORK BY MOUNTED RIFLES IN PALESTINE, IT TS STATED THAT THE GERMAN'S HAVE CAPTURED TARNOPOL, IN GALICTA. GLOOMY REPORTS COME FROM PETROGRAD REGARDING THE COLLAPSE OF THE, RUSSIAN FIGHTING SPIRIT ON THE SOUTH-WESTERN FRONT. MOST VIOLENT FTGHTING CONTINUES NORTH OF THE AISNE, ON THE PLATEAUX BEFORE CRAONNE. THE ENEMY 'IRE MAKING DESPERATE EFFORTS TO EJECT THE FRENCH FROM THE TABLELANDS. BUT ALL THEIR ATTEMPTS HAVE FAILED. VARIOUS LOCAL OPERATIONS HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFULLY CARRIED OUT ON THE BRITISH FRONT. FROM PARIS THERE IS THE STATEMENT THAT THERE IS UNDOUBTEDLY A GREAT RECRUDESCENCE OF ENEMY ACTIVITY AGAINST RUSSIA. AND ALSO A MULTIPLICITY OF ATTACKS ON THE WEST FRONT. AND THE OPINION IS EXPRESSED THAT THIS RENEWED ACTIVITY IS THE OUTCOME OF VONHINDENBURG'S DESIRE TO IMPRESS POLITICAL PARTIES IN GERMANY THAT THE MILITARY SITUATION IS GOOD. ENEMY CAVALRY EFFORTS IN PALESTINE HAVE BEEN REPULSED BY THE BRITISH MOUNTED REGIMENTS. AND SUCCESSFUL BRITISH RAIDS HAVE BEEN CARRIED OFT NEAR, GAZA. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright.