Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 July 1917 — RUSS TAKE KALUSZ [ARTICLE]

RUSS TAKE KALUSZ

HEADQUARTERS OF GERMANS IN GALICIA CAPTURED. Slavs Continue Successful Advance--43,000 Prisoners and Vast Number of Guns Taken. _ • IVtro”rn<J, Russia, July 13.—Official announcement that Kalusz, the headquarters ol’ tin; enemy in Oalicia, had been occupied by the Russians was made here, coup!ed with the statement that the occupation was affected after a sanguinary battle. According to information received at the ministry of war, the Russian 1 roops are continuing their successful advance and have taken a large number of prisoners. London, July 13. —Over more than 120 miles of front, from Tarnopol to the Carpathians. Russia’s revived armies were battling forward. In ten days of their offensive they have penetrated the Austro-Gorman line at two places, have captured a score of cities, towns and villages, crossed two great rivers and taken close to 43,000 prisoners, with a vast number of guns and material. The Galician stronghold of Lemberg is now directly menaced.