Show RUSSIANS RETREAT LOYAL TROOPS COMPELLED TO GIVE GROUND BEFORE STRONGER FORCES french troops n the aisic region have turned in vicious Count crat tacks against the army of the german crown prince having retreated a distance of approximately miles from where kerensky kv the iron man of russia carried them in his personally con ducted drive early in the present month the russian army on the center of the line in east Is again on russian soil on both sides of and Is still being followed by the forces of the teutonic allies likewise the armies to the north and south continue to fall back before alie enemy wherever the faithful troops attempt to give battle they are liar by numerically stronger forces of the and compelled to give ground receiving no assistance from their recalcitrant former brothers in arms whose main effort continues to be to get out of striking distance of the enemy evidently the preparations for the blood and iron policy of the government against the troops shortly will be put into full force for minister of war kerensky Is on his way to the russian headquarters there to confer with the military lead ers to formulate plans to stay the retreat and compel the troops to stand and face the foe as the russians in the southern carpathian region are doing down along this latter front the russians aided by the continue to force the teutonic allies to cede ground especially in the upper valley french troops in the aasne region hav e turned in vicious counter attacks against ahe army of the german crown prince put down an offensive it had started between and la bovelle Bp velle and made good gains against it all along alie line several attacks by alie germans in alie verdun sector were repulsed the progress in flanders tor more than a week continues unabated in the air the machines of great britain and germany are carrying out maneuvers never before seen As an indication of the intensity of these aerial combats german airplanes vv ere accounted for in alie latest fighting in addition to two observation balloons the british war office ad alts that thirteen of the royal air squadron failed to return to their bases the german war office asserts however that thirty five british peanea were shot down |