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Show GERMANS CLOSELY PRESSEDBY ONCOMING SOLDIERS OF THe I CZAR TAKE SEVERAL TOWNS I AFTER FURIOUS FIGHTING. I French and British Simultaneous' I Attack Germans and Drive In ' I vaders From Salient Which I Jutted Into New Liae. j London. The Russians have c I tured two more Volhyn-.an towns"') I their sweep on Kovel and are o ! thirty-five miles from the key ta&'t I points of the southern Austro-Oer "' I front. The Austrians and i;,.ri! .;-? I established cn a new line folic -.'.'j I their enforced withdrawal from ; l I strong Volhynian salient they , .i I held for months, are battling d-M I ately to stem the Muscovite tide, V- I all indications point to a definite I imminent menace to Kovel. ' I Petrograd officially reports lie. ,. I cupation of Dolzyca and Gruzia-t- I while unofficial reports are to t; l: j feet that the entire Volhynian tr -. I gle of Kolki, Rafalowka and ;,-;. j witchi is under Russian control. G--. I eral Kaledine's advance alreadv ;;: I passed the half-way mark bi:-;; I the Styr and the Stockhcd, i' . I .stated. " J The French and British on I day attacked simultaneous'.- I wiped out, within thirty-five n.::. .... I a strong German salient which jutted dangerously into their n: I north of Somme. I By their concerted attack thev : I carried their front to and tevr:;;.- I village of Hardecourt on tie - I paume highroad, three and a ;.: I miles southeast of Combles, a; .: I portant German provisioning I They have straightened out : : j front until now they hold a line-...; I curves but slightly frcin Jlonr. : to Curlu and Buscourt, pre :: :: I flanking attacks by the Gere :; :: ; what has been the northern -;; :: j ' tha Buscourt salient. I |