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Show RUSS ARMY TAKES HAHCZrjTHE.KEY TO LEMBERG, REPORT 1CLQL- London, July ,IL- Hallcz, the strategic key to Le'niberg, capital of Galacla, has been captured by tho Russians, says a dispatch from Router's Rou-ter's Petrograd correspondent. Halicz, sixty-three miles southeast of Lemborg, in the Dniester river, is an Important railroad junction nnd the most Important key to tho Gnlacl-an Gnlacl-an capital. It Is eighteen miles north of stanlslau and about eight miles north of .Tezupol, captured by tho Russians under General Kornlloff on Sunday. The fall of Halicz was presaged pre-saged by the success of the Russians In breaking the Austro-Gertnnn lino between that town and Stanlslau and In driving tho Austro-Germans to tho Lomnlca river, which entor3 tho Dniester a short distance abovo Halicz. Halicz was tho center of much heavy fighting last August and September, Sep-tember, and tho Russians had captured cap-tured Dukowlna and were attempting to reach Lemberg. Stanlslau was captured by the Russians In August, but they failed to take Halicz after engaging In furious battles at Slarl-ampol Slarl-ampol nnd Monasterzyska and forcing forc-ing the Austro-Germans to retire between be-tween tho Zlota Llpa and tho Dniester. Dnies-ter. In September, Halicz was bombarded bom-barded by tho Russian artillery, but attempts to storm tho town were unsuccessful. un-successful. The fall of Halicz probably prob-ably will mean that tho Austro-Germans must retire from the present line nlong tho Zlota Llpa from northeast north-east of Halicz through Brzezany nnd Zlochoff to Brody In order to protect pro-tect Lemberg. The next line In tho rear of the Zlota Llpa Is the Oonlla-Llpa- |
