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Show RUSSIANS GAIN MUCH HEADWAY Petrograd, March 17 via London. March 17. 9:62 p. m The following official report from the Russian armv headquarters in the Caucasus was made public tonight "Our troops on the coast have captured cap-tured i he village of Archawa ton the Black sea about twenty-five mllefl southwest of Batumi and hae occu pied the district at the source of the River Archawa "In the direction of Ardanoutch and Olti the Turks have been vigorously repulsed." The following official statement from general headquarters was issued tonight : 'Our defensive on both banks of the Onyc river continues to develop In spite of the stubborn resistance of the enemy "The number of prisoners captured by us is increasing Near Yednoro-zec Yednoro-zec we took from the Germans seventeen seven-teen guns. "In the Carpathians, in the region of Rabbe, our offensive has also made progress. We have again repulsed German and ustrian attacks in the direction of Stry and Munkacs "At other points there has been no essential change" oo |