4 AUGUST 1917, Page 1

The Russian armies are fighting better as the days pass.

North of the Dniester, they are making a stand on the river Zbruce, which marks the frontier of Galicia. To the south of Brody, which is still in Russian hands, they have even taken the offensive. South of the Dniester, the Eighth Army, with its right flank exposed by the collapse of the mutinous armies, is still falling back on Czernositz, down the Pruth Valley. The troops in the Car. pathians are, as the enemy admits, stubbornly resisting the German advance through Bukowina. General Korniloff has succeeded General Brusailoff as Commander-inbtief. If the armies can recover their discipline and their self-confidence, there is hope for Russia, despite these grave reverses.