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1917, Aleksei Brusilov, Austria-Hungary, Battle of Passchendaele, Battle of Pilkem Ridge, Belgium, Bessarabia, Bukowina, Chernivtsi, Commander-in-Chief, communications, Czernowitz, Flanders, France, Galicia, General Tcheremisov, Germany, Great Britain, Kerensky Offensive, Lavr Kornilov, Moldova, Radko Dmitriev, railway, Roulers, Russia, St Julien, Ukraine, Ypres, Yser, Zandvoorde, Zbrucz, Zillebeke
German counter-attacks on new British line; St. Julien lost, and some ground along the Ypres-Roulers railway lost, but recovered; British line advanced a little near the Zillebeke-Zandvoorde road; French win fresh ground on west bank of Yser Canal. Enemy advance near Russian frontier at River Zbrucz, in Bukovina towards Czernovitz, and gain a footing in Bessarabia. General Brusiloff resigns and is succeeded as Russian Commander-in-Chief by General Korniloff; General Tcheremisoff succeeds Korniloff, and General Radko Dmitrieff resigns.
