SPLENDID SUCCESS OF THE RUSSIANS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2792, 9 June 1916, Page 5

SPLENDID SUCCESS OF THE RUSSIANS

HUGE CAPTURES OF MEN AND BOOTY OFFENSIVE ON EUROPEAN FRONT DEVELOPS The High' Commissioner reports:— ' _ . , London, June 8, 1.50 a.m.A. Petrograd official message states: "Tlio successes of our troops are developing. Since the beginning of the recent actions oar armies havo taken prisoner 900 officers and. 40,000 men, and have also cap tured 77 guns, 134 machine-guns, 49 trench mortars, searchlights, telephones, and m muttons. A number of the captured batteries wero intact. "In the recent fighting proof was given to the enemy of tlio increase in. our war material. ENEMY UNABLE TO REGROUP HIS FORCES By Telegraph—Press Association-Copyright (Roc. Juno 8, 8.50 p.m.) ■mi -r, « i ■ ' PetroQrad, .Tune 8. ■ The Russian oileusive, under General Brusiloff, is being so closely pressed that the enemy is unable to transfer troops from one point to another. AUSTRIAN OFFICIAL COMMUNIQUE. (Reo. June 8, 8.50 p.m.) ■ _ : , . , , Amsterdam, Juno 8. L An Austrian official communique states: "In the face of superior forces in Volhynia, on the Upper Putilocka, wo withdrew to the plain of Lusk, forty miles west of Rovno." THE RUSSIAN DRIVE IN ASIA MINOR . SUCCESSFUL OPERATIONS, CONTNUED. (llec. Juno 8, 10.50 p.m.) Petrograd, .Tune 8. A Russian official communviue states: 'Onr artillery stopped a large Turkish offensivo in the direction of Erzinsan. "Wo have occupied strongly-lortifwd positions in the Khanikin region, Onr cavalry attacked tlio enemy's tmcbes and sabred several battalions." ' TURKISH OFFICIAL COMMUNIQUE. (Rec. Juno 8, 10.50 p.m.) . ,r t , o- • i • i • «i,r ■, , Amsterdam, June 8. A Turkish official communique claims:—"Wo drovo tho Russians from positions in the Caucasus on a front extending for fourteen kilometres (8 3-smiles) and chased him eight kilometres (about 5 miles). "We occupied positions on the Mairam Range, dominating the,enemy's left wing, and captured muclv munitions. The enemy's detachments which were seeking to save their guns were killed. "Seven of tlio enemy's ships bombarded Kuscheada and the coast eastward causing a fire," ' '