RUSSIANS' TOTAL CAPTURES NOW 114,700

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2796, 14 June 1916, Page 5

RUSSIANS' TOTAL CAPTURES NOW 114,700

ATTACK ON CZERNOWITZ EXCITEMENT IN RUMANIA BULGARIANS MOVING NEAR THE ' FRONTIER' ■ BIG BATTLE PENDING ON BRITISH FRONT i The Austrian round-up in Volhynia and Galicia contineus to swell the staggering total of prisoners. The Russians have now; accounted for. 114,730 actual prisoners, but the total casualties to tho Austrians are estimated at something in the neighbourhood of 400,000 killed, wounded, or i captured; The latest news states that'tlie Russian cavalry is following up its initial advantage, and scoring further successes. There is significant news from Rumania, where great excitement prevails as the result of the movement of the Bulgarians, on the frontier. On the Italian front tHe enemy now appears to be losing ground, as the result of a vigorous Italian counter-stroke. The Italian Premier, Signor Salandra, has resigned. -The political crisis is stated to have been brewing for some time, the climax being accelerated by tho recent Austrian coup in the Trentino—certain sins of omission on the part of the military leaders, being credited to the Cabinet. . Great events are said to be pending on the British front, where tho Germans are concentrating. An attack on the Verdun scale is considered to be imminent, but tho enemy, it is declared; will have to pay the Verdun scale of costs. Bad weather on the Australian side is causing dolays on the .wires, which explains tho scanty budget of war novrs to-day.