THE RUSSIAN DRIVE IN GALICIA

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2801, 20 June 1916, Page 5

THE RUSSIAN DRIVE IN GALICIA

- FALL OF CZERNOWITZ : ' DESPERATE FIGHT-'FOR THE PRUTH - BRIDGEHEAD , Tho High Commissioner reports: - .-"Czernowitz has fallen!" ' ■ ' L ° nd0 "' Juno IS ' RUSSIAN OFFICIAL COMMUNIQUE. ' (By Telegraph—Press Association-Copyright). ' A communique states: Despite the enemy's \narked'^bv° rarUjuTdiroctTons succcss / ully re P ulseil . are closely pressing the enemy in . General Lctcbitsky on Saturday after noon carried by assault the Czemowih bridgehead, on the lett bank of'the Pnitln. After a desperate tight for tho er fords, the enemy having blown up the bridges, we occupied Czernowitz. • (Rec. .Tun'o 19,. G.20.p.m.) ' ? . r, * • m . , . , Petrograd, -Juno 19. - atK: ' We are en <^' "Wo took .1000 .prisoners at Czernowitz', and captured some guns in the town «e are repelling desperate .counter-attacks on the Styr, the eneinv's forces including Oennans who have beeu brought from tho li'rench front ■, ~ ll , a y e repulsed a furious German attack at Suidiuki, on the north bank of the Stockhod. . ■ "A Cossack regiment, by a Hanking charge, captured many, and sabred a great number of the rest during their disorderly flight - n n n 'l Ge^ - a ' June.s and June 17, has captured 13G9 officers, te'rial s ' guns ' machine-guns,, and an enormous quantity of war inal '"We'lmvo checked the enemy's offensive on the right bank of the Strvna north of Buczaez. ■ •' ' , .GERMAN OFFICIAL COMMUNIQUE. ir. ■ l l ~r, , London, June 18. A German_communique states: "General von Linsiugen repulsed attacks on uoth sides oi Kolki. . . . "We captured 3500 Russians in the.sector between Ivovel' and L'usk near tlm River Turiya; , "Russian attacks northward of Przevloka collapsed, with heavy losses under General von Bothmcr's curtain fire." ' ' AUSTRIAN OFFICIAL COMMUNIQUE. N (Hec. June 19, 6.20 p.m.) i . . .. m■ , . ~ Amsterdam, June 19. An Austrian o&cial communique admits the evacuation <of Czernowitz "in the face of superior forces of tho onomy," and adds: "Our artillery foiled' the Russian attacks west of Wismowezyk, on the Strypa. ■ "We have gained ground at several points in Vnlhynia." INTENSE FIGHTING ON ALL FRONTS. • i , THE WAR SITUATION REVIEWED. » ("Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services.) ffiec. Juno 19, 5.5.p.m.) Intense- fighting on all fronts, unparalleled since tho carliest'mo'nths of tho war, still marks the situation. Tho German tactics are obviously intended to keep tho Allies busy, in the hope of preventing general offensives. The Russians' substantial progress has already relieved the Italians, whose whole front is securelv situated along a Strong defensive line, while successfully counter-nttack-ing. The foars of an Austrian entry into the Venetian Piain have been dissipated. * ''.'He momentum of the Russian advance is undiminished, although M. Mnr'col Hutin, who is specially well informed on Russian mutters, suggests in tho "Echo' de Paris" that Russia's objective; is not a strategic success, but the reduction of the enemy's effectives, which»she has achieved. The strategic situation remains intensely interesting. It is "known that the Austrians are attempting tu effect a junction with General von Linsingen and General von Bothmer, with large German reinforcements, and are hoping to stop the Russians north of Barnliovitch. French military writers emphasise tlio' fact that; the plan in connection with the Russian offensive requires that the Allies shall come to grips with the enemy in all theatres, thus preventing the transfer of forces to vital zones.