SMASHING BLOWS BY THE RUSSIANS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2819, 10 July 1916, Page 5

SMASHING BLOWS BY THE RUSSIANS

. ANOTHER HAUL OF PRISONERS AND BOOTY GERMAN LINE FALLING BACK A.ustra.lian-Ncw' Zealand Cable Association. ' ' Petrograd, July 7. A Russian official communique states: "The battle west of the Lower Styr continues with much success. Our troops captured fortified Austro-German positions, and the enemy was put to flight under our artillery fire. "Our pursuing cavalry charged tbo fleeing enemy in the Voltchetzk region, and captured a Krupp battery of six guns. The gunners were surprised, and only fired'a few shots. Another cavalry jcharge captured a battery, in addition to three heavy cannon. "We took prisoner 270 officers and 9900 men, with twenty-nine inacliinc-guns, west of the Lower Strypa, on July land 5. . .."We occupied the first-line Gorman trenoh south-west of Lake Narotch, after a bayonet attack. The fighting here continues." (Router's Tolegram.) Petrograd, July 7. A communiciuo.states: "Tho prisoners taken on July 4 and 5, west of the Styr line, below Kolki, total 300 officers and 7215 men, with many guns an*, rifles. "Violent Gorman attacks near Gangeatcn were repulsed. "Thero is fierce .fighting on the right bank of the Dniester, near Jivatchoff and Habziminz. s "Desperate enemy attacks eastward and south-eastward of Baranovitchi were repulsed." _ ' Australian-New Cable Association. (Rec. July 9, 5.5 p.m.) ■ _ , Petrograd, July S. A. communique states: "Tho Russians on the Lower Styr, after n battle, have occupied a lino from Gorodok to Grousiatin, taking prisoner over two thousand. Wo sabred many of the Australia. "At Optovo, during the pursuit after a cavalry charge, we also took GOO prisoners and a number of guns. "We captured the village of Gregorcy, east of Monastir, taking prisoner over one thousand. ■ , , ~ "The combat at Lako Narotch is losing its intensity.' AUSTRIANS ADMIT A RETIREMENT (Rec. July 9, 5.5 p.m.) "■ Amsterdam, July 8. An Austrian official communique stales: "Our troops on the Styr salient, at Kolki, after holding their own for a,month against the enemy's forces, which have increased from three to fivefold superiority in numbers, have received instructions to withdraw their first-lines for fear of being surrounded." (Rec. July 9, 1] p.m.) Amsterdam, July.!). An Austrian official communique states: "We have witlulrawn from tho Styr salient, northward of JColki. to previously allotted positions, tho-enemy pressing after us ai; some points in great masses. "The Russians north-east of Baranovitchi were shattered, with' sanguinary losses." RUSSIANS BLOCKING CARPATHIAN LINES OP RETREAT (Rec. .l,uly 9, 5.5 p.in.) London, .Tilly S. 't'lie "Morning Post's" Potrognul correspondent says that all the easternmost routes of the enemy's retreat across the Carpathians into Hungary aro held by the Russians. The position of the enemy in Galicia is daily becoming graver,. The Russian operations am proceeding i-t an accelerated rate, indicating the collapse of the enemy. GERMANS ADMIT THAT VON LINSINGEN IS FALLING BACK (Eculer's Telegram.) London, July 7. A Germau official roport admits that Von Linsingou, owing to the superior pressure from the west of Kolki, has chosen a, shorter lino of .defence. This line means that the Russians aro pushing back Von Linsingcn towards Kotcl.

WHOLE GERMAN FRONT MOVING WESTWARD. Australian-New Zealand Cable Association. , , . , „ Rome, July 7. Advices from Pctrograd stato that, owing to tho triple reverse at Biga, Kolki, and Baraiiovitchi, the Germans have begun to remove their whole front westward. » SUMMARY OP THE POSITION Petrograd, July 7, Suice tlio outset of General Brusilofi's great attack, tho Austro-German casualties total 550,000, including 235,000 prisoners, besides 250 cannon and seven hundred maohinc-guns. Russia has recovered considerable areas of her own soil, with larger tracts of enemy territory which sho was compelled to abandon in 1915. The cutting of the Stanislau railway has enormously impeded tho enemy's operations. There is a great panic in Gelicia, and many of the inhabitants have taken refuge at Budapest. The Germans are still reinforcing m Volhynia, but are unablo to pierce General Kaledin's front, sustaining great losses. Genoral Rverfs operations In the Centro are progressing, and ho has taken many prisoners. (Router's Tclccram.) (Rec. July 9, 5.5 p.m.)' 1 ' „ ~ . , , ~ „ . London, July 8. ibe determined and successful Russian offensive is almost overshadowing the eflqrt of the Western Allies. An Italian report says that a wholesale German retreat on the Eastern front has begun. This is not confirmed, but such a retreat is probably imminent. Meanwhile it is clear that the Austrian defeats have become a debacle without any possibility of Germany saving tho situation. Details which are reaching Petrograd show the l'renzy of'the Austrian flight in Jiukowina. A hospital was found at Kijnpolung in charge of a single nurse- The doctors had fled, tho wounded had beo n without food for fifty-three hours, and tJieir wounds were gangrenous, as they had not been bandaged. Now that the JJelaytyn-oziget railway has been cut, the supplies for the Austrian Army must be enormously delayed. The present position may thus be summarised:— General Kuropatkin has resumed his tremendous attacks on the Riga-Dvinsk tront, against Von Hindcnburg. thn^ 0 »? n U n K]!s^ hilve i b '^ C i ko(l tll ° G»'f of Riga against the hostile fleet, and thus ait enabled to employ the warships guns against the Germans miles inland. ,- on ,' ,l't. s attacks.in the Centro extend north and south of Baranon,. p' • re ii i lnce Leopold of Bavaria, has-hitherto strongly resisted. Hero the Russian attacks are developing favourably along n one hundred-mile front. 1/.W' • it" .i -i °?i k'HS'igen lias been gradually forced back by General Brusit.liA'i v c u 3"? sll J n under Letcliitsky, has routed tlio enemy on the n„ht bank ot the Dniester. Xhi6, Wether with the ojitting of an important r* way line connecting Hungary via J a blonitza Pass, with tho Galician system, impeuls \on Bothmer s Army, which has been holding their ground on an eighty-mile front for weeks. . ' rll ° Russians axo now within range of the Delatyn railway junction which is second in importance only to Ivoloiuea. juutuon, which FURIOUS SCENE IN HUNGARIAN" CHAMBER 'BITTER FEELING AGAINST AUSTRIAN GENERALS. , Australian-New Zealand Cable Association. (Itcc. July 9, 5.3 p.m.) j The "Morning Post's" Budapest correspondent reports that 0 " here havoVcn exciting scenes in the Hungarian Chamber of Deputies, members shoutin" at Count Tisza (tho Premier), and demanding protoclion for tho Transylvania" territory against the invasion and insisting that the generals responsible for the tornblo losses in Juno shall be called to account. Count Tisza said that the fishtine might be considered as a passing enisodp A member oi the Independent Party interrupted: "A niec little" episode' One hundred thousand Hungarian soldiers havo been slaughtered'" Count Tisza continued: "In Volhynia, we are gaining" back iost ground; in B.ukowina, steps have been taken to stay tlio enemy's offensive" The correspondent continues: "The bitterness against the Austrian generals who led the army to destruction is indescribable." NO CHANGE ON THE TIGRIS trouble «^rir rtS - thai m f M " derS in Tm ' kis)l w trvin' 10 SC " wnl si^ation is linchail & e[i - The climatic conditions are particularly BOMBARDMENT OF SMYRNA: REPRISALS ON BRITISH RESIDENTS (Rec. July 9, 5.5 p.m.) • Travellers state that in retaliation for the B 'tho leading British residents' have been interned at. Urfa, in Mesopotamia. Two urban districts in the Turkish quarter of Smyrna were burned, and 2500 - people