FIGHT FOR THE RIVER CROSSINGS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2836, 29 July 1916, Page 9

FIGHT FOR THE RIVER CROSSINGS

\ RUSSIAN . ADVANCE IN GALICIA . BRUSILOFPS WINNING,TACTICS ' i . . Australian-New Zealand Cable Association. ■ . July 27. A Russian official communique state s-.—'Tighting ' continues for the .possession of the crossings of the'rivers .Slon evki and' Boldurovka." • ■ -SAKHAROFF'S HUGE CAPTURES. • V "- ... (Rec.. July 2S, 8.35 p.m.) I ... ' Petrograd, July 2S. - i "communique states: "General Sakharoff, between July .16 and 25. has taken prisoner 31,000 men,' 45 cannon',-' and' 72.'machine-guns.•' Tn • tho battles: on the 2athvl£B officers,- 6250-men-, fivo guns, and-22 machine-guns -were, captured." '- BIG GERMAN FORCE PINNED TO KOVEL. . i • : " (Rec.' July 23, 0.10 a.m.) • . ■ Petrograd, July 2?.' The news from all the- Russian frontcontinues to be of the brightest. General. Brnsiloff, having induced the enenvy to make a big concentration to defendKovel, is holding them there, and striking elsewhere with invariable Success. Though General Kaledine is temporarily quiet on the Lusk salient, General Sakharoff is putting in brave blows. His victory north of Brody is a most serious threat to von Bothnier's prolonged stand along the Strypa. Though von Bothmer is still assisted on the right flank, the f-'sct that the Dniester is in flood makes great developments in. Galicia impossible until von Bothmer. falls back.. General Sakharoff is now fighting for the fords of the .small stream at Boldurnovka, where the Austro-Germans aro making a stand. The battlo has already brought, Sakharoff four miles nearer Brody, and deepened the- envelopmentlof Pflanzer's Austro-Germans, who are. fighting to the southward. The Russians in Bukowina contimje to advance on the Jablonitza Pass, threatening Cossack raids to Hungary. .- THE RUSSIAN MOVEMENT TOWARDS LEMBERG. (Router's Telegram.) ' . Petrograd, July 27. The Russian approach to Brody threatens the armies of General Bohm-Er-molli with envelopment, and renders fin ally untenable the position of the enemas forces in the direction of Lemberg. ' / ' GERMAN OFFICIAL COMMUNIQUE. Australian-New Zealand Cable Association. ■ ; London, July 27, A.German official communique states:—"The Russians made a. futile storming attrick at Rchitschara, north-west of Sjacliowitschi. "The enemy was sanguinarily repulsed westwards of Beresteczko." AUSTRIAN OFFICIAL COMMUNIQUE. (Ileuter's Telegram.) (l!ec. July 28, 8.35 p.m.) Amsterdam, July 28/ An Austrian official communique states: "Repeated attacks by the Russians between Kadziviloff and the Styr broke down, leaving one thousand prisoners in our hands." TURKISH TROOP TRAINS BOUND FOR GALICIA. / ' (Rec. July 2S, 5.35 p.m.) - Athens, July 28. A number of trains carrying Turkish troops have passed through Sofia to reinforce the Austro-Germans on the »castern European front. PURSUING THE DEFEATED TURKS IN THE CAUCASUS 'BOOTY OF WAR AT ERZINGAN. Australian-New. Zealand Cable Association. Petrograd, July 27. ■ A. Russian official communique stateß!—"A depot of war materials was captured at Erzingan. „ "We are pursuing-the retreating inrus. (Rec. July 28, 8.35 p.m.) Petrograd, July 28. A Russian official communique states: "Erzingan i= not damaged. We captured much.booty in the town and surrounding region." ENTIRE TURKISH REGIMENT MUTINIES. " ■ ..' (Reuter's Telegram.) , ' . Athens, .Tulv 27. Advices from Smyrna state that an-entire Turkish regiment mutinied andfled to the forest. Troops were sent in pursuit, and fired the forest. * It is also reported that the Austro-German forces at Aidin, near Smyrna, have been recalled to Germany. THE TURKISH ATTACKS ON THE CANAL .FRONT ENEMY'S CLAIMS BEI\ T IED. Australian-New Zealand Cable Association. , „ , London, July 27. The AVar Office denies the report of the reverse at Katiyeh, which we hold. [Katiyeh is near the Mediterranean coast, about thirty miles east of the Suez Canal.] .